# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/21 "2009-07-21T19:52:32Z")
1. Hank Aaron 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Diego Maradona 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Dorothy Hamill 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/22 "2009-07-21T19:56:56Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. LeBron James 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Peggy Fleming 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/23 "2009-07-21T20:00:35Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Gordie Howe 10. Phil Mickelson ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/24 "2009-07-21T20:01:50Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Scoring note for **DoRebo** : _Ronaldo_ and _Cristiano Ronaldo_ are, shockingly enough, not the same famous soccer player. Thanks! I know nothing about soccer. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/25 "2009-07-21T20:02:36Z")
1. Ty Cobb 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Ronaldo 4. Joe Louis 5. Olga Korbut 6. Katerina Witt 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/26 "2009-07-21T20:08:12Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. Magic Johnson 3. Ronaldo 4. Joe Lewis 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Katarina Witt 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Richard Petty 9. Gordie Howe 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/27 "2009-07-21T20:48:41Z")
1. Joe DiMaggio 2. LeBron James 3. Christiano Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Elvis Stojko 8. Danica Patrick 9. Bobby Orr 10. Jack Nicklaus Notes: 3: I had to ask some office-mates for this one. 9: I’m betting that there are a lot of cruciverbalists who hang out in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/28 "2009-07-21T20:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Scoring note for DoRebo: Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo are, shockingly enough, not the same famous soccer player. That’s what I get for looking up his full name, to make sure I’d get credit :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/29 "2009-07-21T21:01:09Z")
1. Pete Rose 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3. Diego Maradona 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Peggy Fleming 7. Christopher Bowman 8. Mario Andretti 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/30 "2009-07-21T21:01:47Z")
1. Hank Aaron 2. Larry Bird 3. Maradona 4. Joe Louis 5. Olga Korbut 6. Kristi Yamaguchi 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Richard Petty 9. Bobby Orr 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/31 "2009-07-21T21:32:35Z")
1. Hank Aaron 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Elvis Stojko 8. Mario Andretti 9. Bobby Orr 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/32 "2009-07-21T21:37:29Z")
1. Lou Gehrig 2. Larry Bird 3. Mia Hamm 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Dorothy Hamill 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Al Unser 9. Bobby Hull 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/33 "2009-07-21T21:45:32Z")
1. Barry Bonds 2. Kobe Bryant 3. Ronaldhino 4. Evander Holyfield 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Bobby Orr 10. Arnold Palmer ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/34 "2009-07-21T21:46:44Z")
1. Lou Gehrig 2. Kobe Bryant 3. Zidane 4. George Foreman 5. pass 6. really? 2 questions about figure skaters 7. and none on football players? 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mario lemieux 10. Jack Palmer haha Jack Palmer…That means I get credit for Arnold Palmer and Jack Nickolaus, right? ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/35 "2009-07-21T21:46:51Z")
1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Shaquille O’Neal 3. Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Michelle Kwan 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Al Unser 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/36 "2009-07-21T22:13:26Z")
1. Albert Pujols 2. Lebron James 3. Diego Maradona 4. George Foreman 5. MaryLou Retton 6. Katerina Witt 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Richard Petty 9. Mario Lemieux 10. Tom Watson 11. Only because of what happened this past weekend, otherwise I would have said Jack Nicklaus. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/37 "2009-07-21T22:20:15Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Lebron James 3. Ronaldo 4. George Foreman 5. Mary Lou Retton 6. Tara Lipinski 7. Elvis Stojko 8. Mario Andretti 9. Maurice Richard 10. Jack Nicklaus ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/38 "2009-07-21T22:40:09Z")
1. Mickey Mantle 2. Bill Russell 3. John Terry 4. George Foreman 5. Shawn Johnson 6. Dorothy Hamill 7. Scott Hamilton 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Bobby Orr 10. Tom Watson ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/39 "2009-07-21T22:42:28Z")
Dagnabbit! All the Mary Lou Rettons! I figured Shawn Johnson would be in people’s minds because of that dancing show. Fudge. ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/40 "2009-07-21T22:50:47Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Dagnabbit! All the Mary Lou Rettons! I figured Shawn Johnson would be in people’s minds because of that dancing show. Fudge. Never underestimate the power of the Wheaties box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763.md?page=3)