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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  9. Jim Brown
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  9. Jim Brown
  10. Jerry Rice
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  9. Jim Brown
  10. Jerry Rice
  11. Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  9. Jim Brown
  10. Jerry Rice
  11. Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias
  12. Bill Russell
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Athletes who, undeniably, were top of their respective sports (when they were playing).

  1. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
  2. Michael Jordan
  3. Derek Jeter
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Muhammad Ali
  6. John McEnroe
  7. Alexander Karelin (Greco-Roman wrestling)
  8. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  9. Jim Brown
  10. Jerry Rice
  11. Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias
  12. Bill Russell
  13. Tony Hawk

Next: Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza

Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200

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Next: Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
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Next: Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Jean Van de Velde, Golfer. Badly blew the lead at the '99 British Open on the final hole in tournament (had to shoot a double-bogey to win), lost in the playoff.
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series
  7. Jean Van de Velde, Golfer. Badly blew the lead at the '99 British Open on the final hole in tournament (had to shoot a double-bogey to win), lost in the playoff.
  8. Jim Marshall, Minnesota Vikings - recovered a fumble and ran it into his own end zone
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series
  7. Jean Van de Velde, Golfer. Badly blew the lead at the '99 British Open on the final hole in tournament (had to shoot a double-bogey to win), lost in the playoff.
  8. Jim Marshall, Minnesota Vikings - recovered a fumble and ran it into his own end zone
  9. Garo Yepremian, Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl VII. The Perfect Season at risk - mildly. But he lost the chance for the score to match the Dolphins’ record, 17-0.
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series
  7. Jean Van de Velde, Golfer. Badly blew the lead at the '99 British Open on the final hole in tournament (had to shoot a double-bogey to win), lost in the playoff.
  8. Jim Marshall, Minnesota Vikings - recovered a fumble and ran it into his own end zone
  9. Garo Yepremian, Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl VII. The Perfect Season at risk - mildly. But he lost the chance for the score to match the Dolphins’ record, 17-0.
  10. Dick Stuart (a.k.a., “Dr. Strangeglove”), baseball. The polar opposite of Mario Mendoza, Stuart was a first baseman whose power-hitting abilities were more than offset by his legendary defensive ineptitude.
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Athletes Famous For Ineptitude, Failure, or Futility

  1. Mario Mendoza. Namesake of baseball’s informal term for a player hitting below .200
  2. Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Made one fielding era that cost the Sox the 1986 World Series.
  3. Vinko Bogataj: the ski jumper featured in “ABCs Wide World of Sports” as “the agony of defeat.”
  4. Scott Norwood, Buffalo Bills - Super Bowl XXV: Wide Right!
  5. Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, British ski-jump Olympian
  6. Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series
  7. Jean Van de Velde, Golfer. Badly blew the lead at the '99 British Open on the final hole in tournament (had to shoot a double-bogey to win), lost in the playoff.
  8. Jim Marshall, Minnesota Vikings - recovered a fumble and ran it into his own end zone
  9. Garo Yepremian, Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl VII. The Perfect Season at risk - mildly. But he lost the chance for the score to match the Dolphins’ record, 17-0.
  10. Dick Stuart (a.k.a., “Dr. Strangeglove”), baseball. The polar opposite of Mario Mendoza, Stuart was a first baseman whose power-hitting abilities were more than offset by his legendary defensive ineptitude.
  11. Steve Sax, 2nd Baseman for Dodgers. In 1983, he had a case of the throwing yips, making 30 errors, many of them on routine throws to first base.