To: Mr. Mulliner
If the qualifications for this are courage and nobility the #1 person, even above Jackie R has got to be Jesse Owen, and I'm kind of amazed no one has mentioned him.
Jesse Owen stood up to Hitler long before Europe did and long before his own country did. He was a solitary figure of courage, sportsmanship and mankind's indomitable spirit.
He is, without a doubt, the greatest sports hero of the last century.
106 posted on
04/26/2003 11:10:44 PM PDT by
shred
To: shred
If the qualifications for this are courage and nobility the #1 person, even above Jackie R has got to be Jesse Owen, and I'm kind of amazed no one has mentioned him.Jesse Owens WAS a hero - absolutely.
109 posted on
04/26/2003 11:19:59 PM PDT by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
("There was abuse in my family; it was mostly musical in nature.")
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