[dawn53]

Being an American Indian I have to put Jim Thorpe All American in there somewhere.

I'm not a native American, but I ditto your nomination!

Another nomination would be Jesse Owens who went to the "Hitler Olympics" and taught them a thing or two about their theory of the "master race."

[baseballfanjm]

I'd have put both those guys over Babe Ruth. Yeah, the Babe was the best baseball player ever, but his behavior I think keeps him from being a true sports hero.