#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1825	Arnie Herber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1945	82.7
1855	Don Hutson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1945	80.1
1865	Toe Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1948	82.1
1870	Buck Leonard	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	83.9
1905	Bill Brown	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1932–1950	79.0
1912	Jaroslav Drobný	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1938–1965	80.2
1945	Frank Brimsek	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	81.5
1989	Clarke Hinkle	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1941	81.3
2012	Syl Apps	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	80.8
2013	Bill Cowley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1947	80.8
2039	Roy Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1952	81.5
2040	Doug Bentley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1939–1954	81.8
2053	Arky Vaughan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	82.4
2093	Willard Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1958	82.9
2123	Ellsworth Vines	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1940	76.1
2128	Dan Fortmann	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1943	80.1
2142	Joe DiMaggio	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1951	81.6
2178	Woody Dumart	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1935–1954	82.7
2191	Ray Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1948	82.1
2200	Bryan Hextall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	80.5
2202	Hugh Bartlett	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1933–1951	78.1
2241	Josh Gibson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	80.3
2249	Luke Appling	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1950	83.3
2265	Hank Greenberg	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1947	79.9
2319	Sid Abel	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1954	80.5
2326	Turk Broda	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	80.0
2329	Bronko Nagurski	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1943	78.6
2386	Roy Campanella	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1957	79.8
2389	George Musso	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1944	80.3
2393	Art Coulter	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1931–1942	80.3
2403	József Asbóth	Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1938–1957	78.8
2404	James E. Norris	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1932–1952	80.8
2446	Vivian McGrath	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1932–1948	77.3
2447	Dinny Pails	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1938–1957	78.0
2450	Joe Hunt	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1943	74.6
2485	Bobby Bauer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	79.1
2491	Marcel Bernard	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1932–1956	78.9
2493	Hilton Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	80.4
2503	Turk Edwards	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1940	78.5
2509	Milt Schmidt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1955	79.5
2538	Ben Hogan	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1971	82.4
2574	Bill Hewitt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1943	77.7
2608	Bobby Locke	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1936–1975	82.6
2610	Ace Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1946	78.0
2621	Bruiser Kinard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1947	78.3
2637	Joe Gordon	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	79.1
2643	Sonny Boswell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1948	73.1
2650	Leon Day	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1950	79.5
2654	Neil Colville	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1935–1949	78.6
2665	Tuffy Leemans	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1943	77.3

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