Who is the greatest American?

[johil d'o]

Horatio G. Bartholomew perhaps.

 

[Te(V)plar]

Gable, no question

 

[loui_ludwig]

Gene Lebell is the greatest American grappler, and also the first American to win a MMA match againts a boxer by choking him out.

 

[Demogoblin]

Gene Lebell is the greatest American grappler, and also the first American to win a MMA match againts a boxer by choking him out.

u call that a accomplishment?

 

[ATTfighter]

the greatest american is by far GI Joe

 

[Torn Victor]

I haven't read the whole thread, but if you're talking GRAPPLING, not just submission grappling, then it has to be John Smith or Bruce Baumgartner.