Greatest Sports Photo Ever

[Sky ball]

I googled search El Amin. Wanted to find the picture of him standing on the scorers table after big win (Duke or Pitt?). Anyone have it?

 

[tomtom80]

I’m a BOSOX fan but Gehrig farewell is special

 

[YearoftheHusky]

I googled search El Amin. Wanted to find the picture of him standing on the scorers table after big win (Duke or Pitt?). Anyone have it?

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[Vowelguy]

I googled search El Amin. Wanted to find the picture of him standing on the scorers table after big win (Duke or Pitt?). Anyone have it?

Got me looking and came upon the YouTube of the game. That ending when the players realize they’ve won — I’m not even a UConn alum but boy that was an amazing exhilarating moment. Heart pounding to see that again.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

wide right.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

like the fisk thing (no fan of the sawx here, but 'liked' that one for it's epicness), a ball fan should appreciate this classic moment, too.

 

[pepband99]

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For those too young to know, this catch was unbelievable, due to the cartoonish dimensions of the Polo Grounds.

The Catch (baseball) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[pepband99]

The SI article has this one from the Giants:

 

[pepband99]

...but this one's better

 

[dennismenace]

The SI article has this one from the Giants:
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Chuck Bednarik (who played both ways) flattening Frank Gifford.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Larry & Magic?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You've finally done it:
"Noice"

 

[pepband99]

Chuck Bednarik (who played both ways) flattening Frank Gifford.

AKA reason #98345987324596235498763245789 to hate the Iggles. Punks.

 

[Excalibur]

Ali/Liston, Orr, Jordan from the FT Line are the obvious top 3.

For other sports --

The most famous golf photo is likely this one.

 

[Chin Diesel]

like the fisk thing (no fan of the sawx here, but 'liked' that one for it's epicness), a ball fan should appreciate this classic moment, too.

Every player on the court in that photo is in the hall of fame.

 

[Chin Diesel]

So, after four pages and more than 24 hours, I'm beginning to get a sense of epicness for myself.

Top Two- Jesse Owens and US Olympic hockey team. Photos that show how sports can transcend sport.

Top Tier- Kemba shot, Fisk's HR wave, Jordan's dunk and Nicklaus at the Masters. Why? All those shots were taken in the middle of an event before the outcome was known. Okay, the second shot of Fisk jumping up and down is afterwards but the wave was before it. Love the uncertainty of the time of the picture against knowing one second later the story is told.

Second tier- Boxing KO photos. As I mentioned in a few pics, a pure KO where the loser is out cold on the ground while the victor stands triumphant is one of the purest forms of sport and dominance. Love the Hagler/Hearns photo with the ref staring out Hagler to make sure Hagler has already snapped out of the moment and knows the fight is over.

Third tier- By itself based on entries in this thread, Greg Lloyd Jr knocking off football helmet against NDU. Any time you can get an epic shot against NDU it goes up a notch or two but it is perfectly shot right at the moment of impact of an RB trying to leap the pile and a LB trying to stuff the jump. Perfect.

Things that don't excite me are any of the staged photos or photo shoots.

 

[Scoe]

 

[8893]

Anyone recognize this one?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Anyone recognize this one?

2 easy. The guy's nickname was "the logo". About as predictable as Lou Gherig catch Lou Gherig's disease.

 

[uconnfan68]

2 easy. The guy's nickname was "the logo". About as predictable as Lou Gherig catch Lou Gherig's disease.

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That was pretty cold about Lou.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I’m a BOSOX fan but Gehrig farewell is special
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I also thought of this one from June 1948, they gave him the bat because he couldn’t walk onto the field without it. Used it as a cane. He died a few months later, 53 years old.

This picture won a Pulitzer Prize.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

That was pretty cold about Lou.

Geez. Spelled his name wrong too.

 

[Husky Alien]

Anyone recognize this one?

Yup! I think I've seen him before. Good pic...

 

[Husky Alien]