When I was in middle school we had a KC royals scout come talk to us as part of a boys program. He was talking about Bo Jackson in the weight room. At the time the strongest KC Royals player was Steve Balboni. Bo Jackson was so strong they were doing leg presses and couldn't fit enough weights onto the press so trainers were leaning on them to give extra resistance. He said the training staff was just in awe of what he could do.
As a kid and Raider fan in the 70's & 80's, I was very lucky to get to see Bo live against KC. Got to see the amazing athlete he was an aspire to play for the Raiders like him. Thank goodness so many of those exploits were filmed so they aren't just legend.
@@billwoods7578 Well, Bo is the only person to ever achieve All Star status in 2 professional sports. The one sport they had in common - Track & Field - Bo's personal bests in their common events they participated in, beats Wilt's...."and its not close". Facts
What was Bos 100 time? Fairly certain Wilt was better. Wilt is HOF in two sports.... and didn't reach all star status because it didn't exist lmfao. Its Wilt and its not close sorry bud.@@aaronnarsavage3640
@@aaronnarsavage3640 Wilt was HOF in Pro basketball AND pro volleyball. Wilt threw the shot put farther than Bo 53 ft to 50.1 for Bo. Bo High jumped higher than Wilt. Wilt ran the 440yd dash under 50 seconds, don't know if Bo ever broke 50 seconds in the 400m. So your "facts" are not really facts.
Bo Jackson made the most incredible fielding play I have ever witnessed in-person or have seen on TV. I attended a spring training game in 1989 (when I was a young teen) at Boardwalk & Baseball in Haines City, home to the Royals. Bo was playing RF that day. A ball was hit sharply to the RF corner, Bo sprinted like lightening to the ball, snatched up the ball and launched a rocket never going 20 ft above the grass, directly to the catchers mit without a bounce to get the runner who was trying to score. It was truly amazing.
Pity his baseball career was cut short playing pro football (at a superior level) and hurting his hip. He has said in interviews that if he had the chance for a do-over, he would stick to baseball after college. I would have traded every highlight of him on the pro gridiron for a 'complete' career full of dumbfounding highlights (so many as it was) as a sure HofFamer (though no guarantee of avoiding a major injury in baseball, much less likely than in football). The most remarkable athlete ever, to be sure.
Bo Jackson is not from earth. I'm convinced after seeing all his film and highlights. He was a little before my time, before I started paying attention and really following sports. But the man is either, not from this planet OR he's a meta human.
@@jonnybalz As far as Jim Thorpe doing the high jump his numbers are probably not as high as they would be if he was around after people learned the best way to do the high jump was jumping over backwards.
Bo couldve been a legendary Hall of Famer at many sports which is CRAZY to even fathom. 😳 I really do believe he couldve been a top 40 or top 50 ALL TIME baseball player. Legendary arm, speed, power, athleticism and great instinctiveness.
i understsnd why he is not in the HOF but u had to see this man play.raw talent,no flaws,speed an strength unbeliveable if he would had stay in either baseball or football full time he would have been the best to ever do it period.
2:18 The Spiderman... yes, THE Bo moment ever. And there were many. No doubt greatest ever across all multi skills needed sports. Always said it, always will.
Bo Jackson should be in the NFL Hall of Fame. It's a bit like Shohei Ohtani in MLB. Ohtani has already earned a room in the HOF. Longevity may be a factor for most professional players to be considered HOF worthy. But there are a select few players who achieve that level without regard to length of playing time. Bo deserves it for what he did in such a short time, a legend among legends.
@@sydboski Is that all you have in the way of argument? He was not a "part-time player". He played two sports and joined the Raiders as soon as he was done with baseball, playing 10-11 games three of his four NFL seasons. There should be room in the HoF for players who made a massive contribution to the sport regardless of how many total games they played. But in his case, his NFL career was limited to four seasons, and that's difficult for many people to see as qualifying for the HoF.
@surfwriter8461 Yes, he was a part time player in the NFL. I'm saying the voters will not vote for him because he was NOT a full time football player. There are guys who were full time players who have not gotten the call. Bo was a great player, but Imo 38 games is not enough.
I was born in 1966. I feel blessed to grow up with some of the greatest players to ever play their respective sports. There are many. As an over all athlete. No doubt Bo Jackson was the greatest.
If I'm picking my all-time team... Bo Jackson is my second pick... just after LT... and just before Montana. Bo was the greatest running back I ever saw (I'm 65, and don't really remember Jim Brown playing all that well.)
I was at his first professional football game in Foxboro. He only had a few carries. But on a sweep he got around the corner right in front of where we were sitting. I swear he teleported himself 10 or 15 yards in an instant. I've never seen a human being move that fast. A pro-bowl corner with an angle missed him by 3 yards. Would have been a touchdown if the safety hadn't been there to push him out.
I met a guy once that played Pop Warner football with Deion Sanders in Ft Myers and he said that Deion was so physically superior to the other kids that he was only allowed to play the first half of games. I imagine Bo was no different.
Nope … Bo & Wilt are head and shoulders above their competition. And they also are 2 exceptional athletes of the very few who played multiple sports. The things these two could do (Bo … strength, speed - Wilt … strength, size, endurance) was out of this world.
Biggest strongest fastest athlete I’ve ever seen. He’s 30 lbs heavier than all the fast guys, and faster. Never seen anyone with that much God given talent ..
Herschel was comparable size wise and “straight-line” speed wise in college (6’1, 225-230, legit 4.2x guys that were both elite college indoor sprinters despite playing multiple sports and thus never training like most sprinters and being 50-75 pounds heavier than most sprinters)but he wasn’t as nimble and agile as Bo. Deion was like a leaner version of Bo. Athletically, during their prime, if someone said they were brothers you’d probably be like *”yep, just the older one is bigger, more muscular but they each have the athletic freak cheat code in their DNA”*
Bo would win because neither Deion nor HW have any experience in the pole vault, high jump. long jump, 110m hurdles, javelin or discus. They both would beat Bo in the 100m, 400m most likely and the 1500m. Walker did throw the shot put farther than Bo too.
@@watchmanonthewall14 Wilt is definitely top 5 greatest athletes all time, next to Bo, Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, but him being freakishly tall kind of hinders his athletic feats because it will be chalked up to his height
Some HOF have become a little watered down in terms of who they let in. But I feel the same way that universities hand out honorary doctorates, I feel Bo should be an honorary HOF in both of them cause he truly was famous. His fame was only second to Jordan back then. His shoes were only second to Jordan too.
To Me... The ONLY reason He didn't and won't make it to the Hall is because, He only played 4 seasons in the NFL. And to even qualify. You had to have played at least 5. TRAGIC !
Jim Thorpe's Statue in the NFL Hall of Fame is the center piece. Its the first thing you see. He was in the Hall the year it opened in 1963. Case closed
It makes sense because the Era matters and context matters……As good as Jim Thorpe was, his times today would make him a D3 level college player. Also people need to be discerning with this conversation…….Bo is certainly the best MLB/NFL athlete I’ve ever seen…..Does that mean he’s the greatest athlete ever, no……But when you’re talking about Baseball/Football, Bo was the best and it’s not even close. Even more to it, Greatest and Best aren’t the same thing. Tom Brady is the greatest QB all time, does that mean he’s the best to do it, nope. Greatest is a legacy title, Best isn’t. Thorpe might be the greatest, but the best….sadly no.
@@Silver_79 1. You cannot directly compare Thope's times, heights and distances to today's athletes times. Today's athletes do not have to hold down a regular job in the off seasons or during the season like they did in Thorpe's time. They did not have the advantage of almost 100 years of evolution. No only are people bigger and stronger, equipment, running surfaces, training, and nutrition all have evolved. Thorpe was High jumping and pole vaulting into sawdust or sand. The landing pits themselves allows athletes to jump and vault higher just in the fact that they can land without killing themselves. The Fosbury Flop would not be possible without the soft pits. The new flexible poles for the vault, Thorpe did not have. He did not run on mondo rubber tracks and did not have starting blocks. There is more, but I think you get the point. 2. The comment does not say football/baseball, it says greatest athlete. So no, it doesn't make sense. 3. Greatest and best are different, but in this situation the only would be the greatest AND the best. Thorpe is the ONLY athlete who competed in 4 sports at the highest level. Sooo....Yes, that makes Thorpe the best and the greatest.
@@sydboski "2. The comment does not say football/baseball, it says greatest athlete." - I understand the OP comment did not say that, I did. So no, it doesn't make sense." - Well it does make sense because again context and Era matters. Saying Thorpe would essentially dog walk todays athletes is pure speculation. Yes in his day he was a phenom, and its not outside the realm of possibility that he would be just as dominant today. However that is just pure speculation. We can only go with what we have. Bo on the other hand would still be just as dominant today as he was then, we don't have to speculate at all. His times, abilities, size are just too much. If you want to make the case that Thorpe was a better 4 sport athlete against Bo specifically, that would technically be possible but only because Bo didn't play 4 sports....................However as a MLB/NFL athlete, Bo was the best and its not even close. No one was better, no one has been better......ever.
@@Silver_79 @Silver_79 So, Thorpe, almost 100 years ago, being dominant today is speculation. But Bo, almost 35 years ago, being dominant today is not speculation? LMAO!! Bo's baseball career was not dominant. He was average at best. 10.44 100m is good, but there are plenty of players in the NFL faster and much faster than that. And please do not try to hand me the total BS 40 time because it is a complete fluffed myth. Thorpe was the better all around athlete. That is the subject of this thread.
I agree about Bo Jackson being the greatest athlete. I think body wise and reflex wise Muhammad Ali was right there being six foot three 215 pounds and early on being able to move like a lightweight boxer. Jackson in college was so good it was funny. Once he got into a team's secondary it was over. Ridiculous how good he was and why fate treated him the way it did is unexplainable.
He is one of the greatest athletes ever, but when I try to tell people who weren’t alive at the time or they say he’s no way he could’ve run a 41. People don’t believe is strength nowadays they think it’s steroids they say the videos are doctored you had to be there. That’s all I can say you had to see it.
I agree that Bo is but don’t discount Randy who at his time as slated as “Best High school athlete ever was”. They say he could have played pro basketball and ran track professionally.
Wild that "The Best Athlete Who Ever Lived" never had a 1,000 yard rushing season, only cracked the 700 mark once, and has five fewer career touchdowns than Jim Brown scored in 1965 alone.
If you are just a number crunching nerd who knows nothing about playing sports ...fine. Just look at the videos and listen to his peers, sports observers coaches etc and they will almost all say that Bo Jackson was not of this world
Prime is the best athlete of all time....period! Track, basketball, football, baseball. Who plays in the superbowl and the world series? What if? Would he have?...enough...Prime did!
Prime ran track in college. Basketball in HS maybe, because he did not play in college. Jim Thorpe is a 2x Olympic champion, pro football HOF, pro baseball, AND pro basketball. That is 4 sports at the top level vs only 2 for Deion. This is a run away win for Thorpe.
@@watchmanonthewall14 nobody can forget a guy that had a 50” vertical, won the NCAA low hurdles, long jump and set the high jump record. I’m talking about football, not basketball. Jim was considered the greatest Lacrosse player Possibly ever as well. There is also Jim Thorpe in there somewhere.
@@watchmanonthewall14 exactly. First it’s a ludicrous pursuit. Only pitting these athletes against each other at their prime could determine who would be the greatest. Second there are athletes walking the streets that could be even better and for whatever reason never played or washed out of sports. I’ve been alive long enough to have seen all of them but Thorpe, Owens and some of the athletes deemed great from those early days. You also apparently have ignored the fact that most of the great sport athletes decided to not play other sports to concentrate on one sport. Have a blessed day.
@@powerboatguy2308 I don't think it. I know it. Their weight entering the NFL was Bo 227, HW 225. You can find that on pro football reference. As far as speed Bo ran 55m in 6.18 vs HW at 6.11. Also their 100m times Bo 10.44 vs HW at 10.23. That information on the World Athletics web site. They have the real verified times. I only speak facts.
What about Ricky Henderson? He could have played football. You think the stolen base record is an easy athletic feet. He was like ghost in baseball. That was my favorite athlete. He would take such a huge lead off of the base and make it back every time. He has to have been faster than Bo or Deion. It says he has 1400 stolen bases and is the first person to reach 1000. He’s beating pitchers throwing baseballs. He wasn’t running track and racing other humans, or running from humans on a football. He’s running faster than baseballs.
With longevity and availability in play, Deion Sanders was tha greatest athlete of all time. I just feel like you have to show it your hole career. It's unfortunate Bo's got cut short but that does play a factor. We have to go off Facts not "What ifs"!
Arguably the best overall all-around athlete ever is/was NATIVE AMERICAN JIM THORPE - collegiate records in numerous sports, Olympic records, professional records. But you also do have to put in Bo Jackson and Wilt Chamberlin.
Sprinter. HIGH JUMPER in collage. 50”vertical at 310#. Beat the other players to the other end of the court (no big man lope). Scored ONE HUNDRED POINTS…..
@@richardfeuille1212 I’m not even talking about statistics within a sport, I’m just talking about athletic ability. 7’2 with a wingspan somewhere between 7’8 and 8’4, weighing between 290-325 pounds throughout his nba years, 48-50 inch vertical, 500 pound bench press in his 50’s, able to pick up full grown men and move them around in the air with ease and with one hand, 4.6 second 40 yard dash, the list is literally endless. Bo Jackson is definitely among the best pure athletes of all time but there’s no doubt chamberlain is number 1, and by the way did this all naturally. No ped’s around in his time, plus he didn’t have any recovery technology or training equipment athletes now have which improve all of their athletic abilities. He didn’t even have good shoes to use. Imagine the athletic numbers he would’ve had if he was 20 years old right now
@@tonj02 well that's your opinion. Dick Schaap, the legendary sports writer had Bo as the greatest athlete he'd ever seen, followed by Wilt, then Jim Brown
Bo and it isn't even close Bo's best results in track & field in college: 100m 10.39 High Jump 6'9" Triple Jump 48' 9" Long Jump 24' 8" Shot put 50' Wilt's best collegiate track & field results High Jump 6'6 3/4" Shot 46'10.5" Triple Jump 46'2" Bo was superior in every event Wilt specialized in and did multiple other events at a very high level. Unlike Wilt, Bo was a two sport professional athlete. And not an athlete when a sport was in its infancy like Wilt coming into the NBA in 1959. Bo came into MLB which had existed 100 years and the NFL which existed for 65 years.
@@MrKT410 - You are young and uniformed. Jim Thorpe’s track & field AND football stats blow Bo Jackson’s out of the water. Thorpe’s baseball stats are roughly equal to Jackson’s, although most of Thorpe’s baseball career was in the minor leagues - because he was playing football.
I never get tired of Bo Jackson stories.
Bo or Jim Brown?
Bo
Bo by far. But Jim brown next @PortlandEast
Me either
When I was in middle school we had a KC royals scout come talk to us as part of a boys program. He was talking about Bo Jackson in the weight room. At the time the strongest KC Royals player was Steve Balboni. Bo Jackson was so strong they were doing leg presses and couldn't fit enough weights onto the press so trainers were leaning on them to give extra resistance. He said the training staff was just in awe of what he could do.
As a kid and Raider fan in the 70's & 80's, I was very lucky to get to see Bo live against KC. Got to see the amazing athlete he was an aspire to play for the Raiders like him. Thank goodness so many of those exploits were filmed so they aren't just legend.
Bo Jackson my favorite football player of all time.
I’m damn near 60 and he was by far the greatest athlete I ever saw…and I knew Wilt who was also out of this world.
Wilt is the GOAT athlete and its not close.
@@billwoods7578 I hung out with Wilt and he was a great athlete and the best basketball player I ever saw.
@@billwoods7578 Well, Bo is the only person to ever achieve All Star status in 2 professional sports. The one sport they had in common - Track & Field - Bo's personal bests in their common events they participated in, beats Wilt's...."and its not close". Facts
What was Bos 100 time? Fairly certain Wilt was better. Wilt is HOF in two sports.... and didn't reach all star status because it didn't exist lmfao. Its Wilt and its not close sorry bud.@@aaronnarsavage3640
@@aaronnarsavage3640 Wilt was HOF in Pro basketball AND pro volleyball.
Wilt threw the shot put farther than Bo 53 ft to 50.1 for Bo. Bo High jumped higher than Wilt. Wilt ran the 440yd dash under 50 seconds, don't know if Bo ever broke 50 seconds in the 400m. So your "facts" are not really facts.
Bo Jackson made the most incredible fielding play I have ever witnessed in-person or have seen on TV. I attended a spring training game in 1989 (when I was a young teen) at Boardwalk & Baseball in Haines City, home to the Royals. Bo was playing RF that day. A ball was hit sharply to the RF corner, Bo sprinted like lightening to the ball, snatched up the ball and launched a rocket never going 20 ft above the grass, directly to the catchers mit without a bounce to get the runner who was trying to score. It was truly amazing.
Pity his baseball career was cut short playing pro football (at a superior level) and hurting his hip. He has said in interviews that if he had the chance for a do-over, he would stick to baseball after college. I would have traded every highlight of him on the pro gridiron for a 'complete' career full of dumbfounding highlights (so many as it was) as a sure HofFamer (though no guarantee of avoiding a major injury in baseball, much less likely than in football). The most remarkable athlete ever, to be sure.
Bo Jackson is not from earth. I'm convinced after seeing all his film and highlights. He was a little before my time, before I started paying attention and really following sports. But the man is either, not from this planet OR he's a meta human.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Chemi-human. 💉💉💉
i'M METASEXUAL!!!! I'M WITH BO!!!! MOMMA TOLD ME I CAN BE BETTER BUT I'M TOO HUMBLE AND RATHER PLAY MADDEN!!!!
i agree with this fella, Bo is the greatest athlete that ever lived!
Bo was a 7’ high jumper at 210# in high school. High jumpers that good are 150# and 6-4.
Look up Jim Thorpe
@@jonnybalz As far as Jim Thorpe doing the high jump his numbers are probably not as high as they would be if he was around after people learned the best way to do the high jump was jumping over backwards.
If it wasn't for Bo Jackson, ESPN wouldn't be where it is today
Neither would Tecmo.
Bo couldve been a legendary Hall of Famer at many sports which is CRAZY to even fathom. 😳 I really do believe he couldve been a top 40 or top 50 ALL TIME baseball player. Legendary arm, speed, power, athleticism and great instinctiveness.
Fully agree best athlete ever.
He’s not even top ten
Look up Jim Thorpe, Herschel Walker and Wilt Chamberlain. Each one of them have better athletic resumes than Bo.
i understsnd why he is not in the HOF but u had to see this man play.raw talent,no flaws,speed an strength unbeliveable if he would had stay in either baseball or football full time he would have been the best to ever do it period.
I once heard it put: "He's not in the Hall of Fame, but is the envy of all who are."
Love the shout out to Jim Thorpe! Obviously different eras but that man could just flat out play. And only love for Mr.Jackson as well.
2:18 The Spiderman... yes, THE Bo moment ever. And there were many. No doubt greatest ever across all multi skills needed sports. Always said it, always will.
And it's not even close.
I remember watching that with my Dad, and we still talk about it.
Bo Jackson is the greatest athlete of all time 💯
I’m a Seahawks fan, and that run in the king dome where he just smoked the “Boz” was epic…..
He really didn’t smoke him. Boz took a really last minute bad angle at him. And no one can afford to do that against Bo
I was there , 1 section over from the famous tunnel run. I remember saying to friend where did he go ?
@@Wh4L205boz knees buckled tho
boz was slow and looked strong but it was the roids
bo never even lifted weights
Best athlete I ever saw. Great shoes!
You never saw Herschel Walker? Those shoes were awesome.
Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker are greatest athletes I've ever seen
And Herschel is a Rhodes Scholar too!😂
Bo Knows 😎
Bo Jackson should be in the NFL Hall of Fame. It's a bit like Shohei Ohtani in MLB. Ohtani has already earned a room in the HOF. Longevity may be a factor for most professional players to be considered HOF worthy. But there are a select few players who achieve that level without regard to length of playing time. Bo deserves it for what he did in such a short time, a legend among legends.
He does not deserve NFL HOF because he was a part time player.
@@sydboskinahhh bro he made such an impact on the league
he deserves his own hallway somewhere in the Hall
@@vincents9620 There are no HOF voters that would vote in a part time player.
@@sydboski Is that all you have in the way of argument? He was not a "part-time player". He played two sports and joined the Raiders as soon as he was done with baseball, playing 10-11 games three of his four NFL seasons. There should be room in the HoF for players who made a massive contribution to the sport regardless of how many total games they played. But in his case, his NFL career was limited to four seasons, and that's difficult for many people to see as qualifying for the HoF.
@surfwriter8461 Yes, he was a part time player in the NFL. I'm saying the voters will not vote for him because he was NOT a full time football player. There are guys who were full time players who have not gotten the call. Bo was a great player, but Imo 38 games is not enough.
I was born in 1966. I feel blessed to grow up with some of the greatest players to ever play their respective sports. There are many. As an over all athlete. No doubt Bo Jackson was the greatest.
If I'm picking my all-time team... Bo Jackson is my second pick... just after LT... and just before Montana. Bo was the greatest running back I ever saw (I'm 65, and don't really remember Jim Brown playing all that well.)
Bo Jackson: we will never see the like of him again
I was at his first professional football game in Foxboro. He only had a few carries. But on a sweep he got around the corner right in front of where we were sitting. I swear he teleported himself 10 or 15 yards in an instant. I've never seen a human being move that fast. A pro-bowl corner with an angle missed him by 3 yards. Would have been a touchdown if the safety hadn't been there to push him out.
Wilt Chamberlain has something to say about that. But he's certainly up there.
I met a guy once that played Pop Warner football with Deion Sanders in Ft Myers and he said that Deion was so physically superior to the other kids that he was only allowed to play the first half of games. I imagine Bo was no different.
Only other athlete is Wilt Chamberlain.
Either one man, GOOD GOD!!!
What about Herschel walker or the Greatest Athlete Jim Thorpe?
Nope … Bo & Wilt are head and shoulders above their competition. And they also are 2 exceptional athletes of the very few who played multiple sports. The things these two could do (Bo … strength, speed - Wilt … strength, size, endurance) was out of this world.
Biggest strongest fastest athlete I’ve ever seen. He’s 30 lbs heavier than all the fast guys, and faster. Never seen anyone with that much God given talent ..
In the modern era, Bo was the best, greatest athlete I ever saw. A total phenom
Absolutely. The best athlete ever.
Jackson was the incredible Hulk mixed with Superman
Bo deserves all accolades! He was the best of his time! Not even close!
Great Athlete
Great Man
There are meta humans among us. Jim Thorpe, Wilt Chamberlain, and Bo Jackson are proof.
Exactly. Bo climbing up the wall, across the wall, and down the wall. Yes. He must be added to both the NFL and MLB halls of fame.
I would’ve loved to see Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, and Herschel Walker all in their prime compete against each other in a decathlon
Herschel was comparable size wise and “straight-line” speed wise in college (6’1, 225-230, legit 4.2x guys that were both elite college indoor sprinters despite playing multiple sports and thus never training like most sprinters and being 50-75 pounds heavier than most sprinters)but he wasn’t as nimble and agile as Bo.
Deion was like a leaner version of Bo. Athletically, during their prime, if someone said they were brothers you’d probably be like *”yep, just the older one is bigger, more muscular but they each have the athletic freak cheat code in their DNA”*
I watched them on non smart, non HD tv’s. You didn’t want to leave your seats when they we’re playing!!
They all play against each other.
Bo would win because neither Deion nor HW have any experience in the pole vault, high jump. long jump, 110m hurdles, javelin or discus. They both would beat Bo in the 100m, 400m most likely and the 1500m. Walker did throw the shot put farther than Bo too.
Darrell Green would outrun Deion and Walker, but I don't think he would out run Bo. Remember he ran down Dorsett and Dickerson
Simply the GREATEST....no arguments.
Greatest what?
@@sydboski Athlete in human history...
@@classicamericanoldman1091 How? By what standards?
@@sydboski Mine and the publisher of the video clip....
I'm confused....do you just want to argue? It's an opinion...you can say I'm wrong...so what?
@@classicamericanoldman1091 I just wanted to know what you are going g by to pick Bo as the greatest.
And he’s a down to earth good guy!
Notice how he didn't mention Wilt.
Wilt should always be in this conversation. Always.
@@watchmanonthewall14 Wilt is definitely top 5 greatest athletes all time, next to Bo, Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, but him being freakishly tall kind of hinders his athletic feats because it will be chalked up to his height
Bo Knows.
Some HOF have become a little watered down in terms of who they let in. But I feel the same way that universities hand out honorary doctorates, I feel Bo should be an honorary HOF in both of them cause he truly was famous. His fame was only second to Jordan back then. His shoes were only second to Jordan too.
Jackie Robinson made the HoF in his 4th best sport. He was better in Football, Basketball and track at UCLA
WHAT COULD OF BEEN. IMAGINE BEING IN THE HALL OF BOTH LEAGUES...
when Prime says Bo is the greatest.. i'm sold.
Thanks, Bo.
Bo 🙌🏼
Agreed ,would have been in 2 Hall of Fames 👏 👏
I named my French Bulldog BoJax after this legend!
Best athlete of all time!!!!!
How? By what standards?
To Me...
The ONLY reason He didn't and won't make it to the Hall is because, He only played 4 seasons in the NFL. And to even qualify. You had to have played at least 5.
TRAGIC !
Bo would never have made the HOF as a part time player.
Deon Jackson, Carl Lewis, Wilt, Danny Ainge (Played pro baseball, and probably could have played on the PGA tour).
Bo is the Goat!!
Jim Thorpe's Statue in the NFL Hall of Fame is the center piece. Its the first thing you see. He was in the Hall the year it opened in 1963. Case closed
Bo Jackson wasn't born yet
I agree Thorp is easy the best ever...
Thorpe is definitely the greatest athlete ever.
Totally agree
Bo & Ali the greatest of all time
Yes... next topic
Even thow he had a short career in football he belongs in the "Hall Of Fame"
Not as a part time player.
Bo Jackson
Greatest Athletic DNA 🧬 God ever placed on this planet.
And yes, this includes Jim Thorpe, Wilt Chamberlain, and the T-Rex 🦖
God woke up one morning and said, “I’m going to create the greatest athlete of all time.” Then Bo was born!
Really?
Must have been the 4th time God did that, because Bo's athletic resume is not as good as Wilt Chamberlain, Herschel Walker, or Jim Thorpe's.
@@sydboski I wasn’t talking résumé’s but ability. Size, speed, power, coordination etc…
@@AUClay Resumes are their abilities. Their ability to do different sports. You are judged by what you accomplished. Their accomplishments dwarf Bo's.
@@sydboski Think what you want. Bo got injured…Only pro to make the NFL Pro Bowl and MLB All Star Game in the same season. Made MVP as well!
He dominated baseball ⚾️ he's for sure the greatest.
Bo is definitely the greatest athlete that ever lived. Jim Thorpe is second
How is a guy who only played 2 sports at the highest level a greater athlete than a guy who did 4 sports at the highest level? That makes no sense.
It makes sense because the Era matters and context matters……As good as Jim Thorpe was, his times today would make him a D3 level college player.
Also people need to be discerning with this conversation…….Bo is certainly the best MLB/NFL athlete I’ve ever seen…..Does that mean he’s the greatest athlete ever, no……But when you’re talking about Baseball/Football, Bo was the best and it’s not even close.
Even more to it, Greatest and Best aren’t the same thing. Tom Brady is the greatest QB all time, does that mean he’s the best to do it, nope. Greatest is a legacy title, Best isn’t.
Thorpe might be the greatest, but the best….sadly no.
@@Silver_79 1. You cannot directly compare Thope's times, heights and distances to today's athletes times. Today's athletes do not have to hold down a regular job in the off seasons or during the season like they did in Thorpe's time. They did not have the advantage of almost 100 years of evolution. No only are people bigger and stronger, equipment, running surfaces, training, and nutrition all have evolved. Thorpe was High jumping and pole vaulting into sawdust or sand. The landing pits themselves allows athletes to jump and vault higher just in the fact that they can land without killing themselves. The Fosbury Flop would not be possible without the soft pits. The new flexible poles for the vault, Thorpe did not have. He did not run on mondo rubber tracks and did not have starting blocks. There is more, but I think you get the point.
2. The comment does not say football/baseball, it says greatest athlete. So no, it doesn't make sense.
3. Greatest and best are different, but in this situation the only would be the greatest AND the best. Thorpe is the ONLY athlete who competed in 4 sports at the highest level. Sooo....Yes, that makes Thorpe the best and the greatest.
@@sydboski "2. The comment does not say football/baseball, it says greatest athlete." - I understand the OP comment did not say that, I did.
So no, it doesn't make sense." - Well it does make sense because again context and Era matters. Saying Thorpe would essentially dog walk todays athletes is pure speculation. Yes in his day he was a phenom, and its not outside the realm of possibility that he would be just as dominant today. However that is just pure speculation. We can only go with what we have.
Bo on the other hand would still be just as dominant today as he was then, we don't have to speculate at all. His times, abilities, size are just too much.
If you want to make the case that Thorpe was a better 4 sport athlete against Bo specifically, that would technically be possible but only because Bo didn't play 4 sports....................However as a MLB/NFL athlete, Bo was the best and its not even close. No one was better, no one has been better......ever.
@@Silver_79 @Silver_79 So, Thorpe, almost 100 years ago, being dominant today is speculation. But Bo, almost 35 years ago, being dominant today is not speculation? LMAO!! Bo's baseball career was not dominant. He was average at best. 10.44 100m is good, but there are plenty of players in the NFL faster and much faster than that. And please do not try to hand me the total BS 40 time because it is a complete fluffed myth.
Thorpe was the better all around athlete. That is the subject of this thread.
Jim Thorpe. Dudes! Come one.
Greatest athlete ever
I agree about Bo Jackson being the greatest athlete. I think body wise and reflex wise Muhammad Ali was right there being six foot three 215 pounds and early on being able to move like a lightweight boxer.
Jackson in college was so good it was funny. Once he got into a team's secondary it was over. Ridiculous how good he was and why fate treated him the way it did is unexplainable.
Agreed , and a disgrace he isn't in football hall of fame
He is one of the greatest athletes ever, but when I try to tell people who weren’t alive at the time or they say he’s no way he could’ve run a 41. People don’t believe is strength nowadays they think it’s steroids they say the videos are doctored you had to be there. That’s all I can say you had to see it.
If only he played any sport longer….. professionally!
Once the HOF allowed players like Terrell Davis to get in there's know way Bo Jackson shouldn't be allowed in also
How does Rich Eisen have a show? WTH I try to listen to him from time to time....sorry can't do it......got here looking up Bo Jackson....
I agree that Bo is but don’t discount Randy who at his time as slated as “Best High school athlete ever was”. They say he could have played pro basketball and ran track professionally.
Wild that "The Best Athlete Who Ever Lived" never had a 1,000 yard rushing season, only cracked the 700 mark once, and has five fewer career touchdowns than Jim Brown scored in 1965 alone.
Bo never played a full NFL season. He never joined the Raiders until they were probably in October after the baseball season ended.
If you are just a number crunching nerd who knows nothing about playing sports ...fine. Just look at the videos and listen to his peers, sports observers coaches etc and they will almost all say that Bo Jackson was not of this world
Prime is the best athlete of all time....period! Track, basketball, football, baseball. Who plays in the superbowl and the world series? What if? Would he have?...enough...Prime did!
Prime ran track in college. Basketball in HS maybe, because he did not play in college.
Jim Thorpe is a 2x Olympic champion, pro football HOF, pro baseball, AND pro basketball. That is 4 sports at the top level vs only 2 for Deion. This is a run away win for Thorpe.
All his power came from his upper body after the hip replacement.
Shame that Bo was relegated to only being a DH at 28 years old. If Bo dedicated himself to only baseball he probably would've played CF instead of LF.
I know his career was short but no HOF is shocking.
Bo 100# best athelete in world ..not even close
Jim Thorp...iam sorry the best ever..
Bo Jackson is Achilles reborn
Bo shouldn't be in the Professional HOFs he doesn't have the stats.
He ran up the wall in Baltimore’s old Memorial Stadium.
Jim Thorpe hands down
Agreed
Where do Jim Thorpe and Goose Tatum rank
Bo knows….
Bo should have focused only on Baseball. He would have been a Hall of Famer!! He was that good!!
You are forgetting Jim Brown.
And Wilton Norman Chamberlain.
@@watchmanonthewall14 nobody can forget a guy that had a 50” vertical, won the NCAA low hurdles, long jump and set the high jump record. I’m talking about football, not basketball. Jim was considered the greatest Lacrosse player Possibly ever as well. There is also Jim Thorpe in there somewhere.
@@kimwarfield1587 Fair enough, but the interviewee in the video is talking about best ATHLETE of all time.
@@watchmanonthewall14 exactly. First it’s a ludicrous pursuit. Only pitting these athletes against each other at their prime could determine who would be the greatest. Second there are athletes walking the streets that could be even better and for whatever reason never played or washed out of sports. I’ve been alive long enough to have seen all of them but Thorpe, Owens and some of the athletes deemed great from those early days. You also apparently have ignored the fact that most of the great sport athletes decided to not play other sports to concentrate on one sport.
Have a blessed day.
Bo is def up there but I'll take Wilt
He threw a guy out at home from the warning track in the outfield
When deion himself said bo is a better athlete pretty sure he is
That just insane speed in general, but for a 230 pound man in pads, it's terrifying.
Herschel Walker was faster and just as big.
@@sydboski Your'e the only one that thinks that-lol
@@powerboatguy2308 I don't think it. I know it. Their weight entering the NFL was Bo 227, HW 225. You can find that on pro football reference. As far as speed Bo ran 55m in 6.18 vs HW at 6.11. Also their 100m times Bo 10.44 vs HW at 10.23. That information on the World Athletics web site. They have the real verified times. I only speak facts.
@@sydboski The Kid Stalker
@@powerboatguy2308 Not going to lower myself to your level and start 3rd grade name calling. You're just mad your boy isn't as fast as you thought.
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What about Ricky Henderson? He could have played football. You think the stolen base record is an easy athletic feet. He was like ghost in baseball. That was my favorite athlete. He would take such a huge lead off of the base and make it back every time. He has to have been faster than Bo or Deion.
It says he has 1400 stolen bases and is the first person to reach 1000. He’s beating pitchers throwing baseballs. He wasn’t running track and racing other humans, or running from humans on a football. He’s running faster than baseballs.
Bo knows
With longevity and availability in play, Deion Sanders was tha greatest athlete of all time. I just feel like you have to show it your hole career. It's unfortunate Bo's got cut short but that does play a factor. We have to go off Facts not "What ifs"!
Bo Knows
BO Jackson and Jim Thorpe
Bo Jackson was great but Jim Thorpe is the greatest athlete of all time.
I have to agree.
I believe BO is but I do think Wilt Chamberlain gets over looked. Guy was a freak as well
Arguably the best overall all-around athlete ever is/was NATIVE AMERICAN JIM THORPE - collegiate records in numerous sports, Olympic records, professional records. But you also do have to put in Bo Jackson and Wilt Chamberlin.
Wilt Chamberlain is the best athlete in human history
Sprinter. HIGH JUMPER in collage. 50”vertical at 310#. Beat the other players to the other end of the court (no big man lope). Scored ONE HUNDRED POINTS…..
@@richardfeuille1212 I’m not even talking about statistics within a sport, I’m just talking about athletic ability. 7’2 with a wingspan somewhere between 7’8 and 8’4, weighing between 290-325 pounds throughout his nba years, 48-50 inch vertical, 500 pound bench press in his 50’s, able to pick up full grown men and move them around in the air with ease and with one hand, 4.6 second 40 yard dash, the list is literally endless. Bo Jackson is definitely among the best pure athletes of all time but there’s no doubt chamberlain is number 1, and by the way did this all naturally. No ped’s around in his time, plus he didn’t have any recovery technology or training equipment athletes now have which improve all of their athletic abilities. He didn’t even have good shoes to use. Imagine the athletic numbers he would’ve had if he was 20 years old right now
@@tonj02 well that's your opinion. Dick Schaap, the legendary sports writer had Bo as the greatest athlete he'd ever seen, followed by Wilt, then Jim Brown
Bo and it isn't even close
Bo's best results in track & field in college:
100m 10.39
High Jump 6'9"
Triple Jump 48' 9"
Long Jump 24' 8"
Shot put 50'
Wilt's best collegiate track & field results
High Jump 6'6 3/4"
Shot 46'10.5"
Triple Jump 46'2"
Bo was superior in every event Wilt specialized in and did multiple other events at a very high level.
Unlike Wilt, Bo was a two sport professional athlete. And not an athlete when a sport was in its infancy like Wilt coming into the NBA in 1959. Bo came into MLB which had existed 100 years and the NFL which existed for 65 years.
@@MrKT410 -
You are young and uniformed. Jim Thorpe’s track & field AND football stats blow Bo Jackson’s out of the water. Thorpe’s baseball stats are roughly equal to Jackson’s, although most of Thorpe’s baseball career was in the minor leagues - because he was playing football.