Joe Calzaghe - "born in Britain but raised in Wales", Who wrote this nonsense, doesn't know the difference between Britain and England. I'm glad you know the difference, Tyler!
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 i dont agree, yes they excelled at there chosen sport, and alot of the modern days sports stars, do get the dame, or the knighthood, but previously, alot got there status, because they carried on teaching the new generation and alot of the status was for srvices to there chosen sport, i will agree, some get it these days, probably to easy, because they at the top of there career,
It has nothing to do with England. The mistake is that they assume Wales is not part of the UK, probably because it'll be an American article. - Wales is in the United Kingdom AND Great Britain. - Great Britain is one island that contains England, Wales and Scotland. - The United Kingdom is Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There is one sportman, that should have made that Top 20, was Sir Roger Bannister who broke the 4 minute mile, a record they said could never be done. he broke that in 1954 in Oxford at ifley road, i track i used to train on and run competitions back in the late 70s to the 80s, the track when he broke the mile was an old cinders track, clay sort of thing, it was updated by the time i ran on it to a rubber tartan track we called it back in the day. the track was owened by oxford university
@@joeglenn1793 Hi Joe, yeah i used to live in Bicester, till 1980, is there still just one grandstand on entry the open air seats around the rest, while i ran for oxford, i used to do the 1500 and 3000m, i also ran crystal palace in the 3 AAA's, its now gatehead which is the place to do althletics, strange, because i now live in the north east
Daley Thompson is my favourite athlete of all, he was supreme in his event and I loved watching him. Of those in the list THE best was the one and only Sir Bobby Charlton of England and Manchester United. One of the best football players ever and a true gentlemen.
Yes....before my time however a housing development near to the track was named in his honour...Bannister Close. My Dad had a beautiful house in Chester Street just off the Iffley Road which was literally 2 minutes walk from the track.😊
Definitely a LOT of famous British names missed off this list. Some that could be considered better than some of the ones who made it onto the list. As with a lot of sport, this list is a very subjective ranking
It's just a list of 20 athletes, rather than a top 20, so I think it was a good idea to show a diverse set of sports. It's nice to learn about people you never knew before.
I just recently stumbled on your youtube channel & now watch your videos all the time, not only are they informative even to us brits but there also funny & entertaining & your reactions are so darn cute, your face is adorable🤗 keep bringing us these videos tyler your so much fun to watch, much love from glasgow🤗🤗xx
Tanni Grey Thompson also won multiple marathons, which as a sprint racer is just ridiculous! And Steve Redgrave, the GOAT of rowing, is a type 1 diabetic, which makes him easily the most impressive athlete on here, if you know anything about T1D.
I'm not a sports fan but some of these names take me right back to my childhood. Seb Coe and Daley Thompson were national treasures when I was young. It's a shame Torvill and Dean weren't on there though!
MBE stands for Member of the British Empire, OBE stands for Order of the British Empire, CBE stands for Commander of the British Empire, OLY are post-nominal letters granted by the World Olympians Association to registered athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games, CM stands for Candidate Master, FM stands for FIDE Master, IM stands for International Master. DL stands for Deputy Lieutenants and are appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant, at his discretion, to assist him in his duties. HonFREng stands for Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
i think Gareth Edwards should be on the list. after the change of century, players of the world voted him the greatest rugby player of the 20th century
He wasn't really in the 'stellar class' in athletics. My dad knew him; they were both policemen with if I recall correctly a side interest in breeding budgerigars.
Mark Cavendish, joint holder of record number of stage wins in The Tour De France, Chris Froome, 4 times winner of the Tour De France and winner of all 3 Grand Tours. John Surtees, the only man to be world champion in cars and on Motor Bikes.
Fred Perry has his name aligned with a brand of polo shirt. Tanni Grey-Thompson went to my nephew's wedding as his new wife was a part of her training team
Hi Tyler, really enjoy your shows, as being a Brit it is good to see a slightly different perspective. I just watched and enjoyed this one but something occurred to me that might make some of them even more enjoyable. If you could find yourself a local Brit or one that might join you when you are doing your shows, they could help explain or give you further information. An example here links to a previous show that you did. The example of when you touched on the Dumblane shooting in Scotland in 1996, where tennis players Andy Murray and his brother were pupils at the school during the tragedy, "The young Murray, then eight, and his brother Jamie, two years older, were in the school at the time."
All round athlete must be DALEY! We all adored him. Ian Botham, 1980 Test, turned me into a raving fan of cricket from that day. Absolute WOW if you love cricket, which I already did. But Ian in 1980 made me a massive fan. There's a lot missing from that list. FUN FACT Bobby Moore was my mum's cousin. My nan and Bobby's dad were brother and sister.
But you don't need to use the US 'fun fact'. It's an interesting fact/item, you don't need to announce it, or as anything 'fun', it just is. Just tell it!
Lewis Hamilton is defo very famous in the UK and worldwide. Other mentions are Anthony Joshua (boxer), Wayne Rooney/David Beckham/Harry Kane (and a lot more footballers), Tom Daley (diver), Ben stokes (cricketer) Owen Farrell/Jonny Wilkinson (rugby)
@@thunderbuffalo7093 You know a lass wrote it when AJ gets a mention. Everyone else read it as Lennox Lewis or Joe Calzaghe. Hell, even Tyson is a better shout.
@@dazediss6629 yeah, AJ just doesn't cut. In British boxing there's been quite a few better boxers, and in the HW division at least 2 better (Lewis obviously, and fury from the current crop). Would have been a European champ and no higher in the 90s.
Sir Bobby Charlton was one of the few surviving players of the 1958 Munich air disaster. Presented Manchester United with both their second and third Champions League trophies, sadly passed a few years back
Greetings from the UK. Many thanks for this. Of course, it's subjective and many people would choose different names for the list (indeed I would probably do so myself) but the fact remains that you have selected 20 totally awesome representatives of the best of British sports. Thank you!
Daley Thompson, Fatima Whitbread, Tessa Sanderson, Sharon Davis, Duncan Goodhew, Steve Backley, Roger Black, Torvill and Dean.....so many great athletes, especially in the 80s when I was growing up. They were all totally awesome.
Sir Ian Botham would probably be summed up by a situation where England need 36 runs to win and have say 10 overs (60 balls) to do it in, i.e. nice easy trot to the finish line, at which point old Beefy would decide sod that and try and score them all in a sungke over (6 balls) which is effectively trying to score 6 home runs one after another to put it in the nearest American metaphor. What made Botham great is he'd actually pull it off... Other greats missing from the list: W. G. Grace - cricket Len Hutton - cricket Johnny Wilkinson - rugby union Martin Johnson - rugby union Jason Robinson - rugby union and league Gareth Edwards - rugby union Colin McRae - rallying Richard Burns rallying Paddy Hopkirt - rallying Nigel Mansel - Formula 1 Jackie Stewart - Formula 1 Jim Clark - Formula 1 or anything with wheels Shane Byrne - motorcycle racing John Surties - Formula 1 and motorcycle racing Stirling Moss - Formula 1 Ken Miles - endurance sportscar racing Steve Curtis - Offshore Powerboat racing Steven Hendry - snooker Steve Davis - snooker I could probably keep going but you get the idea...
I assume you have seen "Botham's Ashes: Headingly 1981" when he and Bob Willis destroyed THe Aussies after being 500/1 to win the game,at one point. 500/1..lol
Shane Byrne? I like shakey but there are quite a few British motorcycle racers that have been more successful. Hodgson and Toseland were both world superbike champions. Crutchlow had a decent career in MotoGP. You have Surtees on the list but the absolute best we've ever had has got to be Barry Sheene.
MBE - Member of the order of the British Empire. Two interesting facts about Team GB at the Olympics. In 1996 (Atlanta Games) Team GB brought back 1 gold medal (Steve Redgrave - Rowing). By 2012 (London Olympics) Team GB ended 3rd on the medal table behind China and USA and are the only country to ever host a games and go up the medal table the following games, as in Rio (2016) they ended up 2nd on the table. Since 2012, Team GB have increased the number of sports in which they have a won a good medal at every games. The diversity of disciplines in which Team GB have won a gold medal in is double that of their nearest competitor.
Man, what this list just makes clear is the amount of exceptional athletes we've had in an awful lot of sports. Sooooooooo many names you could put on here that are very deserving. From an awful lot of sports too.
It is a pity that sport is less catered for in UK schools these days. The Public schools get taxpayer funding but state schools have starving teachers & crumbling buildings, playing fields have been sold off & dwindling resources are the order of the day. How many working class heroes will thrive under those conditions one wonders?
@@MazzaEliLi7406 Then we need to adopt the old Roman adage from 2,000 years ago, in Latin “per aspera ad astra" which translated means “through adversity to the stars,” or, "through hardship to the stars." So whenever an obstacle rises that seems to block the path forward, in reality, the obstacle has an essential function.
Only if you follow sport. I've heard of all of the British Athletes because I'm in the UK and used to watch MSM, but US athletes are fairly unknown to me.
@@Thurgosh_OG I’m sure you have heard of a lot more than you think. Tiger woods, serena and Venus Williams, Mohammed Ali, Kobe Bryant, Floyd mayweather, Joe Montana, shaquille oneAl, magic Johnson. Etc and I don’t watch much support at all.
Greetings from across the pond bro 😊🇬🇧 As a tennis fan who grew up watching stars of the late 70’s early 80’s and onwards I was thrilled to hear you mention Mr Sampras and Agassi, two of my faves, Agassi in particular. Agassi, one half of probably the most famous of athlete unions, married to that other Tennis superstar Steffens Graf! 😊
Using the term athletes is stretching it a bit when it comes to snooker players or darts players. Although Ronnie O'Sullivan is the best snooker player on the planet. Paula Radcliffe was brilliant and everybody was disappointed for her when she failed to finish the marathon in the Athens Olympics. One of the commentators in the studio explained it because "she travelled to Athens carrying an injured calf" which was true but he wasn't making a joke. I heard it in a different way from what he intended. She must have been exhausted. Daley Thompson was absolutely magic. You never expected him to lose. I seem to remember that he had a permanent smile. One of the reasons why he was so well liked in my opinion. Thanks for the video Tyler.
After Sebastian Coe retired from athletics in 1990, he went into Politics, and was elected to be a MP for Falmouth and Cambridge. He held this seat for 7 years. In 1997 he became Private Secretary to William Hague, and in 2000 he was made a life peer, which makes him a Lord.
Falmouth & CAMBOURNE which is in Cornwall. Cambridge is in Cambridgeshire and is on the other side of the country ;) He was one of three competing athletes at the time, Coe, Steve Cram and Steve Ovett, who didn't get a mention. Debatable as to whether he was the best of the three, as Steve Ovett had two Olympic Golds, five World Records at 1500 mtrs and a World record at the 2 mile race, won 45 CONSECUTIVE 1500m races. Steve Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1,500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1,500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1,500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. I suspect that the reason Seb Coe is mentioned and not the others may have something to do with him turning to Politics and getting himself a Baronet title
That last Olympics Games Daley Thompson was injured or he would have won it. He was amazing, I used to stay up to watch him live, as a teen. Chris Hoy was a machine, I thought he had the most Golds of any athlete, but maybe not. Loved Jess, great to watch, I'll never forget 2012. Athletes like Tanny Grey -Thompson, transformed the Paralympics, It's a joy to watch now. Bobby Moore, gentleman on and off the field. Lewis was fiddled out of his last championship win. I agree Roger Bannister should have qualified.
To explain the letters after peoples’ names, the commonest “Order of Chivalry” is the Order of the British Empire. This comes in several grades, so starting from the lowest to the top we have “Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)”, “Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)”, “Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)”, and (very rare) “Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)”. KBE is one of the ways people become “Sir” (or “Dame” for a woman). “Lord” is a higher rank than Sir or Dame, but it’s not usually given to sports people - Seb Coe got his because he’d later been a Conservative Member of Parliament for 5 years; he was also chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, Chairman of the British Olympic Committee for 4 years after the 2012 Games, and he’s been President of World Athletics since 2015.
I think this shows how inward looking the USA is. I know lots of American 'sports' fans who know nothing outside of American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Nascar, Ice Hockey, sports which really don't feature on the world stage, and are only played in the US and a bit in Canada. I mean the US is huge, which also explains why high school and college sports are so big and taken so seriously. Most people would have to travel for many, many hours to actually see major league sport in person.
I was thinking that. I want to be respectful though. Baseball and American football didn't have a world cup...... Football, cricket, rugby, track and field, tennis, golf, boxing formula 1 are all international sports watched and enjoyed by most of the world. I respect all sports people and sports. I honestly feel that America should be able to have a great team in every sport if only it wasn't so insular. I'm not criticising anybody though. You can only enjoy what you're exposed to and if the sports coverage in America doesn't include international sports then it's difficult. The masses would love the other sports if they had access just like the rest of the world enjoys all these sports.
I don't agree with the list, there are many on the honourable mentions list that beat the ones on the actual list, imo. But it's tricky, how do you compare across sports and across eras?
Gordon Banks should be on the list and Dr WG Grace should be at or near the top. CB Fry also has a claim (world long jump record, played cricket and football for England).
I suggest to check the Oxford and Cambridge rowing race. The race is over 150 years race once a year on the Thames. You can find the video on TH-cam. I watched every on TV.
Notice the maple leaf on Lennox Lewis' uniform. He was born in Britain, but grew up in Canada, and won Olympic gold for Canada. Then for financial reasons he moved to England when he turned pro. I would have thought Roger Bannister would have made the list, just for breaking the 4 minute mile.
Was it W.G. Grace who played cricket at Headingley and then popped over to play a game of rugby union straight after? Like Roger Bannister, he should be on the list 'just because'.
Glad you have the confidence to put words into his mouth and tell him what he did and for what reasons - now say it to his face pmsl He is British, he was never not British even when representing Canada as he was still a British citizen. He didn't move to Canada until he was 12, so "grew up in Canada" is partly true, but also pushing it and clearly trying to twist things.
I spoke to Nick Faldo on the phone back in the 80s. A very pleasant charming man who chatted to me for some minutes. He didn't say who he was until I asked. I also saw Daley Thompson, Jackie Stewart and others. Very surreal walking through the office to get a cup of tea and there they are! At the time the rumour was Seb Coe was a 'don't you know who I am ' full of himself. Daley Thompson was nice too. My favourite racing drivers are Graham Hill and James Hunt mostly for their personality. I was there when Hunt won the British Grand Prix, the atmosphere was electric.
Regarding the MBE, CBE, etc. Within the British honours system there are various orders of chivalry. The one you will see the most of is the Order of the British Empire (xxBE), which recognises achievement in pretty much anything. There’s also the Order of the Bath (xxBO), which recognises military service and the home civil service; the Order of St Michael and St George (xxMG), which recognises diplomatic and foreign service; and the Royal Victorian Order (xxVO), which recognises personal service to the King. Within each order there are different ranks, in general including, from lowest to highest, member (Mxx), officer (Oxx), commander (Cxx), knight/dame commander (Kxx, KCxx, Dxx, or DCxx), knight/dame grand cross (Gxx or GCxx). There are also two special, single ranked, orders: the Knights and Ladies of the Order of the Garter (KG or LG) (awarded to people from the UK except Scotland) and the knights and Ladies of the Order of the Thistle (KT or LT). It’s also possible to make a man a knight bachelor (Kt) without admitting him to an order of chivalry. Though note that this abbreviation is only used when absolutely necessary. E.g. if Sir John Smith is later made a KBE, he becomes Sir John Smith KBE Kt; or if Sir Joe Bloggs becomes a priest, he can choose to be either The Rev Joe Bloggs Kt or The Rev Sir Joe Bloggs (there’s historic reasons why a person already in holy orders aren’t knighted, but it being complicated when a person already knighted takes up holy orders).
Darts isn't a sport, neither is snooker. Do you think chess and dominoes are sports, too? They're games. Sport, at the very least, requires physical ability. Most darts players couldn't even reach the venue if stairs were involved.
@adolfknievel you're clearly delusional. Imagine thinking being the best player in the world 16 times doesn't involve physical ability. How did the darts reach the board ...by mind control?
@@paulfrancis9129 Sport; 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively'. Darts doesn't qualify as a sport, unless you're so unfit you think throwing a dart is physically challenging.
Little extra info on Joe Calzaghe. The list of fighters he beat includes Roy Jones jr and Bernard Hopkins at light heavyweight both im sure you've heard of.
Im going to say this once only. Joe calzage vs Jeff Lacey is the greatest boxing fight I've ever had the privilege to witnesses 12 rounds of how to give a masterclass and destroy you opponent
I'm thinking Kevin Sinfield should really be in there. Hated him playing against us because he was good and then everything he's done since retiring has been super human. A great human being and a real competitor.
@@Suprahampton what we learn from this is that men back then were just more modest about their success. and the batch of today could learn a thing or two from them all
Tyson Fury isn't even human. He's the kind of guy you'd end up facing in a bar brawl and you'd just take a look at him and nope out. Just structurally and mentally built to be scary as hell, take hits, and dish them out all day. edit: I highly recommend watching some highlights of him, he's different.
Fred Perry was a working class boy who began as a table tennis player and, having won most trophies and titles in this sport, he turned to lawn tennis, at a relatively advanced age and won all the trophies and titles in that sport too. In doing so he managed to severely piss off the British tennis fraternity and the wider British establishment, something he quite enjoyed doing. It's a little known fact that Perry's father was a Labour member of Parliament.
This video must be a little old. Tanni Grey-Thompson is now a Baroness. Daley Thompson wasn't just Olympic Decathlon champion but successfully defended it 4 years later-virtually impossible task. Ian Botham is now a Lord for services to charity. He has walked the length of Great Britain (John O'Griats to Landsend -1189 miles) more than once. An all-rounder on cricket can do everything. Imagine an MLB All Star game where the number 4 hitter was also the starting pitcher. Others didn't make the list such as Sir Stanley Matthews - first European footballer of the year and a pro player in his 50's. Sir Gareth Edwards- one of the top 2 or 3 rugby players of all time. Sir Ben Ainsley- best Olympic sailor of all time . 5 Games,4 gloss, one silver medal. And there are lots more
The UCI version of the keirin is somewhat sanitized but the Japanese version is close to war on bicycles and a huge source of betting, but even the UCI version can get fairly combative, usually a fun and interesting set of races at worlds and Olympics
I have to admit I was worried about this list, as it can be hard to capture all the competitors from all the sports played on these Islands. Overall I think the list was fair but it is clear the author has a penchant for individual sports as opposed to team sports, the exceptions being Moore, Charlton, Redgrave and Botham who are just undeniable. Maybe looking at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winners for each year would be a good rabbit hole for you to head down next.
Christopher no one remembers my cousin Derek Johnson which annoys me a bit. He was Round the same time as bannister he got pipped st the post 1956 Olympics by Tom Courtney but got gold medals at commonwealth games
Sir Henry Cooper should be on this list! He was a British heavyweight boxer; undefeated in British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship contests for twelve years and held the European heavyweight title for three years. In 1963 he fought against Mohammed Ali (called Cassius Clay back then) He knocked Ali down before the fight was stopped because of a cut to his eye. In 1966 he fought Ali again, who was then world heavyweight champion, for a second time and again lost to an eye injury. Cooper was twice voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year and, after retiring in 1971 became a popular public figure on tv. He is the only British boxer to have been awarded a knighthood. I was fortunate enough to have met him when I was a little girl in the 1970's, and he was the most kind, gentle of lovely man you could meet.
The driver is the main person. The fitness level the drivers have to endure is astonishing and almost inhuman. Their lighting-fast reflexes and response times aside, the forces acting upon on their body each lap of every race is amazing. Each race is equivalent to doing an entire marathon. Extremely fit individuals. People forget that and tend to think it's just a man in a fast car. If that was the case, anyone could get into a fast F1 car and start winning championships lol... not happening lol. These guys started at very young ages.
@@joel4285 the point he's making is that if you were to swap Hamilton for another driver, it's possible that they might have had all the success instead!
@@joel4285 that is not the same, Lewis Hamilton almost certainly wouldn't have won any world championships if he drove for Ferrari, if Messi had of played for Real Madrid, I very much doubt Barcelona would have won much without him.
British honours (in order) - BEM (British Empire Medal), MBE, OBE, CBE, knighthood/damehood. If you are awarded one of the lower tier awards and are then elevated to knighthood/damehood you can use both, hence Sir Chris Hoy MBE, or Sir Andy Murray OBE. In the late 1970s into the early 1980s the UK seemed to rule the middle distance athletics disciplines (Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and a little later Steve Cram). There was a point where it seemed they were trading world record times in 800m, 1500m & Mile on an almost weekly basis (or so it seemed), and between them broke the mile world record 3 times in 9 days. However they were often scheduled to run at different events and only raced against each other during major championships. If I can remember that far back, Ovett in particular had a running style where he would often lurk towards the back of the field for much of the race and then possessed a huge kick finish. Both Coe & Ovett were portrayed as quite different characters at the time with Ovett coming across as a bit of a rebel. While Ovett appeared to be the better at the longer of the middle distances, having been unbeaten over 1500m for a number of years, and Coe the shorter when it came to the 1980 Olympics they ended up wining gold in their rival's preferred distance (Coe won the 1500m & Ovett the 800m) There's a video on TH-cam called "Clash of the Titans" that covers this rivalry.
For reference most of these athletes have various honors (Primarily because they won something), the one listed for each athlete is the most senior that they held. The order from least to most impressive is MBE (Member of the most excellent British Empire), OBE (Officer..), CBE (Commander ..) , Sir (Knight Commander ..) /Dame (Dame Commander). This is a simplification Sirs/Dames also have an order of merit within them, you can go from Knight Commander to Knight of the Grand Cross but normally you'd still be addressed as Sir. Often the honors are awarded in turn. An individual is first awarded an MBE, then an OBE, then a CBE and then a Knighthood/Damehood, but this isn't always the case. Sebastian Coe's Lord title is different. He actually has a Lord title as he is a member of the House of Lords (HoL), which is the upper house of parliament. Unlike the Senate the HoL has little power itself and is primarily used to review legislation (it cannot initiate legislation, only amend and even then it cannot enforce the amendments it makes, only delay if it cannot get agreement from the House of Commons to the amendments). Lords are (primarily) appointed for life. They can be expelled if convicted of the equivalent of a felony, but else they are entitled to attend for as long as they want. But you could translate Lord Coe as Senator Coe. Generally a Lord title has higher merit than the honors. Seb Coe has a Knighthood but you wouldn't normally say Lord Sir Sebastian Coe, just Lord Sebastian Coe.
Sebastian Coe was also the head of the organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London. Also, Paralympics is really big in the UK - pretty much mainstream now. We follow it as much as the Olympics.
Ronnie O'Sullivan isn't the current World Snooker Champion, the 2023 title was won yesterday by Belgian player Luca Brecel, the first player from continental Europe(outside of Great Britain and Ireland) to do so. The only other non-GB or Irish player to win was Canadian Cliff Thorburn in 1980.
@Obi Jon: You can hardly expect him to have a crystal ball and see who is going become a world champion after he's made his video you div! Ever heard of Neil Robertson?
This year’s Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, Ronnie O’Sullivan got knocked out in the World Snooker Championship Quarterfinals by a new guy on the Snooker sene from Belgium called, Luca Brecel.
Hes not new he was actually the youngest player to compete in the world championship in 2012 and he ended up winning it this year so i wouldn't say it was that bad that Ronnie lost and personally doesn't change the fact he's the greatest player to pick up a cue in my opinion and many others opinions.
Whether darts can be a 'sport' or not is a regular source of contention but officially it is so I'm sorry Phil 'the power' Taylor is without a doubt the most successful British Sportsman ever, no contest!
Interesting fact about Ronnie O’ Sullivan is he is genuinely ambidextrous and often would switch hands to take shots where other players would be force to use the rest. It was controversial at first with some players thinking Ronnie was ‘Micky taking’ one player even refused to shake Ronnie’s hand after a match. World Snooker charged Ronnie with bringing the game into disrepute, however at his disciplinary hearing played former world champion Rex Williams 3 times left handed and won all 3. The charge was later dropped.
Ronnie is not actually ambidextrous. He is naturally right-handed, but has trained himself to play snooker left-handed to such a high level that a while ago it was suggested that if (for some reason) he _only_ played left-handed, he could still rank in the top 16.
@Terry Hunt i was just about to mention that the reason he started using his left hand was he was potting everything with his right and he said it was getting boring so started using his left to give himself a challenge.
So what is the criteria for this list? So if you were a British champion and record holder, European champion & record holder, World champion & record holder.... And multiple Olympic medal winner including multi Gold medals and record holder doesn't count? Charlotte Dugardin has done all this, some at the same time while also helping others to improve. Well I'm giving her a shout out now! 🎉🇬🇧😍
Daley Thompson held the world record for about ten years and also won every major decathlon competition for about ten years. He was world champion, European champion, and commonwealth champion from 1978 to 1986. Personally I would have him in the top ten. This is a pretty weird list. I dont know how Calzaghe, Ennis, Lennox Lewis and several others made this list. And Tyson Fury is an absolute joke, and shouldn't be in the top thousand. George Best should be number one, and Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, and W.G. Grace are incredibly missing altogether. Whoever made this list is a complete nincompoop.
Joe Calzaghe is so underrated, both at home and in the global boxing community. 46-0-0 is an insane record and he never dodged any fights, he fought all the best during his era and beat them all. If he had an identical career but was some flash American then people would talk about him like he’s Floyd Mayweather (imo Joe is greater than Floyd. Mayweather dodged guys he didn’t fancy fighting)
Love snooker 👍My favourite sport 👍Ronnie is great,but this year he ended on 5th place in World Snooker Championship. Reanne Evans should have made this list to,she is World Snooker Champion for women 12 times 🏆Stephen Hendry and John Higgins (and others) could also have made the list ofc goes without saying 👍
Steve 'Boring' Davies was one of my favourite players. Not known for spectacular pots but for setting near perfect or perfect snookers and escaping from same. Won the longest Crucible final ever, went down to the last frame and a respotted black well into the Monday.
@@tonys1636 Steve Davies is a funny character and he was a great snooker player . Unfortunately i'm to young to have seen him at crucible . But i have seen him in you tube videos (at least) . He seems to be a very likeable person 👍
or maybe not...just checked,he reached the qaurter finals in 2010.... hmmm I watch the whole thing,almost every match...have could i have forgot seeing him there. This is weird. Sorry Steve...i'm ashamed 😔
@@elisabethpedersen7893 He was an excellent player but very slow and methodical hence the nickname and seldom smiled during a match. Became a very witty and interesting interviewer and occasional commentator. The matches between him and Alex Higgins were always interesting as totally opposite styles of playing. His 'Spitting Images' puppet was a hoot, you knew you had made it when the programme had your puppet.
Yeah Fred Perry Polos in particular are highly regarded amongst mods, skinheads, indie scene and football fans etc. Very nice quality stuff although I havnt owned any for years. I'd imagine you can buy them in the US which is more likely where you know the name or will atleast recognise the logo. Expensive here so probably off the scale in the States but they will last you literal years.
They did Phil the power Taylor dirty on this and it is probably because he is a rather round darts player. He is the greatest darts player ever, no exceptions. Not many people win 16 world championships.
Sir Jack Hobbs (cricket), Sir Stanley Matthews (football), Dixie Dean (football), Dame Mary Peters (pentathlete), Harold Larwood (cricket), Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart (all F1 racing), Tony Jacklin (golf), WG Grace (cricket), Red Rum (winner of BBC Sports Personality of the year 1977, quite a few years before AP McCoy 😆), Sir Henry Cooper (boxing), Linford Christie (sprinter), Lillian Board (400 & 800m), Jonathan Edwards (triple jump), Steve Ovett and Steve Cram (middle distance runners), Graeme Obree (cycling), David Bryant (bowling), Sir Matthew Pinsent (rowing), Virginia Wade (tennis), Gordon Banks (football), John Curry (ice skating), Torvill and Dean (ice skating), loads from rugby (union and league) Gareth Edwards, Doddie Weir, John Rutherford, Ellery Hanley, Martin Offiah, Ollie Campbell, Johnny Wilkinson and many more. (List grew like Topsy, apologies!)
George Best, Martin Offiah, Ellery Hanley, Shaun Edwards, Steve Ovett, Johny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dellaglio, Billy boston, Jim Sullivan, Gazza, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Eric Bristow, Stirling Moss, Carl Fogerty, Lester Piggot, Willie Carson, Colin McCrae, Duncan Edwards and lots more could arguably been included on this list. Wilkinson
C B Fry should be the top of this list. England cricketer, England footballer, world record holder in the long jump. Hockey player, rugby player, shot putter, hammer thrower, skater and golfer. He was also asked to be king of Albania.
A.P. "Tony"McCoy was a National Hunt jockey which means that almost all his races were over jumps (both hurdles and fences) in races from two miles to over four miles in length, and often run in fetlock deep turf in the rain. And yes, he is almost certainly the greatest British National Hunt jockey of all time. It's a very, very tough sport. If you were looking for an equivalent British flat race jockey, it would be between Lester Piggott (20th Century) and Fred Archer (19th Century.) If you know what you are talking about, probably Archer, though neither of them were of particularly good character!
steve cram(4th fastest miler ever and fastest at the time) Johnathan edwards(triple jump world record holder) and george best (he beat bobby charlton for the balon dor as well as Eusebio who was probably the greatest striker ever until r9 (original ronaldo)
While Seb Coe did win two Gold and two Silver across the 1980 & 1984 Olympics the Gold medals were both in the 1500m and the silvers were both in the 800m; in 1980 behind Steve Ovett and behind Joaquim Cruz in 1984.
If you remember a recent video you did about a school shooting in Dumblane Scotland. Andy Murray was a child attending that school at the time of the shooting
An easy way to get the UK honours system. GBE - Grand Knight/Dame, KBE/DBE - Knight/Dame, CBE - Commander, OBE - Order, and MBE - Member. In ascending Order you get "MOCK G" as a mnemonic! Sir or Dame is only used for KBE/DBE and GBE, although I've noticed many of the other honours seem to be getting called dame or sir and not sure why this is.
I think I might have put George Best on this list (football), Freddie Flintoff (Cricket), Steve Cram (Long Distance Running), Torville & Dean (Ice Skaters), Jonathan Edwards (Long Jump) and last but by no means least, the most famous English runner of all time Sir Roger Bannister (I can't believe he wasn't on this list) - see Chariots of Fire for details.
Getting gold in an Olympic decathlon is akin to winning the lot... Even though decathletes are subpar in individual events, in the overall they would wreck most high tiers in any individual discipline past the overall 10 events (basically hurdlers can hurdle, Runners can run and shotputters can shotput... Not many of them can be proficient in 10 different sports)
I dont agree with louis, he is the greates i admit, but it was down the the car and his ability, his car so so good last couple years, he is bit behind, if had not been for the rule changes
Few have mentioned him, but this list really should include Sir Ben Ainslie - the most successful sailor in Olympic history with 5x Golds and 1x Silver plus 8x World Chempionships!
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Joe Calzaghe - "born in Britain but raised in Wales", Who wrote this nonsense, doesn't know the difference between Britain and England. I'm glad you know the difference, Tyler!
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@@no-oneinparticular7264 there are many boxers, should make that, nigel ben, for one, you could do top 20 on boxers
Noticed a lot of "Sir xxxx MBE" items too. if you've got a knighthood, it's not normal to list the lesser awards too!
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 i dont agree, yes they excelled at there chosen sport, and alot of the modern days sports stars, do get the dame, or the knighthood, but previously, alot got there status, because they carried on teaching the new generation and alot of the status was for srvices to there chosen sport, i will agree, some get it these days, probably to easy, because they at the top of there career,
It has nothing to do with England. The mistake is that they assume Wales is not part of the UK, probably because it'll be an American article.
- Wales is in the United Kingdom AND Great Britain.
- Great Britain is one island that contains England, Wales and Scotland.
- The United Kingdom is Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There is one sportman, that should have made that Top 20, was Sir Roger Bannister who broke the 4 minute mile, a record they said could never be done. he broke that in 1954 in Oxford at ifley road, i track i used to train on and run competitions back in the late 70s to the 80s, the track when he broke the mile was an old cinders track, clay sort of thing, it was updated by the time i ran on it to a rubber tartan track we called it back in the day. the track was owened by oxford university
I was there the other week (working)..... felt very special and still in use!
@@joeglenn1793 Hi Joe, yeah i used to live in Bicester, till 1980, is there still just one grandstand on entry the open air seats around the rest, while i ran for oxford, i used to do the 1500 and 3000m, i also ran crystal palace in the 3 AAA's, its now gatehead which is the place to do althletics, strange, because i now live in the north east
@@simonrobbins8357 cant agree more, that info i did not know about, thank you
Daley Thompson is my favourite athlete of all, he was supreme in his event and I loved watching him. Of those in the list THE best was the one and only Sir Bobby Charlton of England and Manchester United. One of the best football players ever and a true gentlemen.
Yes....before my time however a housing development near to the track was named in his honour...Bannister Close. My Dad had a beautiful house in Chester Street just off the Iffley Road which was literally 2 minutes walk from the track.😊
Definitely a LOT of famous British names missed off this list. Some that could be considered better than some of the ones who made it onto the list. As with a lot of sport, this list is a very subjective ranking
Totally agree with you there.
Torvill and Dean
Agreed. I don't personally regard motor racing as athletics.
It's just a list of 20 athletes, rather than a top 20, so I think it was a good idea to show a diverse set of sports. It's nice to learn about people you never knew before.
Bradley Wiggins. David Beckham.
I just recently stumbled on your youtube channel & now watch your videos all the time, not only are they informative even to us brits but there also funny & entertaining & your reactions are so darn cute, your face is adorable🤗 keep bringing us these videos tyler your so much fun to watch, much love from glasgow🤗🤗xx
No mention of Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean either (figure skating GOATs)
Quite.
I almost didn't recognise the full names! 🤣
Torvill and Dean, legends of the sport, ney art!
Tanni Grey Thompson also won multiple marathons, which as a sprint racer is just ridiculous!
And Steve Redgrave, the GOAT of rowing, is a type 1 diabetic, which makes him easily the most impressive athlete on here, if you know anything about T1D.
And the number of Olympics he took part in
I'm not a sports fan but some of these names take me right back to my childhood. Seb Coe and Daley Thompson were national treasures when I was young. It's a shame Torvill and Dean weren't on there though!
That's a good shout. Who would have thought a whole nation could get excited by ice dancing? The Bolero and Barnum routines are completely iconic.
@E W A very good point. Torvill and Dean should be here. Maybe it was focused only on individuals?
Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett had some awesome battles during their careers. Think Seb was the only reason Steve didn't win more
MBE stands for Member of the British Empire,
OBE stands for Order of the British Empire,
CBE stands for Commander of the British Empire,
OLY are post-nominal letters granted by the World Olympians Association to registered athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games,
CM stands for Candidate Master,
FM stands for FIDE Master,
IM stands for International Master.
DL stands for Deputy Lieutenants and are appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant, at his discretion, to assist him in his duties.
HonFREng stands for Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire
OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
CBE: Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
@@geoff1201 just got all the meanings from the Internet and posted them for him
i think Gareth Edwards should be on the list. after the change of century, players of the world voted him the greatest rugby player of the 20th century
Never heard of him and I’m british
@@scotty6388 he played scrum half for Wales, back in the '70s. he's SIR Gareth Edwards, now
I was named after him,, my name is Gareth Edward salmon
@@garethsalmon5864 sounds fishy, but i'll believe you lol
Very minor sport played by few countries. It's like being the best at shin kicking or rounders
You'll know "Fred Perry" because he strated tge clothing line after Tennis, which is still available on both sides of tge atlantic today.
Bobby Charlton is from my hometown. Both him and his brother Jack played in that world cup final.
I love your attempts at pronouncing names...old granny was willing you to get them right! Fun as ever.🥳
I know you’ve never heard of a lot of these people but really funny listening to you guess the pronunciation 😅. Good job.
Michael Shoemaker 😅
Geoff Capes was a legend in his own lifetime! He should definitely be on this list!
Met him at the Highland Games in 1981/82, lovely man, the kids loved him.
Yes I remember Jeff capes and super gran in the 80s
He wasn't really in the 'stellar class' in athletics. My dad knew him; they were both policemen with if I recall correctly a side interest in breeding budgerigars.
He's not dead yet.
Mark Cavendish, joint holder of record number of stage wins in The Tour De France, Chris Froome, 4 times winner of the Tour De France and winner of all 3 Grand Tours. John Surtees, the only man to be world champion in cars and on Motor Bikes.
I was waiting for all 3 to turn up myself, And James Anderson (Plus as with all of these it had a very modern Bias)
Sir Nick Faldo is now one of the main golf commentators on US television.
@@nickyl8980 What are you 35?
Fred Perry has his name aligned with a brand of polo shirt. Tanni Grey-Thompson went to my nephew's wedding as his new wife was a part of her training team
Hi Tyler, really enjoy your shows, as being a Brit it is good to see a slightly different perspective.
I just watched and enjoyed this one but something occurred to me that might make some of them even more enjoyable.
If you could find yourself a local Brit or one that might join you when you are doing your shows, they could help explain or give you further information.
An example here links to a previous show that you did. The example of when you touched on the Dumblane shooting in Scotland in 1996, where tennis players Andy Murray and his brother were pupils at the school during the tragedy, "The young Murray, then eight, and his brother Jamie, two years older, were in the school at the time."
All round athlete must be DALEY! We all adored him. Ian Botham, 1980 Test, turned me into a raving fan of cricket from that day. Absolute WOW if you love cricket, which I already did. But Ian in 1980 made me a massive fan. There's a lot missing from that list.
FUN FACT Bobby Moore was my mum's cousin. My nan and Bobby's dad were brother and sister.
But you don't need to use the US 'fun fact'. It's an interesting fact/item, you don't need to announce it, or as anything 'fun', it just is. Just tell it!
@@MikePhillips-pl6ov Well yes but being American I thought it would make him more likely to look it up. Or maybe I'm just a braggart!
Lewis Hamilton is defo very famous in the UK and worldwide. Other mentions are Anthony Joshua (boxer), Wayne Rooney/David Beckham/Harry Kane (and a lot more footballers), Tom Daley (diver), Ben stokes (cricketer) Owen Farrell/Jonny Wilkinson (rugby)
Anthony Joshua lol
@@dazediss6629 😂😂😂😂😂😂i know
Rooney Beckham Kane haven't won ANYTHING for their country, overpaid tossers who think there are better and more important than they really are
@@thunderbuffalo7093 You know a lass wrote it when AJ gets a mention. Everyone else read it as Lennox Lewis or Joe Calzaghe. Hell, even Tyson is a better shout.
@@dazediss6629 yeah, AJ just doesn't cut. In British boxing there's been quite a few better boxers, and in the HW division at least 2 better (Lewis obviously, and fury from the current crop). Would have been a European champ and no higher in the 90s.
Sir Bobby Charlton was one of the few surviving players of the 1958 Munich air disaster. Presented Manchester United with both their second and third Champions League trophies, sadly passed a few years back
Bobby Charlton very much alive.
You're thinking of Bobby Moore.
@@stevemorris6855 thank you for correcting me, I was under the impression that he was dead
@@Twisted-Tristanino-T Sadly, he is not a well man these days.
Privileged to see him play several times.
@stevemorris6855 or maybe his brother, Jack.
Now he is dead, Rest in Peace Sir Bobby
Greetings from the UK.
Many thanks for this. Of course, it's subjective and many people would choose different names for the list (indeed I would probably do so myself) but the fact remains that you have selected 20 totally awesome representatives of the best of British sports. Thank you!
maybe you should look at a list of the UK sports personalities of the year over a period of time
Sebastian Coe and Graham Hill spring to mind immediately!
Daley Thompson, Fatima Whitbread, Tessa Sanderson, Sharon Davis, Duncan Goodhew, Steve Backley, Roger Black, Torvill and Dean.....so many great athletes, especially in the 80s when I was growing up. They were all totally awesome.
Sir Ian Botham would probably be summed up by a situation where England need 36 runs to win and have say 10 overs (60 balls) to do it in, i.e. nice easy trot to the finish line, at which point old Beefy would decide sod that and try and score them all in a sungke over (6 balls) which is effectively trying to score 6 home runs one after another to put it in the nearest American metaphor. What made Botham great is he'd actually pull it off...
Other greats missing from the list:
W. G. Grace - cricket
Len Hutton - cricket
Johnny Wilkinson - rugby union
Martin Johnson - rugby union
Jason Robinson - rugby union and league
Gareth Edwards - rugby union
Colin McRae - rallying
Richard Burns rallying
Paddy Hopkirt - rallying
Nigel Mansel - Formula 1
Jackie Stewart - Formula 1
Jim Clark - Formula 1 or anything with wheels
Shane Byrne - motorcycle racing
John Surties - Formula 1 and motorcycle racing
Stirling Moss - Formula 1
Ken Miles - endurance sportscar racing
Steve Curtis - Offshore Powerboat racing
Steven Hendry - snooker
Steve Davis - snooker
I could probably keep going but you get the idea...
I assume you have seen "Botham's Ashes: Headingly 1981" when he and Bob Willis destroyed THe Aussies after being 500/1 to win the game,at one point. 500/1..lol
Shane Byrne? I like shakey but there are quite a few British motorcycle racers that have been more successful. Hodgson and Toseland were both world superbike champions. Crutchlow had a decent career in MotoGP. You have Surtees on the list but the absolute best we've ever had has got to be Barry Sheene.
Carl Fogarty, Mike Hailwood, Geoff Duke, Phil Read, Johnny Rea and plenty more I could add. All more successful than Shakey Byrne
You need to check out Alistair Brownlee, Adam Peaty aswell as Sir Roger Bannister
MBE - Member of the order of the British Empire. Two interesting facts about Team GB at the Olympics. In 1996 (Atlanta Games) Team GB brought back 1 gold medal (Steve Redgrave - Rowing). By 2012 (London Olympics) Team GB ended 3rd on the medal table behind China and USA and are the only country to ever host a games and go up the medal table the following games, as in Rio (2016) they ended up 2nd on the table. Since 2012, Team GB have increased the number of sports in which they have a won a good medal at every games. The diversity of disciplines in which Team GB have won a gold medal in is double that of their nearest competitor.
Man, what this list just makes clear is the amount of exceptional athletes we've had in an awful lot of sports. Sooooooooo many names you could put on here that are very deserving. From an awful lot of sports too.
Was that awful lot of Sports or a lot of awful sports? :)
@@Isleofskye 😂
It is a pity that sport is less catered for in UK schools these days. The Public schools get taxpayer funding but state schools have starving teachers & crumbling buildings, playing fields have been sold off & dwindling resources are the order of the day. How many working class heroes will thrive under those conditions one wonders?
@@MazzaEliLi7406 Then we need to adopt the old Roman adage from 2,000 years ago, in Latin “per aspera ad astra" which translated means “through adversity to the stars,” or, "through hardship to the stars." So whenever an obstacle rises that seems to block the path forward, in reality, the obstacle has an essential function.
@@TheArmouredArmadillo lol
It’s incredible you know so few as we hear a lot of American sportspeople in the U.K.
I'm afraid American's are ALL about America and nobody else!
Only if you follow sport. I've heard of all of the British Athletes because I'm in the UK and used to watch MSM, but US athletes are fairly unknown to me.
@@Thurgosh_OG I’m sure you have heard of a lot more than you think. Tiger woods, serena and Venus Williams, Mohammed Ali, Kobe Bryant, Floyd mayweather, Joe Montana, shaquille oneAl, magic Johnson. Etc and I don’t watch much support at all.
Sadly, Americans only seem interested in sport when an American is winning.
Greetings from across the pond bro 😊🇬🇧 As a tennis fan who grew up watching stars of the late 70’s early 80’s and onwards I was thrilled to hear you mention Mr Sampras and Agassi, two of my faves, Agassi in particular. Agassi, one half of probably the most famous of athlete unions, married to that other Tennis superstar Steffens Graf! 😊
The sportsman that are knighted usually have given back to their sports or have done a lot of charity work.
We are the only country to have won Olympic gold medal at every summer games
Using the term athletes is stretching it a bit when it comes to snooker players or darts players. Although Ronnie O'Sullivan is the best snooker player on the planet. Paula Radcliffe was brilliant and everybody was disappointed for her when she failed to finish the marathon in the Athens Olympics. One of the commentators in the studio explained it because "she travelled to Athens carrying an injured calf" which was true but he wasn't making a joke. I heard it in a different way from what he intended. She must have been exhausted.
Daley Thompson was absolutely magic. You never expected him to lose. I seem to remember that he had a permanent smile. One of the reasons why he was so well liked in my opinion.
Thanks for the video Tyler.
After Sebastian Coe retired from athletics in 1990, he went into Politics, and was elected to be a MP for Falmouth and Cambridge. He held this seat for 7 years. In 1997 he became Private Secretary to William Hague, and in 2000 he was made a life peer, which makes him a Lord.
Falmouth & CAMBOURNE which is in Cornwall. Cambridge is in Cambridgeshire and is on the other side of the country ;) He was one of three competing athletes at the time, Coe, Steve Cram and Steve Ovett, who didn't get a mention. Debatable as to whether he was the best of the three, as Steve Ovett had two Olympic Golds, five World Records at 1500 mtrs and a World record at the 2 mile race, won 45 CONSECUTIVE 1500m races. Steve Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1,500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1,500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1,500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. I suspect that the reason Seb Coe is mentioned and not the others may have something to do with him turning to Politics and getting himself a Baronet title
Preferred Cram And ovett.
@@nickyl8980 true, but as I am unlikely to ever follow that path (apart from being a Laird) I never really bothered to consider the differences
@@grabtharshammer did you buy that lairdship title from the established titles scammers?
@@tonycrayford3893 HA HA, no it was given to me as an Xmas Present back in the 1980's. I own 1 sq ft of land in a forest in South Angus
That last Olympics Games Daley Thompson was injured or he would have won it. He was amazing, I used to stay up to watch him live, as a teen. Chris Hoy was a machine, I thought he had the most Golds of any athlete, but maybe not. Loved Jess, great to watch, I'll never forget 2012. Athletes like Tanny Grey -Thompson, transformed the Paralympics, It's a joy to watch now. Bobby Moore, gentleman on and off the field. Lewis was fiddled out of his last championship win. I agree Roger Bannister should have qualified.
To explain the letters after peoples’ names, the commonest “Order of Chivalry” is the Order of the British Empire. This comes in several grades, so starting from the lowest to the top we have “Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)”, “Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)”, “Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)”, and (very rare) “Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)”. KBE is one of the ways people become “Sir” (or “Dame” for a woman).
“Lord” is a higher rank than Sir or Dame, but it’s not usually given to sports people - Seb Coe got his because he’d later been a Conservative Member of Parliament for 5 years; he was also chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, Chairman of the British Olympic Committee for 4 years after the 2012 Games, and he’s been President of World Athletics since 2015.
I think this shows how inward looking the USA is. I know lots of American 'sports' fans who know nothing outside of American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Nascar, Ice Hockey, sports which really don't feature on the world stage, and are only played in the US and a bit in Canada. I mean the US is huge, which also explains why high school and college sports are so big and taken so seriously. Most people would have to travel for many, many hours to actually see major league sport in person.
I was thinking that. I want to be respectful though. Baseball and American football didn't have a world cup...... Football, cricket, rugby, track and field, tennis, golf, boxing formula 1 are all international sports watched and enjoyed by most of the world.
I respect all sports people and sports. I honestly feel that America should be able to have a great team in every sport if only it wasn't so insular.
I'm not criticising anybody though. You can only enjoy what you're exposed to and if the sports coverage in America doesn't include international sports then it's difficult.
The masses would love the other sports if they had access just like the rest of the world enjoys all these sports.
I don't agree with the list, there are many on the honourable mentions list that beat the ones on the actual list, imo. But it's tricky, how do you compare across sports and across eras?
I believe Jonathan edwards needs to be recognised. World champion triple jump record holder of 18.29 metres.
Gordon Banks should be on the list and Dr WG Grace should be at or near the top. CB Fry also has a claim (world long jump record, played cricket and football for England).
Andy Goram he broke a lot of hearts,
Greatest goalie ....rip Andy
Yes, I think there are a few cricketers from earlier decades who could have made the list.
Fry was also approached as a candidate, but turned down, the Throne of Albania.
@@georgejob2156 As an Oldham supporter I agree that Andy Goram was great
When I was a kid I thought his name was Golden Banks, as I heard a football commentator say after he scored a goal "That was golden Banks".
I suggest to check the Oxford and Cambridge rowing race. The race is over 150 years race once a year on the Thames. You can find the video on TH-cam. I watched every on TV.
Notice the maple leaf on Lennox Lewis' uniform. He was born in Britain, but grew up in Canada, and won Olympic gold for Canada. Then for financial reasons he moved to England when he turned pro. I would have thought Roger Bannister would have made the list, just for breaking the 4 minute mile.
Was it W.G. Grace who played cricket at Headingley and then popped over to play a game of rugby union straight after? Like Roger Bannister, he should be on the list 'just because'.
Glad you have the confidence to put words into his mouth and tell him what he did and for what reasons - now say it to his face pmsl
He is British, he was never not British even when representing Canada as he was still a British citizen. He didn't move to Canada until he was 12, so "grew up in Canada" is partly true, but also pushing it and clearly trying to twist things.
Saying Lewis is British is like saying Steve Nash is South African.
Regarding Lennox you're right hence the CM honour in his title(Canada Medal) 👍
@@wyterabitt2149 he does have a CM(Canada Medal) as shown in the video?
You might know 'Fred Perry' from the range of tennis/casual sports wear marketed in his name.
You may have heard of Fred Perry because it's a very popular clothing brand in the UK which is of course his clothing brand.
Fred Perry also does clothes, was a tennis brand but now it's pretty popular.
I spoke to Nick Faldo on the phone back in the 80s. A very pleasant charming man who chatted to me for some minutes. He didn't say who he was until I asked. I also saw Daley Thompson, Jackie Stewart and others. Very surreal walking through the office to get a cup of tea and there they are! At the time the rumour was Seb Coe was a 'don't you know who I am ' full of himself. Daley Thompson was nice too.
My favourite racing drivers are Graham Hill and James Hunt mostly for their personality. I was there when Hunt won the British Grand Prix, the atmosphere was electric.
That was a great and diverse list- with lots of useful info on each one.
Enjoyed your commentary on it too.
Joe Cal Zag E, you had the pronunciation right first time👍
Regarding the MBE, CBE, etc. Within the British honours system there are various orders of chivalry. The one you will see the most of is the Order of the British Empire (xxBE), which recognises achievement in pretty much anything. There’s also the Order of the Bath (xxBO), which recognises military service and the home civil service; the Order of St Michael and St George (xxMG), which recognises diplomatic and foreign service; and the Royal Victorian Order (xxVO), which recognises personal service to the King. Within each order there are different ranks, in general including, from lowest to highest, member (Mxx), officer (Oxx), commander (Cxx), knight/dame commander (Kxx, KCxx, Dxx, or DCxx), knight/dame grand cross (Gxx or GCxx). There are also two special, single ranked, orders: the Knights and Ladies of the Order of the Garter (KG or LG) (awarded to people from the UK except Scotland) and the knights and Ladies of the Order of the Thistle (KT or LT).
It’s also possible to make a man a knight bachelor (Kt) without admitting him to an order of chivalry. Though note that this abbreviation is only used when absolutely necessary. E.g. if Sir John Smith is later made a KBE, he becomes Sir John Smith KBE Kt; or if Sir Joe Bloggs becomes a priest, he can choose to be either The Rev Joe Bloggs Kt or The Rev Sir Joe Bloggs (there’s historic reasons why a person already in holy orders aren’t knighted, but it being complicated when a person already knighted takes up holy orders).
Phil Taylor is #1 ...16 times Champion of the WORLD doesn't make list is ridiculous
Agree
And Georgie Best
Darts isn't a sport, neither is snooker. Do you think chess and dominoes are sports, too? They're games. Sport, at the very least, requires physical ability. Most darts players couldn't even reach the venue if stairs were involved.
@adolfknievel you're clearly delusional. Imagine thinking being the best player in the world 16 times doesn't involve physical ability. How did the darts reach the board ...by mind control?
@@paulfrancis9129 Sport; 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively'. Darts doesn't qualify as a sport, unless you're so unfit you think throwing a dart is physically challenging.
Little extra info on Joe Calzaghe.
The list of fighters he beat includes Roy Jones jr and Bernard Hopkins at light heavyweight both im sure you've heard of.
The fact that Charlotte Dujardin isn't on this list is absurd
It's a niche sport, though, so it's understandable.
No more so than track cycling!
Im going to say this once only. Joe calzage vs Jeff Lacey is the greatest boxing fight I've ever had the privilege to witnesses 12 rounds of how to give a masterclass and destroy you opponent
"Listen very carefully. I shall say zis only once!"
I'm thinking Kevin Sinfield should really be in there. Hated him playing against us because he was good and then everything he's done since retiring has been super human. A great human being and a real competitor.
Jim Clark is the greatest british f1 driver of all time.
Ahead of Jackie Stewart?
Jackie Stewart would tell you himself he wasn't in same class as Clark!
And Clark said he wasn't in the same league as Moss
@@Suprahampton Moss was something else. It's criminal that he was never world champion.
@@Suprahampton what we learn from this is that men back then were just more modest about their success. and the batch of today could learn a thing or two from them all
Tyson Fury isn't even human. He's the kind of guy you'd end up facing in a bar brawl and you'd just take a look at him and nope out. Just structurally and mentally built to be scary as hell, take hits, and dish them out all day.
edit: I highly recommend watching some highlights of him, he's different.
Plus he could talk you to sleep
simp. He's the type of guy to duck opponents, take PEDs and gas light the public along with his dad John who is also a pro BS artist.
Fury ahead of Lewis is ridiculous though. Terrible era and Fury won't fight the best, Lewis is in a completely different class.
Fred Perry was a working class boy who began as a table tennis player and, having won most trophies and titles in this sport, he turned to lawn tennis, at a relatively advanced age and won all the trophies and titles in that sport too. In doing so he managed to severely piss off the British tennis fraternity and the wider British establishment, something he quite enjoyed doing. It's a little known fact that Perry's father was a Labour member of Parliament.
I wonder did they get Fred Perry polo shirts in murica.
This video must be a little old.
Tanni Grey-Thompson is now a Baroness.
Daley Thompson wasn't just Olympic Decathlon champion but successfully defended it 4 years later-virtually impossible task.
Ian Botham is now a Lord for services to charity. He has walked the length of Great Britain (John O'Griats to Landsend -1189 miles) more than once. An all-rounder on cricket can do everything. Imagine an MLB All Star game where the number 4 hitter was also the starting pitcher.
Others didn't make the list such as
Sir Stanley Matthews - first European footballer of the year and a pro player in his 50's.
Sir Gareth Edwards- one of the top 2 or 3 rugby players of all time.
Sir Ben Ainsley- best Olympic sailor of all time . 5 Games,4 gloss, one silver medal.
And there are lots more
The UCI version of the keirin is somewhat sanitized but the Japanese version is close to war on bicycles and a huge source of betting, but even the UCI version can get fairly combative, usually a fun and interesting set of races at worlds and Olympics
Watching you confuse Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge made me chuckle @tylerrumple . They are both legends in their own right though!
I have to admit I was worried about this list, as it can be hard to capture all the competitors from all the sports played on these Islands. Overall I think the list was fair but it is clear the author has a penchant for individual sports as opposed to team sports, the exceptions being Moore, Charlton, Redgrave and Botham who are just undeniable. Maybe looking at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winners for each year would be a good rabbit hole for you to head down next.
Christopher no one remembers my cousin Derek Johnson which annoys me a bit. He was Round the same time as bannister he got pipped st the post 1956 Olympics by Tom Courtney but got gold medals at commonwealth games
your best react ever, loved it . I will forgive you the poor pronunciation because American.
Sir Henry Cooper should be on this list! He was a British heavyweight boxer; undefeated in British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship contests for twelve years and held the European heavyweight title for three years. In 1963 he fought against Mohammed Ali (called Cassius Clay back then) He knocked Ali down before the fight was stopped because of a cut to his eye. In 1966 he fought Ali again, who was then world heavyweight champion, for a second time and again lost to an eye injury. Cooper was twice voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year and, after retiring in 1971 became a popular public figure on tv. He is the only British boxer to have been awarded a knighthood. I was fortunate enough to have met him when I was a little girl in the 1970's, and he was the most kind, gentle of lovely man you could meet.
The thing with F1 it's not just about the driver as the car and the support team can mean a lot
Can say that about a lot of team sports. If messi played for Norwich he wouldn’t have won many titles. The best teams want the best players.
The driver is the main person. The fitness level the drivers have to endure is astonishing and almost inhuman. Their lighting-fast reflexes and response times aside, the forces acting upon on their body each lap of every race is amazing. Each race is equivalent to doing an entire marathon. Extremely fit individuals. People forget that and tend to think it's just a man in a fast car. If that was the case, anyone could get into a fast F1 car and start winning championships lol... not happening lol. These guys started at very young ages.
@@joel4285 the point he's making is that if you were to swap Hamilton for another driver, it's possible that they might have had all the success instead!
@@TheToyBoy1978 and if you swap Messi with a different footballer at Barcelona it’s possible they still win all them trophies.
@@joel4285 that is not the same, Lewis Hamilton almost certainly wouldn't have won any world championships if he drove for Ferrari, if Messi had of played for Real Madrid, I very much doubt Barcelona would have won much without him.
British honours (in order) - BEM (British Empire Medal), MBE, OBE, CBE, knighthood/damehood. If you are awarded one of the lower tier awards and are then elevated to knighthood/damehood you can use both, hence Sir Chris Hoy MBE, or Sir Andy Murray OBE.
In the late 1970s into the early 1980s the UK seemed to rule the middle distance athletics disciplines (Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and a little later Steve Cram). There was a point where it seemed they were trading world record times in 800m, 1500m & Mile on an almost weekly basis (or so it seemed), and between them broke the mile world record 3 times in 9 days. However they were often scheduled to run at different events and only raced against each other during major championships. If I can remember that far back, Ovett in particular had a running style where he would often lurk towards the back of the field for much of the race and then possessed a huge kick finish. Both Coe & Ovett were portrayed as quite different characters at the time with Ovett coming across as a bit of a rebel. While Ovett appeared to be the better at the longer of the middle distances, having been unbeaten over 1500m for a number of years, and Coe the shorter when it came to the 1980 Olympics they ended up wining gold in their rival's preferred distance (Coe won the 1500m & Ovett the 800m)
There's a video on TH-cam called "Clash of the Titans" that covers this rivalry.
For reference most of these athletes have various honors (Primarily because they won something), the one listed for each athlete is the most senior that they held. The order from least to most impressive is MBE (Member of the most excellent British Empire), OBE (Officer..), CBE (Commander ..) , Sir (Knight Commander ..) /Dame (Dame Commander). This is a simplification Sirs/Dames also have an order of merit within them, you can go from Knight Commander to Knight of the Grand Cross but normally you'd still be addressed as Sir. Often the honors are awarded in turn. An individual is first awarded an MBE, then an OBE, then a CBE and then a Knighthood/Damehood, but this isn't always the case.
Sebastian Coe's Lord title is different. He actually has a Lord title as he is a member of the House of Lords (HoL), which is the upper house of parliament. Unlike the Senate the HoL has little power itself and is primarily used to review legislation (it cannot initiate legislation, only amend and even then it cannot enforce the amendments it makes, only delay if it cannot get agreement from the House of Commons to the amendments). Lords are (primarily) appointed for life. They can be expelled if convicted of the equivalent of a felony, but else they are entitled to attend for as long as they want. But you could translate Lord Coe as Senator Coe. Generally a Lord title has higher merit than the honors. Seb Coe has a Knighthood but you wouldn't normally say Lord Sir Sebastian Coe, just Lord Sebastian Coe.
Sebastian Coe was also the head of the organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London. Also, Paralympics is really big in the UK - pretty much mainstream now. We follow it as much as the Olympics.
With the likes of Ellie Simmonds competing for us it's hardly surprising!
Michael Shoemaker! that cracked me up for some reason
Quite disrespectful actually
Ronnie O'Sullivan isn't the current World Snooker Champion, the 2023 title was won yesterday by Belgian player Luca Brecel, the first player from continental Europe(outside of Great Britain and Ireland) to do so. The only other non-GB or Irish player to win was Canadian Cliff Thorburn in 1980.
Lol I’m sure this was recorded before the final which happened last night.
I watched the final, Selby is a great player, but just couldn't shake him off.
Neil Robertson also won the World title for Australia.
@Obi Jon: You can hardly expect him to have a crystal ball and see who is going become a world champion after he's made his video you div! Ever heard of Neil Robertson?
OMG he so love his own voice 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯✅
This year’s Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, Ronnie O’Sullivan got knocked out in the World Snooker Championship Quarterfinals by a new guy on the Snooker sene from Belgium called, Luca Brecel.
Hes not new he was actually the youngest player to compete in the world championship in 2012 and he ended up winning it this year so i wouldn't say it was that bad that Ronnie lost and personally doesn't change the fact he's the greatest player to pick up a cue in my opinion and many others opinions.
Whether darts can be a 'sport' or not is a regular source of contention but officially it is so I'm sorry Phil 'the power' Taylor is without a doubt the most successful British Sportsman ever, no contest!
I agree, I love darts, but the guy is not an athlete. I would not include him.
@@bravepillsRonnie O’Sullivan isn’t an athlete either if we’re judging what’s a sport by athleticism
Interesting fact about Ronnie O’ Sullivan is he is genuinely ambidextrous and often would switch hands to take shots where other players would be force to use the rest. It was controversial at first with some players thinking Ronnie was ‘Micky taking’ one player even refused to shake Ronnie’s hand after a match. World Snooker charged Ronnie with bringing the game into disrepute, however at his disciplinary hearing played former world champion Rex Williams 3 times left handed and won all 3. The charge was later dropped.
Ronnie is not actually ambidextrous. He is naturally right-handed, but has trained himself to play snooker left-handed to such a high level that a while ago it was suggested that if (for some reason) he _only_ played left-handed, he could still rank in the top 16.
@Terry Hunt i was just about to mention that the reason he started using his left hand was he was potting everything with his right and he said it was getting boring so started using his left to give himself a challenge.
Alain robideux was the whinge pot who accused him of taking the piss
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
So what is the criteria for this list? So if you were a British champion and record holder, European champion & record holder, World champion & record holder.... And multiple Olympic medal winner including multi Gold medals and record holder doesn't count? Charlotte Dugardin has done all this, some at the same time while also helping others to improve. Well I'm giving her a shout out now! 🎉🇬🇧😍
Def tell this dude from the USA with all the ads we get on his vids :)
And a number of others could have been on there. We did have the First recorded 4 min miler in the world with Roger Bannister.
Bobby Charlton, watch the film “United”. About “busby Babes” which Bobby was one.
Why are you saying CharlTHon...there's no H in his name...it's CharlTon!
Not sure I would put Tyson Fury that high, deserves to be on this list, but not 2nd
Wouldn’t have him on the list at all. Far more better sports people than him to be included.
Daley Thompson held the world record for about ten years and also won every major decathlon competition for about ten years. He was world champion, European champion, and commonwealth champion from 1978 to 1986. Personally I would have him in the top ten. This is a pretty weird list. I dont know how Calzaghe, Ennis, Lennox Lewis and several others made this list. And Tyson Fury is an absolute joke, and shouldn't be in the top thousand. George Best should be number one, and Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, and W.G. Grace are incredibly missing altogether. Whoever made this list is a complete nincompoop.
Everyone hates on Lennox, its a shame.
George Best wouldn’t qualify for the list as he’s Irish and not British.
Also Wally Hammond was South African.
I think you will find he was from Northern Ireland, therefore British!
Joe Calzaghe is so underrated, both at home and in the global boxing community. 46-0-0 is an insane record and he never dodged any fights, he fought all the best during his era and beat them all.
If he had an identical career but was some flash American then people would talk about him like he’s Floyd Mayweather (imo Joe is greater than Floyd. Mayweather dodged guys he didn’t fancy fighting)
Love snooker 👍My favourite sport 👍Ronnie is great,but this year he ended on 5th place in World Snooker Championship. Reanne Evans should have made this list to,she is World Snooker Champion for women 12 times 🏆Stephen Hendry and John Higgins (and others) could also have made the list ofc goes without saying 👍
I used to love watching the grinder. Cliff Thorburn. He got a 147 too that was televised. I remember that so well.
Steve 'Boring' Davies was one of my favourite players. Not known for spectacular pots but for setting near perfect or perfect snookers and escaping from same. Won the longest Crucible final ever, went down to the last frame and a respotted black well into the Monday.
@@tonys1636 Steve Davies is a funny character and he was a great snooker player . Unfortunately i'm to young to have seen him at crucible . But i have seen him in you tube videos (at least) . He seems to be a very likeable person 👍
or maybe not...just checked,he reached the qaurter finals in 2010.... hmmm I watch the whole thing,almost every match...have could i have forgot seeing him there. This is weird. Sorry Steve...i'm ashamed 😔
@@elisabethpedersen7893 He was an excellent player but very slow and methodical hence the nickname and seldom smiled during a match. Became a very witty and interesting interviewer and occasional commentator. The matches between him and Alex Higgins were always interesting as totally opposite styles of playing. His 'Spitting Images' puppet was a hoot, you knew you had made it when the programme had your puppet.
Yeah Fred Perry Polos in particular are highly regarded amongst mods, skinheads, indie scene and football fans etc. Very nice quality stuff although I havnt owned any for years. I'd imagine you can buy them in the US which is more likely where you know the name or will atleast recognise the logo. Expensive here so probably off the scale in the States but they will last you literal years.
Doctor Martens and Fred Perry...with Braxes,of course..
They did Phil the power Taylor dirty on this and it is probably because he is a rather round darts player. He is the greatest darts player ever, no exceptions. Not many people win 16 world championships.
Sir Jack Hobbs (cricket), Sir Stanley Matthews (football), Dixie Dean (football), Dame Mary Peters (pentathlete), Harold Larwood (cricket), Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart (all F1 racing), Tony Jacklin (golf), WG Grace (cricket), Red Rum (winner of BBC Sports Personality of the year 1977, quite a few years before AP McCoy 😆), Sir Henry Cooper (boxing), Linford Christie (sprinter), Lillian Board (400 & 800m), Jonathan Edwards (triple jump), Steve Ovett and Steve Cram (middle distance runners), Graeme Obree (cycling), David Bryant (bowling), Sir Matthew Pinsent (rowing), Virginia Wade (tennis), Gordon Banks (football), John Curry (ice skating), Torvill and Dean (ice skating), loads from rugby (union and league) Gareth Edwards, Doddie Weir, John Rutherford, Ellery Hanley, Martin Offiah, Ollie Campbell, Johnny Wilkinson and many more. (List grew like Topsy, apologies!)
George Best, Martin Offiah, Ellery Hanley, Shaun Edwards, Steve Ovett, Johny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dellaglio, Billy boston, Jim Sullivan, Gazza, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Eric Bristow, Stirling Moss, Carl Fogerty, Lester Piggot, Willie Carson, Colin McCrae, Duncan Edwards and lots more could arguably been included on this list.
Wilkinson
Fred Perry started a clothing brand that is now quite big and expensive brand. That might be why you recognised the name.
You might know the Fred Murray name by the tennis clothing line.
C B Fry should be the top of this list. England cricketer, England footballer, world record holder in the long jump. Hockey
player, rugby player, shot putter, hammer thrower, skater and golfer. He was also asked to be king of Albania.
A.P. "Tony"McCoy was a National Hunt jockey which means that almost all his races were over jumps (both hurdles and fences) in races from two miles to over four miles in length, and often run in fetlock deep turf in the rain. And yes, he is almost certainly the greatest British National Hunt jockey of all time. It's a very, very tough sport. If you were looking for an equivalent British flat race jockey, it would be between Lester Piggott (20th Century) and Fred Archer (19th Century.) If you know what you are talking about, probably Archer, though neither of them were of particularly good character!
Sir Bobby Charlton played for Manchester United.
steve cram(4th fastest miler ever and fastest at the time) Johnathan edwards(triple jump world record holder) and george best (he beat bobby charlton for the balon dor as well as Eusebio who was probably the greatest striker ever until r9 (original ronaldo)
George Best! Of Course!
While Seb Coe did win two Gold and two Silver across the 1980 & 1984 Olympics the Gold medals were both in the 1500m and the silvers were both in the 800m; in 1980 behind Steve Ovett and behind Joaquim Cruz in 1984.
If you remember a recent video you did about a school shooting in Dumblane Scotland. Andy Murray was a child attending that school at the time of the shooting
Where's Ryan giggs? 13 premier league medals 2x champions league winner
An easy way to get the UK honours system.
GBE - Grand Knight/Dame,
KBE/DBE - Knight/Dame,
CBE - Commander,
OBE - Order, and
MBE - Member.
In ascending Order you get "MOCK G" as a mnemonic!
Sir or Dame is only used for KBE/DBE and GBE, although I've noticed many of the other honours seem to be getting called dame or sir and not sure why this is.
I think I might have put George Best on this list (football), Freddie Flintoff (Cricket), Steve Cram (Long Distance Running), Torville & Dean (Ice Skaters), Jonathan Edwards (Long Jump) and last but by no means least, the most famous English runner of all time Sir Roger Bannister (I can't believe he wasn't on this list) - see Chariots of Fire for details.
Never seen a thumbnail featuring a snooker player and the word Athlete before 😅
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Getting gold in an Olympic decathlon is akin to winning the lot... Even though decathletes are subpar in individual events, in the overall they would wreck most high tiers in any individual discipline past the overall 10 events (basically hurdlers can hurdle, Runners can run and shotputters can shotput... Not many of them can be proficient in 10 different sports)
Lewis Hamilton is my childhood hero. I'm so happy that he's on the list.
I dont agree with louis, he is the greates i admit, but it was down the the car and his ability, his car so so good last couple years, he is bit behind, if had not been for the rule changes
and yet I still think of him as a newcomer - how time flies!!
The cars today could probably drive themselves F1 died along time ago its now just a world tyre changing championship.
@@Jaygraterthanyou i agree, its technology, not a person against another person,
Few have mentioned him, but this list really should include Sir Ben Ainslie - the most successful sailor in Olympic history with 5x Golds and 1x Silver plus 8x World Chempionships!
Its gotta be said Britain punches well above its weight in terms of sportsmen and women 👊👊
& in most other things we've ever done in this country❤🇬🇧