What is each sport's signature player?

[Shodan]

As a non-sports fan -

Baseball - Babe Ruth
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Football - Bart Starr
Hockey - Wayne Gretzky
Golf - Tiger Woods
Tennis - Bill Tilden
Soccer - Pele
Speed skating - Eric Heiden

Speaking as a fan -
Judo - Yasuhiro Yamashita
Greco-Roman wrestling - Alexsandr Karelin
Freestyle wrestling - John Smith
Boxing - Muhammed Ali
Powerlifting - Ed Coan
Olympic lifting - Vasiley Alexeyev
Swimming - Michael Phelps
Track and field - Jesse Owens
Regards,
Shodan

[EllisDee]

@Tom_Scud

Fidel Castro is probably more famous than Ruth. Is he baseball’s signature pitcher?

That depends. Was Fidel Castro a starting pitcher in MLB?

@RickJay

Ah, but there you go; “didn’t he pitch?” You had to ask.

Right, but my point is that more people would have to ask “Who is Nolan Ryan?” than would have to ask "Didn’t Babe Ruth pitch?

[RickJay]

Gosh, I wouldn’t think so, no. Ruth’s pitching prowess isn’t commonly known outside the fandom of the sport. My Mom knows who Nolan Ryan is.

[Tom_Scud]

@Tom_Scud

Fidel Castro is probably more famous than Ruth. Is he baseball’s signature pitcher?

@EllisDee

That depends. Was Fidel Castro a starting pitcher in MLB?

He pitched professionally. Don’t know what MLB has to do with it.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

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