Which of these sport stars are/were the biggest icon to their respective sport?

This is also more from American perspective, since I know some sports such as Football are nowhere near as popular outside the US.

I'm sure you can argue the biggest icon for some of these sports as well, but what say you?

I want to say Tony Hawk personally because for many he is the only skateboarder most people know, along with being the face of it, but I could say the same for Tiger Woods. By pure stats though, I believe Wayne Gretzky was far above any other player compared to the other icons here, but that's not the exact question here.

You're asking two different questions. For the topic title, it probably is Tony Hawk because I doubt most people can name literally any other skateboarder.

pegusus123456 posted...

You're asking two different questions. For the topic title, it probably is Tony Hawk because I doubt most people can name literally any other skateboarder.

Yeah, lemme edit that out. Reads kinda dumb now that I fully read it over.