Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh?

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Blankity Blank wrote:
Oh what the heck. Watched on TV counts too.

My list

• Willie Mays (The 'Say Hey' Kid)
  
• Elgin Baylor
  
• Oscar Robinson
  
• Jerry West (Zeke from Cabin Creek)
  
• Wilt Chamberlain (The Dipper [He hated The Stilt])
  
• Rosey Grier
  
• Pete Maravich
  
• Connie Hawkins
  
• Nate Archibald
  
• Walt Frazier
  
• The Harlem Golbetrotters (Meadow Lark Lemon, Curly Neal vintage)
  
• Calvin Murphy (All 5'9" of him, and Texas State Men's Baton Twirling Champion)
  
• Earl "The Pearl" Monroe [Fall back baby!)
  
• Rollie Fingers
  
• John Havlicek
  
• Kareem Abduhl-Jabbar (nee Lew Alcindor for his first two years with the Milwaukee Bucks)
  
• Len Dawson
  
• Jan Stenerud
  
• Charles Barkley
  
• Magic Johnson
  
• Larry Bird
  
  That's all I can pluck from the fog of time right now :biggrin:

All those, and:
Juan Marichal
Orlando Cepeda
Willie McCovey
Roberto Clemente
Ernie Banks
Mickey Mantle
Reggie Jackson
Catfish Hunter
Tom Seaver
Jerry Koosman
Nolan Ryan (on the Mets - Shea Stadium)
Joe Namath
Lawrence Taylor
Walter Payton
Roger Staubach
Julius Erving
Hank Aaron
Dave Debusschere
Bill Bradley
Willis Reed
Steve Carlton
Mike Schmidt
Johnny Bench and the rest of the Big Red Machine
Don Drysdale
Marcus Allen
Ray Guy
Terry Bradshaw
Mean Joe Green and the Iron Curtain
Franco Harris
Lynn Swann
OJ Simpson
Earl Campbell
Bo Jackson
Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Bruce Jenner
Marc Spitz

And Joey Heatherton in the Perfect Sleeper commercials…

I’m sure I’m missing many…