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Most famous picture in sports history

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wskibum176
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Today is the day the day that the Boston Bruins revealed a statue of Bobby Orr on the anniversary of his famous leap. I was just arguing with my roommates and I argue that this is the most famous picture in the history of sports.

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So people of NS, I turn to you. What do you feel is the most famous still photo in the history of all sports?
May 10 2010 11:25PM
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smuggs
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for skiing its probably that one. sorry to your gangster rail slides.
May 11 2010 1:28AM
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chames
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John Landy looking back to his inside as Roger Bannister passes him on the right and breaks the four minute mile. Pretty famous in the running world.

May 11 2010 1:46AM
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LIL_WAT
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yep. OP no offense but nobody outside of the continental US or Canada would have seen that pic.
May 11 2010 2:54AM
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JayDope
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these are my own favorite pictures in my own sports history, hitting a 2 run homer in our championship game of my senior year almost 3 years ago, my adrenaline running around the bases was out of this world, i was never so happy beforeClick for larger imageClick for larger imageClick for larger imageClick for larger imageClick for larger image
May 11 2010 3:03AM
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feihlination
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no serious, browsing through the thread, i would give the jesse owens one the most potential. and the one with the black guys on the podium. but maybe only because i know the history behind both these pics and interprete a lot into them.






skiingwise (and there it has to be alpine skiing)
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May 11 2010 3:07AM
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BMB
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yeah Johnny Mosely@Olympics! I'm going all out Boston tonight:
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May 11 2010 4:11AM
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paige.
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That is definitely a big one.

This may be stretching 'sport' a bit, but you have to include Terry
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May 11 2010 4:25AM
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1337
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for baseball this one's pretty big
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May 11 2010 4:53AM
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skithe49th
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this is the first one that came to mind
May 11 2010 11:39AM
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fujarome
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the sox winning in 04 has to be one of the most famous in baseball. everyone saw that picture in 2004, regardless of whether you like baseball or not.
May 11 2010 12:14PM
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.travis.
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This was the first one that I thought of.

but what about this famous one
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May 11 2010 12:17PM
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Ski_The_East10
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You kids are fucking clowns if you have never seen that bobby orr picture

That being said it's hard to trump the legendary picture of Ali, MJ or the Smith/Carlos picture..
May 11 2010 12:32PM
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Ryan.
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what is this about?
May 11 2010 1:16PM
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cbeebzthasteeze
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That's funny that you're calling us clowns, because you have the same icon as eheath, and he film for Clown School. Weird.
May 11 2010 1:25PM
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TheButterHashira
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That one of the 49er catching a td pass vs the cowboys is famous. Someone posted that. So is the air jordan picture.
But heres an awesome picture of some acrobats during the depression
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My great great uncle is the one with his head in the other guys crotch, but seriously this dude was amazing. He could do a handstand at 90 years old and performed for all kinds of famous people including FDR.
May 11 2010 1:28PM
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1337
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curt shilling's bloody ankle in the 04 series. I forget what exactly was wrong but he played on his foot when he should be getting surgery, and it was causing him pain but he still pitched a really good decisive game. It was all over the papers in Boston for a long time. And as someone said the red sox victory photos of 04 are all really widespread.
May 11 2010 1:28PM
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Jodi
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Team Canada's gold will have its place in sports history. Although, I must say this face reminds me of another photo on this website that gets lots of airtime.......

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May 11 2010 1:32PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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hmmm
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May 11 2010 1:34PM
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bumblebeetuna
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for chicago people..yes!
May 11 2010 1:37PM
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THATS_STREET
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bobby orr  was the first post. should be the only post. end thread. there is nothing here to see folks.
May 11 2010 1:39PM
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Jodi
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Summit Series 1972 Paul Henderson scores Canada wins.Click for larger image
May 11 2010 1:43PM
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Nick_P
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fuck crosby fucking faggot. all i have to say
May 11 2010 1:44PM
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Nick_P
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RIP Ernie Harwell

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May 11 2010 1:46PM
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skiierman
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that was for sure. so bad ass.
May 11 2010 1:48PM
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no_steeze
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i have a copy of the bobby orr picture signed by him
May 11 2010 2:06PM
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VT_FLO
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May 11 2010 2:14PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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i love t heed
May 11 2010 2:15PM
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gmack24
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Ali then this

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May 11 2010 2:19PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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May 11 2010 2:38PM
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rexalicious.
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gotta admit..that made me chuckle
May 11 2010 2:43PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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this
May 11 2010 2:44PM
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bigsoxfan
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embed help please:

May 11 2010 2:45PM
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Uncle_Remus
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May 11 2010 2:54PM
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NickSki.
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Live near Boston?? Every person in Canada knows who that is and has probably seen the picture a million times
May 11 2010 2:55PM
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Delphi
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This is the most famous baseball picture...

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Ty Cobb and Jimmy Austin.
May 11 2010 2:58PM
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H8CH
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Why a picture of a sport only played in north America?? Surely it has to be something more global? Ali or pele - in fact, there are too many....this thread is now - post an awesome sports history picture, no winner.... Otherwise it'll be a 40 pager of shit slinging....
May 11 2010 3:01PM
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MagSeven
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In England it's probably this, when England won the World Cup in 66:

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Otherwise maybe:

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May 11 2010 3:02PM
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JosephStalin
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quality thread here
May 11 2010 3:15PM
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fujarome
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in france, it's probably this

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May 11 2010 3:23PM
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.Roockley.
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maybe this?

May 11 2010 3:32PM
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feihlination
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yes its a famous situation, but the thread is imo about the picture itself. and i can only say that i have seen the exact same jesse owens pic a dozen times and the pic with the black guys on the podium.

and i have never seen this exact maradona picture with the hand of god. only video
May 11 2010 3:40PM
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skiierman
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the hand of god?
May 11 2010 3:40PM
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kietzmann4g
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http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/cn/video01/4203401_rnd78cc02f2_19.jpg
May 11 2010 3:41PM
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kietzmann4g
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May 11 2010 3:48PM
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Balto
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that took way to long to be posted
May 11 2010 3:50PM
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Delphi
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Splendid Splinter...I've seen this pic all over the place.
May 11 2010 3:52PM
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exile_ch
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Every people posting pic about Baseball or American football should remember that nobody (almost) outside of USA watch those sports.

Therefore, I would say the pic about Ali, the one with Pelé or the one with the  black panther fist at the Olympics.


May 11 2010 3:53PM
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kietzmann4g
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May 11 2010 3:54PM
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kietzmann4g
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May 11 2010 3:57PM
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NickSki.
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Pretty famous in the world of scootering

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May 11 2010 4:06PM
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