Greatest athlete from your home state

[Mumm Ra]

oh yeah
fuckin Magic Johnson

[BRONZBODY]

lets see umm sincne im originally from mississippi who do we got

walter payton(r.i.p) jerry rice bret farve steve mcnair(r.i.p)...im sure theres more but these guys are the top echelon from that state.

[Sir Artsdradamus]

if you just take pittsburgh area, PA would be the all-time best football team ever. shit, then add central PA and philly, nobody else in the world would have a chance.

from pittsburgh area...
Joe Montana
Joe Namath
Dan Marino
Jim Kelly
Johnny Unitas
Curtis Martin
Tony Dorsett
Mike Ditka
Jason Taylor
ty law


rest of PA...
fred belitnikoff
eddie george
jack ham
marvin harrison
ed mccaffrey
andre reed
mark stepnoski

[Complex]

Barry Sanders from my hometown..

honorable mention;
Dean Smith
Walter Johnson

[Dooch]

LeBron James
Jack Nicklaus
Paul Brown
Woody Hayes
Jesse Owens
Pete Rose
Mike Schmidt
John Havlicek
Don Shula
Ken Griffey Jr.
Roger Staubach
Bobby Knight
Woody Hayes
Rollie Fingers
Jerry Lucas
Scott Hamilton
Jack Lambert
Paul Warfield
John Heisman
Larry Csonka
Aaron Pryor
Chuck Noll
Ezzard Charles
Cris Carter
Lou 'the toe' Groza
Branch Rickey
Barry Larkin
Len Dawson
Thurman Munson
Phil Niekro
Marion Motley
George Sisler
Archie Griffin
Cy Young

[Sir Artsdradamus]

Ken Griffey Jr.

George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969, in Donora, Pennsylvania)

donora is just south of pittsburgh. how many other people on that list are you claiming for ohio but really aren't?

[Steel-City Passion]

lol, ask anyone in the state of Pennsylvania who the greatest high school athlete ever was and they'll tell you Terrelle pryor..granted, he is young and he hasnt accomplished anything other than a great high school career and a solid freshman year in college but in a few years people will understand...but for now its hard for anyone outside of PA to know what he's about...he'll show all yall soon...but art is right about pittsburgh though, I didnt read his whole list but here's a few that come to my mind from Pittsburgh

Curtis Martin,
Dejuan Blair
Jonathan Baldwin
Terrelle Pryor
Darrelle Revis
Ty Law
Sean Gilbert
Jason Taylor
Verquan Kimbrough.."Champion Boxer in a small weight class"
Paul Spadafora
Michael Morrer...former Heavyweight champion
Dick Hoak

and of course all the old heads like namath, jim kelly, marino and montana..it goes on and on..Pittsburgh breeds the best athletes along side south Florida

[Visionz]

who is the greatest home grown athlete from your state? The athlete who grew up there and played high school ball and dominated in college or pro ball....Im from Pennsylvania and arguebly the greatest athlete ever from PA is Terrelle Pryor, the highly recruited QB from Jeannette high school who plays at Ohio State...when he played high school ball his team averaged 57 points a game in football and lead the nation in scoring with 860 points in one season...they scored 70 plus points 3 or 4 times and beat every opponent by 35 or more points...Terrelle and the starting lineup never played more than 2 quarters in any game in 2007, including the state championship....they won the states in Football and Basketball...

lol, ask anyone in the state of Pennsylvania who the greatest high school athlete ever was and they'll tell you Terrelle pryor..granted, he is young and he hasnt accomplished anything other than a great high school career and a solid freshman year in college but in a few years people will understand...but for now its hard for anyone outside of PA to know what he's about...he'll show all yall soon...but art is right about pittsburgh though, I didnt read his whole list but here's a few that come to my mind from Pittsburgh

Curtis Martin,
Dejuan Blair
Jonathan Baldwin
Terrelle Pryor
Darrelle Revis
Ty Law
Sean Gilbert
Jason Taylor
Verquan Kimbrough.."Champion Boxer in a small weight class"
Paul Spadafora
Michael Morrer...former Heavyweight champion
Dick Hoak

and of course all the old heads like namath, jim kelly, marino and montana..it goes on and on..Pittsburgh breeds the best athletes along side south Florida

fuck man, you made the thread

This isn't about high school ball (as it was presented by you) its about what was done in the college and professional ranks. Granted I think an athlete has to play in high school at a state to be considered truly "from there" but Pryor can't be considered anywhere near the level of a Joe Montana or Dan Marino at this point and to suggest otherwise is asinine.


As it is, his game looks a lot like Vince Young's. That'll work in college (and as a Texas fan, I'm sure happy it did) but it hasn't translated too well to the pros at this point. Only time will tell (for each of 'em).

[Dooch]

George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969, in Donora, Pennsylvania)

donora is just south of pittsburgh. how many other people on that list are you claiming for ohio but really aren't?

yea, but he grew up in ohio from the time he was like a month old. BUt you can have it if you really want.
We kno Penn. is desperate.

lol, ask anyone in the state of Pennsylvania who the greatest high school athlete ever was and they'll tell you Terrelle pryor..granted, he is young and he hasnt accomplished anything other than a great high school career and a solid freshman year in college but in a few years people will understand...but for now its hard for anyone outside of PA to know what he's about...he'll show all yall soon...but art is right about pittsburgh though, I didnt read his whole list but here's a few that come to my mind from Pittsburgh

Pryor is BUCKEYE. That one should hurt.

So should Eddie George.

[b-dolo]

NE's finest

[Sir Artsdradamus]

yea, but he grew up in ohio from the time he was like a month old. BUt you can have it if you really want.
We kno Penn. is desperate.



Pryor is BUCKEYE. That one should hurt.

So should Eddie George.

i guess you're right. it probably would hurt. i hate when anything is near my buckeye

[Steel-City Passion]

I love the buckeyes, not everyone from PA is a penn state fan...most people from pittsburgh and its suburbs are pitt fans and follow penn state 2nd..I never liked em, they are 3 or 4 hours from the burgh so I cant consider them a home team..I like the bucks with pryor, ray small, jordan hall who is also from Jeannette pa..the best two players from my home school play ohio state ball so it made me a buck....OH YEA FUCK LEBRON, THE BROWNS AND SORRY ASS CLEVELAND AS A WHOLE...CHOKEEEEE