Great Matchups I would love to have seen

Published on August 27, 2004 By Gideon MacLeish In Misc

*Lincoln-Douglas

*Grant-Lee

*Monitor-Merrimack

*Sam Huff-Jim Brown

*Max Baer-Jim Braddock

*Shoeless Joe Jackson-Walter Johnson

*Bob Feller-Mickey Mantle

*Hamilton-Burr

*Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer

*William Wallace-the English Army

*Robert Bruce-the English Army

*European swallow-African swallow

*Cinque-the crew of the Amistad

*Clarence Darrow-William Jennings Bryant

*Babe Ruth-Dizzy Dean

*Spinal Tap-The Rutles

I'm sure I have many more, but these will be good to start a discussion.

Comments

citahellion

on Aug 27, 2004

At least you can still re-enact the Spassky-Fischer match....

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 27, 2004

true...but it doesn't have quite the same feel, if you know what I mean...

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 27, 2004

Fred Harteis vs....the world!!!!

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 27, 2004

spc...but we can already see that!

historyishere

on Aug 28, 2004

Otto Von Bismarck Vs. Niccolo Machievelli

Edit: I realize in hindsight you were refering to actual matchups that happened historically, rather than hypothetical matchups that would have been damn impressive to see.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 28, 2004

that's ok, history, I'll accept it. After all, I actually have two hypotheticals on the list (european swallow vs. african swallow and spinal tap vs rutles)

historyishere

on Aug 28, 2004

Cal vs. Stanford 1982 in Football

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 28, 2004

nice one, history...I might also add The Ice Bowl (although, living in Packer land, I've seen the replays of that many times, it's not the same as sitting out in Wisconsin's frozen tundra anticipating every moment).

Sir Peter Maxwell

on Aug 28, 2004

Maxwell V Gladstone would be an interesting one.

nmrhth

on Aug 30, 2004

If you accept hypotheticals:
Napolean vs Alexander the Great vs Ghengis Khan vs The Roman Empire

and a historical one:
the Battle of Trafalger (the British Royal Navy vs a combined French and Spanish fleet)

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