SportsCentury Athletes of the 20th Century

In 1999, ESPN counted down the Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century, selected from North American athletes and voted on by a panel of sports journalists and observer. By gender: - 89 Male - 8 Female - 3 Thoroughbred Horses
Some answers are animals.
Football is American Football and not Soccer.
Not my own personal views.
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Pick Number
Sport
Athlete
1
Basketball
Michael Jordan
2
Baseball
Babe Ruth
3
Boxing
Muhammad Ali
4
Football
Jim Brown
5
Ice Hockey
Wayne Gretzky
6
Track and Field
Jesse Owens
7
Multiple Sports
Jim Thorpe
8
Baseball
Willie Mays
9
Golf
Jack Nicklaus
10
Multiple Sports
Babe Zaharias
11
Boxing
Joe Louis
12
Track and Field
Carl Lewis
13
Basketball
Wilt Chamberlain
14
Baseball
Hank Aaron
15
Baseball
Jackie Robinson
16
Baseball
Ted Williams
17
Basketball
Magic Johnson
18
Basketball
Bill Russell
19
Tennis
Martina Navratilova
20
Baseball
Ty Cobb
21
Ice Hockey
Gordie Howe
22
Baseball
Joe DiMaggio
23
Track and Field
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
24
Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson
25
Football
Joe Montana
26
Basketball
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
27
Football
Jerry Rice
28
Football
Red Grange
29
Golf
Arnold Palmer
30
Basketball
Larry Bird
31
Ice Hockey
Bobby Orr
32
Football
Johnny Unitas
33
Swimming
Mark Spitz
34
Baseball
Lou Gehrig
Pick Number
Sport
Athlete
35
Horse Racing (Animal)
Secretariat
36
Basketball
Oscar Robertson
37
Baseball
Mickey Mantle
38
Golf
Ben Hogan
39
Football
Walter Payton
40
Football
Lawrence Taylor
41
Track and Field
Wilma Rudolph
42
Baseball
Sandy Koufax
43
Basketball
Julius Erving
44
Golf
Bobby Jones
45
Tennis
Bill Tilden
46
Speed Skating, Cycling
Eric Heiden
47
Track and Field
Edwin Moses
48
Tennis
Pete Sampras
49
Football
O. J. Simpson
50
Tennis
Chris Evert
51
Boxing
Rocky Marciano
52
Boxing
Jack Dempsey
53
Track and Field
Rafer Johnson
54
Diving
Greg Louganis
55
Ice Hockey
Mario Lemieux
56
Baseball
Pete Rose
57
Horse Racing
Bill Shoemaker
58
Basketball
Elgin Baylor
59
Tennis
Billie Jean King
60
Baseball
Walter Johnson
61
Baseball
Stan Musial
62
Basketball
Jerry West
63
Baseball
Satchel Paige
64
Football
Sammy Baugh
65
Tennis, Golf
Althea Gibson
66
Horse Racing
Eddie Arcaro
67
Baseball
Bob Gibson
Pick Number
Sport
Athlete
68
Track and Field
Al Oerter
69
Speed Skating
Bonnie Blair
70
Football
Dick Butkus
71
Baseball
Roberto Clemente
71
Football, Baseball
Bo Jackson
73
Baseball
Josh Gibson
74
Football, Baseball
Deion Sanders
75
Football
Dan Marino
76
Football
Barry Sanders
77
Baseball
Cy Young
78
Track and Field
Bob Mathias
79
Football
Gale Sayers
80
Auto Racing
A. J. Foyt
81
Tennis
Jimmy Connors
82
Ice Hockey
Bobby Hull
83
Baseball
Honus Wagner
84
Horse Racing (Animal)
Man o' War
85
Ice Hockey
Maurice Richard
86
Football
Otto Graham
87
Boxing
Henry Armstrong
88
Football
Joe Namath
89
Baseball
Rogers Hornsby
90
Auto Racing
Richard Petty
91
Track and Field
Bob Beamon
92
Auto Racing
Mario Andretti
93
Football
Don Hutson
94
Basketball
Bob Cousy
95
Football
George Blanda
96
Track and Field
Michael Johnson
97
Horse Racing (Animal)
Citation
98
Tennis
Don Budge
99
Golf
Sam Snead
100
Boxing
Jack Johnson
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