guys iam fond of reading articles like most influential persons of the world. Now i had an idea to make an article on 'the most influential sportsmen of all time'.
criteria is clear. the sportsman should have a major influence in the game,the sports should be a famous and popular game in the world and not in the region only.
e.g in our times popular games are football,cricket,wrestling wwe and tennis, i will only include players from these sports in my list of top 10 most influential sportsmen,
Don bradman,
Pele,
Undertaker
Maradona
Federer
wasim akram
Viv richards
Zidane
Tendulkar
Nadal
I havent ranked them as no one of you will agree on the ranking and will prefer their own favorite players. Comments
Most influential sportsmen
posted on 4/4/15
Has to be Undertaker.
posted on 6/4/15
Yes i have done justice for wrestling fans by including undertaker in top sportsmen of all time
posted on 7/4/15
Have to question the absence of Boxing and Golf there if you're looking for global appeal.
posted on 8/4/15
Tiger Woods
Tony Hawk
Michael Jordan
Peyton Manning
David Beckham
Pele
Sugar Ray Robinson
Muhammed Ali
Wayne Gretzky
Carl Lewis
Martina Navratilova
Michael Phelps
Babe Ruth
posted on 11/4/15
Most influential in what way? Michael Jordan is probably the biggest.. Massive in the states and worldwide and his clothing is internationally recognised.
David Beckham is probably up there too as is Tiger Woods and as Mondieu said probably Tony Hawk due to the games.
I would then say people like Roger Federer, Muhammad Ali, Pete Sampras, Wayne Gretzky, Kobe Bryant, Ronaldinho,Messi,Ronaldo