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I was watching the Los Angeles Dodgers the other day and all of a sudden the camera was on Joe Torre. While he was on TV I was thinking this guy is a great manager and the NY Yankees made a huge mistake. I kept thinking about him and got to a place where I actually said this guy is no average Joe. I then got up, grabbed a pen and pad of paper and took a few minutes to put together a list of professional athletes with the name Joe (FYI – I didn’t use the Internet to help me with this exercise). They weren’t in any particular order but I thought I would start the list: Baseball: Joe Carter Basketball: Boxing: Football: Joe Montana Hockey: Now your turn
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Attention Sports Fans: There Is Nothing Average About These Joes!
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Fee Sepahi says:
Well if you consider car racing then Joe Nemechek comes to my mind.
If you consider the 1940-1950′s Joe Paterno was quite the athlete at Brown before turning into the amazing coach he is. Same with Joe Gibbs.
In my equine past I worked with a great horse trainer named Joe Clancy.
That’s all for now. I’m sure more will come to mind!
Jeff Goldman says:
Hey Merrill,
How about Shoeless Joe Jackson and Joe Dumars?
Michael Braunberg says:
Joe Morgan. I remember reading a piece years ago in which Bill James made Joe Morgan out to be a baseball god – one of the best to ever play the game.
howard burack says:
How about one hit wonder Joe Charbonneau or a Jo so nice they named him twice Jo Jo White
Ed Sugar says:
Many baseball greats come to mind: Smokey Joe Williams, Joe Tinker, Joe McGinnity, Joe Adcock, Joe Pepitone, Joe Medwick, Joe Gordon, Joe Mauer, Joe Nuxhall, Joe Rudi, & Joe Cronin.
The other 3 major sports I am gripping and can only think of Joe Caldwell (NBA all-star from the 60′s/70′s); Joey Browner, Joe “The Jet” Perry, Joe Scibelli, and Joe Danelo from the NFL and Joe Sakic is the only hockey great I can think of.