Top 10 Boston Sports Athletes

A rich history in Boston, here are there greatest athletes.
The Top Ten
1 Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr., is a retired American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Brady is known for being the only quarterback in history to win 7 Super Bowls, and was often considered one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Brady was also frequently considered to be the biggest steal in NFL history as a late 6th round pick. He had previously played for the New England Patriots from 2000 to 2019.

GOAT... And he was not expected to be what he is... 199 draft pick, to the number one in the world, it's unheard of... He IS BOSTON!

This isn't really a contest, Brady has won 5 Super Bowls and broken more records than any other quarterback ever

Tom Brady is good but I think he is probably tied with Doug flutie at the most

4 super bowls and counting. What more could you ask for?

2 Bill Russell William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969.

biggest champion for the greatest dynasty ever

Won like 11 rings out 13 years?

Hello! 11 Championships in 13 years!
The end! No one is close to William Felton Russell!

3 Bobby Orr Robert Gordon Orr is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

No doubt Bobby Orr and Boston hockey we're made together and him winning the Sports Illustrated Sports man of the year in 1970 made him an icon and the pioneer of how defense man play the game of hockey.
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To the last comment - Right ON! Orr was the most elegant athlete I have ever seen. I would also rank Ali number 2... If Orr had had healthy knees - damaged by opposing players targeting him (something Wayne Gretzky never had to worry about) he would have many more records. If you put only he and Gretzky on the ice and dropped the puck Gretzky wouldn't be able to touch it... Bobby Orr was poetry in motion... Jordan or anyone else you care to name is not even close - not in my lifetime... as Milt Schmidt said if ever there comes along a better player than Bobby Orr I hope I'm alive to see it

Best ever..in ANY sport..there has never been a player who was so clearly the GOAT... And he played on one leg much of his career... On two good knees he would have done who knows what... Sheer poetry... Ali would get my number 2 vote for all sports

No better representative of Boston sports. Bobby was simply and humbly the greatest athlete the world has known in any sport! Period!

4 Ted Williams

first real boston sports hero for their most popular team

Home run in his last at-bat. he batted left and threw right..344 average for a slugger over his career. 521 home runs. all-century team. first ballot hall of famer. 19 time all-star selection. 'enough said

5 Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Bird is a 3x champ, 1x ROTY, 1x Finals MVP, 3x 3PT Contest winner, all with the Boston Celtics. (1979-1992)

brought back the nba not only to boston, but for America

6 David Ortiz David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi," is a Dominican American former professional baseball designated hitter and occasional first baseman who played 20 Major League Baseball seasons, primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also with the Minnesota Twins.

"500 home runs" end quote

7 Paul Pierce Paul Anthony Pierce is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association.

very loyal to the city and finally got his championship

8 Carl Yastrzemski

One of baseball's all-time greats Carl once said "I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it all night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it." Take it from a man who hit over 400 home runs and over 3,000 hits in his career.
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one of the most popular red sox ever

9 Zdeno Chára
10 Rob Gronkowski Robert Paxton Gronkowski, nicknamed "Gronk," is an American football tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. After retiring at the end of the 2018 NFL Season, Gronkowski came out of retirement to play with former Patriots teammate Tom Brady for the 2020 NFL season.

Such a great player. A beast for Pats

Such a beast for pats

The Contenders
11 Doug Flutie

boston college's only heisman winner

12 Patrice Bergeron

Should be in the top 10

13 John Havlicek John Joseph "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, four of them coming in his first four seasons.
14 Kevin Garnett Kevin Maurice Garnett is a former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association, for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, and Brooklyn Nets.
15 Pedro Martinez Pedro Jaime Martínez, is a Dominican former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2009, for five teams - most notably the Boston Red Sox from 1998 to 2004.

1 of all time best sox pitcher

16 Red Auerbach

he's a winner and he's got the cigar, nuff said

17 Jim Rice
18 Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk is on this list for 2 reasons 1) a member of Baseball's Hall of Fame and 2) Waved the ball fair and into baseball history.
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19 Manny Rameirez

Umm... Why else?
David Ortiz is Amazing But!
Manny is a great athlete.
More SlobberKnockers then Ortiz
And he's a better feilder

20 Ray Bourque

How is Ray Bourque next to Jimmy Hayes...?

21 Brandon Bass
22 Drew Bledsoe
23 Tuukka Rask Tuukka Mikael Rask is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
24 Jimmy Hayes
25 Rocky Marciano
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