MarkoRaj Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Benny Lynch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Benny LynchThe old boot from Coronation Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 The old boot from Coronation Street? That's Kenny Lynch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Jim Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Benny LynchWas that not Crossroads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Gary Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Derek Graham-Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Got to be Andy Murray for me. No contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Was that not Crossroads? Benny Lynch Was that not Crossroads? Naw that was Angus Lennie. There's quite an enjoyable few mins of oor Benny fighting here: There has to be some sort of Top 5 for "Scots who beat the world but couldn't beat the bevvy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Mike Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The dude from Chariots of Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The dude from Chariots of Fire. Eric Liddell. Olympic Gold Medalist in 400, bronze in 200, and 7 caps for Scotland at rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashman Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Robert Millar winning polka dot in Tour de France merits consideration . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Robert Millar winning polka dot in Tour de France merits consideration . Definitely. Millar is debatably the greatest cyclist we've ever produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiggle Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Its should be Hoy, Hoy was at the top of his game over a decade with an impressive haul of Olympic Golds. I would say no to Sandy Lyle and Stephen Hendry cause Golf and Snooker aren't sports. Robert Millar was a guid biker but never beat the big boys, he was a one trick pony. Wells has the PED accusations hanging over him and his Olympic Gold was achieves with no Americans in the field, I suspect that he may not have won if the Americans were competing. Murray is again fantastic but not the best in the world. I would agrue against Jackie Stewart and Colin McRae because they are just driving cars. Again not proper sports. The only other one I would think about would be David Wilkie but again, he was never dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Its should be Hoy, Hoy was at the top of his game over a decade with an impressive haul of Olympic Golds. I would agrue against Jackie Stewart and Colin McRae because they are just driving cars. Again not proper sports. So riding a glorified Raleigh Chopper is a sport but driving a Tyrrell-Ford F1 car isn't? I can see your point, chap. The only way to level the playing field is to make Formula 1 and The World Rally Championship only open to folk in pedal cars. We could be on the brink of a new sporting era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 So riding a glorified Raleigh Chopper is a sport but driving a Tyrrell-Ford F1 car isn't? I can see your point, chap. The only way to level the playing field is to make Formula 1 and The World Rally Championship only open to folk in pedal cars. We could be on the brink of a new sporting era To me the big argument against F1 drivers is that relatively so few people have ever given anything like that a go. So F1 champions are the best of a very small population. That argument also counts against Hoy IMO. He won his golds in minority, specialísed events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoppeReid Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 It's tennis actually that accessible a sport. From what I can gather it takes a lot of money to start out on tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 We build em up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 This debate is more about how much people value certain sports, rather than the actual sportsperson. If you view all sports as equal then you have to pick Hendry or Hoy. If you feel there's a hierarchy of sports with Tennis, Football and Golf as the top ones then Andy Murray would be top. I'd be inclined to go for Murray, then Hendry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamdunk Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 People get very arsey about what qualifies as a sport and often don't include games. However the skill and dedication to getting to the top of the field in a game is probably more than most athletes train. You can't work out 8hrs a day, but snooker players will often spend that amount of time practising. Top competitive gamers will often spend up to 12 hours a day practising. Chess players will spend all their time studying strategies etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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