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10-18-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Who Are The Top Ten Most Revered Athletes in Tennessee History?
My wife is making a craft project and I need to know from the horse's mouth who are the greatest athletes in Tennessee history according to you guys? Top 15 list. I appreciate it. | 
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10-18-2008, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by genuinelsutiger  My wife is making a craft project and I need to know from the horse's mouth who are the greatest athletes in Tennessee history according to you guys? Top 15 list. I appreciate it. | UT history or state of Tennessee history? Native Tennesseans or including players who played for universities? | 
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10-18-2008, 02:38 PM
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| UT vol history off the top of my head:
Peyton Manning
Reggie White
Jamaal Lewis
Willie Gault
Al Wilson
Bernard King
Dale Ellis
Allen Houston
Todd Helton
Phil Garner
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10-18-2008, 02:40 PM
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| Todd Helton
Peyton Manning
Doug Atkins
Reggie White
Bernard King
Ernie Grunfeld
Allan Houston
Al Wilson
Condredge Holloway
Johnny Majors
Willie Gault
Chris Lofton
Dale Ellis
Holdsclaw
Candace Parker | |
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10-18-2008, 02:42 PM
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| Kevin Nash
Doug Furnas | |
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10-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Here is my list, in no particular order:
Tee Martin
Travis Henry
Peerless Price
Al Wilson
Raynoch Thompson
Deon Grant
Dwayne Goodrich
John Henderson
Jeff Hall
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10-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Peyton Manning
Willie Gault
Carl Pickens
Joey Kent
Robert Meachem
Jason Witten
Al Wilson
Darwin Walker
John Henderson
Reggie White
Doug Atkins
Raynoch Thompson
Leonard Little
Peyton Manning
Marcus Nash
Steve DeLong
Deon Grant
Eric Berry
Scott Wells
James Stewart
i know thats probably more than 15 but what i can think of off the top of my head. that's just football BTW | |
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10-18-2008, 02:45 PM
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dude Todd Helton
Peyton Manning
Doug Atkins
Reggie White
Bernard King
Ernie Grunfeld
Allan Houston
Al Wilson
Condredge Holloway
Johnny Majors
Willie Gault
Chris Lofton
Dale Ellis
Holdsclaw
Candace Parker | he was asking for top men.... | |
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10-18-2008, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by UTvol1fn he was asking for top men.... | where does it say that | |
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10-18-2008, 02:50 PM
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| bernard king
chris lofton
ernie grunfeld
allan houston
vincent yarbrough
dale ellis
ron slay
kevin nash
jajuan smith
basketball players | |
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10-18-2008, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by VolMike98 where does it say that | the title of the thread | |
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10-18-2008, 02:51 PM
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| athlete-wise, tee martin makes that list definitely for all he did on the field
are we saying athlete like best football players or athlete like most athletic? (ie some player come out of High school called Athletes rather than a postion b/c of their skills to play multiple positions on the field) | |
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10-18-2008, 02:51 PM
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| | can you dig it, sucka?
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Originally Posted by UTvol1fn the title of the thread | Where in the title of the thread? | |
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10-18-2008, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by UTvol1fn the title of the thread | look again
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10-18-2008, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaytrain5 Where in the title of the thread? | hahaha...im an idiot. top ten, not men....  | |
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