Sports and Sports History: Would you consider . . .

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Topic: Would you consider . . .

Posted By: mcpon14
Subject: Would you consider . . .
Date Posted: 23-Jun-2014 at 01:52

Ebenezer Cobb Morley (father of association football) as one of the 100 most influential people in history? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Cobb_Morley

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Posted By: Mountain Man
Date Posted: 23-Jun-2014 at 11:22

No. I measure "influence" differently, in terms of the good of mankind.

Pasteur was influential. Salk was influential. Tesla, Bell, Edison, Ford and Westinghouse were influential. Morley merely promoted and made money from a child's game.

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