# The Feud: The Not-as-Famous Athlete by 42fish \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763 "2009-07-21T19:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/1 "2009-07-21T19:07:48Z")
RULES! **1. DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS** **2. Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer,** to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” will be scored. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. 1. Formatting rules: If they are not followed, your answers might be **DISQUALIFIED**. 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer Make your list look like the one above. No double spacing. No urls. No periods (except for the one following the number.) No quote marks, no punctuation if it is not necessary! No smilies! No extraneous bs is allowed. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it **AFTER THE LIST**! The reason this is so important is because I cut and paste all the answers, and I have to edit each answer to make them identical. It is a lot of work, so please make it easier on me. Thanks. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points. If any of you have ideas for Feuds -_and would like me to score them_- PM me. (I’ve quit maintaining The List.) If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can. The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it. Good luck! **Read the rules! 🙂** 1. Name a baseball player other than Babe Ruth 2. Name a basketball player other than Michael Jordan 3. Name a soccer player other than Pele or David Beckham 4. Name a boxer other than Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson 5. Name an Olympic gymnast other than Nadia Comenici 6. Name a female figure skater other than Nancy Kerrigan or Tonya Harding 7. Name a male figure skater other than Brian Boitano 8. Name a race car driver other than Dale Earnhardt (Sr. or Jr.) 9. Name a hockey player other than Wayne Gretzky 10. Name a golfer other than Tiger Woods ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/2 "2009-07-21T19:20:17Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Shaquille ONeal 3. Mia Hamm 4. Joe Frazier 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Bobby Orr 10. Phil Mickelson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/3 "2009-07-21T19:20:53Z")
1. Hank Aaron 2. Kobe Bryant 3. Mia Hamm 4. Sugar Ray Leonard 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Peggy Fleming 7. Dick Button 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/4 "2009-07-21T19:22:43Z")
1. Ted Williams 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Ronaldo 4. Sugar Ray Leonard 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Peggy Fleming 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Michael Schumacher 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Niclaus When in doubt, pick an American. EDIT: Per above, I was obviously foolish to pick a non-American as my soccer player. And race car driver. For #6 I initially had Katerina Witt, and for 8 I originally had Ayrton Senna. I also changed #2 from Kobe Bryant to LeBron James to Shaq. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/5 "2009-07-21T19:28:26Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Shaq(uille O’Neal) 3. Diego Maradona 4. Oscar de la Hoya 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Christopher Dean 8. Michael Schumacher 9. Mario Lemeiux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/6 "2009-07-21T19:30:17Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Shaquille ONeal 3. Mia Hamm 4. Sugar Ray Leonard 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Peggy Flemming 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Bobby Orr 10. Jack Niclaus ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/7 "2009-07-21T19:30:27Z")
1. Willie Mays 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Zinedine Zidane 4. Joe Louis 5. Olga Korbut 6. Katarina Witt 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/8 "2009-07-21T19:31:03Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. Shaquile O’Neil 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Forman 5. Marylou Retton 6. Peggy Fleming 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nickalus ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/9 "2009-07-21T19:32:50Z")
Wow, I figured Ted Williams was about the safest choice on my list (aside from maybe Niclaus) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/10 "2009-07-21T19:35:58Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Magic Johnson 3. Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/11 "2009-07-21T19:36:13Z")
1. Ty Cobb 2. Magic Johnson 3. Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Jean Torville 7. Christopher Dean 8. Michael Schumacher 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/12 "2009-07-21T19:36:17Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Wow, I figured Ted Williams was about the safest choice on my list (aside from maybe Niclaus) I had a dickens of a time figuring out whether to go old guy or new guy with both of those. On the baseball one I started with Lou Gehrig, went to A-Rod, and ended up with Mantle. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/13 "2009-07-21T19:36:27Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Magic Johnson 3. Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Kristi Yamaguci 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/14 "2009-07-21T19:39:00Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. Shaquille O’Neill 3. Ronaldo 4. Evander Holyfield 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Phil Mickelson ETA: Ugh, how did I not get Gordie Howe? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/15 "2009-07-21T19:39:14Z")
1. Lou Gehrig 2. Lebron James 3. Diego Maradona 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Tony Stewart 9. Gordie Howe 10. Phil Mickelson ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/16 "2009-07-21T19:41:09Z")
1. Joe Dimaggio 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3. Cristiano Ronaldo 4. George Forman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Dorothy Hamill 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Bobby Orr 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/17 "2009-07-21T19:44:37Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Zinadine Zidane 4. Sugar Ray Leonard 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Katerina Witt 7. Brian Orser 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/18 "2009-07-21T19:45:14Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Brandi Chastain 4. Evander Holyfield 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Ekaterina Gordyeva 7. Elvis Stojko 8. Dick Trickle 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus \*8 I’m sorry. I guess I’m twelve. But I couldn’t resist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/19 "2009-07-21T19:45:37Z")
1. Hank Aaron 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Phil Esposito 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/20 "2009-07-21T19:46:24Z")
Scoring note for **DoRebo** : _Ronaldo_ and _Cristiano Ronaldo_ are, shockingly enough, not the same famous soccer player. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763.md?page=2)