StadiumTalk.com published a list of the top high school athletes OF ALL TIME and actually did a decent job. Of course I went through all 50 just to see where Herschel ranked. He came in a decent number seven.
Stadium Talk did a good job of not packing the list with recent graduates. Also a wide variety of sports.
1940s one
1950s five
1960s five
1970s nine
1980s four
1990s ten
2000s twelve
2010s four
50. Ken Griffey Jr 1986 MLB HOF
49. Jerry Lucas 1958 Ohio State NYK
48. Robert Griffin III 2007 Baylor NFL
47. Willie Wilson 1974 KC Royals football
46. David Clyde 1973 Texas Rangers
45. Tom Glavine 1984 #1 pick in hockey & MLB
44. Kobe Bryant 1995 Lakers MVP
43. Tim Tebow 2005 Florida NFL MiLB
42. Ronald Curry 1997 UNC QB Raiders WR
41. Josh Booty 1996 LSU QB Marlins P
40. Sidney Crosby 2005 Penguins
39. Bobby Fischer 1958 chess
38. Marcus Dupree 1982 7355 yards 87 TD 8.3 YPC
37. Greg Paulus 2008 Duke Syracuse
36. Elena Delle Donne 2008 Delaware WNBA MVP
35. Allen Iverson 1991 Georgetown NBA POY bball football
34. Moses Malone 1974 ABA NBA
33. Alex Rodriquez 1993 MLB
32. Danny Goodwin 1971 Angels Twins
31. Trevor Lawrence 2017 Clemson TE
30. Bruce Hardy 1973 Dolphins TE
29. Simon Biles 2015 gymnastics
28. Rick Mount 1965 Purdue ABA
27. Lisa Leslie 1992 USC WNBA
26. CC Sabathia 1998 Yankees basketball football
25. Ed Too Tall Jones 1969 Cowboys boxing basketball
24. Jadeveon Clowney 2009 SC NFL DE
23. Wilfred Benitez 1976 boxing
22. Drew Hinson 2000 MLB NFL QB
21. JR Richard 1968 Astros basketball
20. Michael Phelps 2000 swimming
19. Magic Johnson 1977 Lakers HOF
18. Joe Mauer 2001 HS POY QB & catcher, also basketball
17. Ken Hall 1952 CFL NFL bball 11232 yd rushing in HS (above)
16. Emmitt Smith 1999 NFL HOF 8804 yd 106 TD
15. Bryce Harper 2009 MLB skipped HS junior & senior year
14. Wilt Chamberlain 1954 NBA HOF volleyball shot put track
13. Marion Jones 2005 track WNBA
12. Randy Moss 1993 NFL track basketball
11. Derrick Henry 2012 NFL track bball 12124 yd rush 153 TD
10. Jim Ryun 1964 miler
9. Danny Aigne 1977 Celtics Blue Jays also football
8. Tiger Woods 1994 three time US amateur champ
7. Herschel Walker 1979 86 TD track shot put valedictorian
6. Kyler Murray 2014 Heisman Oakland A’s
5. LeBron James 2002 NBA
4. Cheryl Miller 1981 USC
3. Jackie Robinson 1940 tennis football basketball baseball track
2. Lew Alcindor 1964
1. Jim Brown 1952 earned 13 letters baseball lacrosse baseball track football
No Pete Maravich? Not sure Kyler Murray belongs so high. Only one of Tiger's US Ams came while he was in high school.
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