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fartharder
Tom Brady the shitbag who took money away from the needy?
freemab
Live in Minnesota and never learned about this man until I was in Canada as an adult!
POTUSJamesMarshall
If Terry Fox ran for 143 days he smashed 143 broads and that’s probably fucking light.
-Letterkenny
stonecoldstevebuschemi
danshouldbeworkingnow
Fucking rights, bud. Terry Fox is the One.
Eddafred
Terry Fox is a fucking legend.
Allisrevealed
Who says Brady is the greatest athlete? This is dumb.
Margrave9000
People who were wrong. Time to debunk them.
RagnartheCat
I ran so many terry fox runs in school
TheEleventhHand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terry_Fox_Story
TeddyBruhsvelt
Only a small section of very narrow minded Americans would even bring up Tom Bradys name in the "who is the greatest athlete of all time" debate. Nobody anywhere else in the world would even consider him.
This runner is a good example but there are countless others. This is presented as if Tom Brady is an obvious choice though, its like borderline rage bait for anyone who's into sports
howimetyourauntrobin2
He's the greatest QB of all time, but not close to the greatest athlete. LT (not a great person) was probably the best football player of all time, and would be in a fair conversation about great athletes. But for me it's always Micheal Phelps...dude broke a 2000 year old record!
hogchief
#1 why did you have to drag Tom Brady into this? Terry stands alone in his draft class
TheUnnamedPoet
Every year, across the country Canadian schools hold Terry Fox runs, raising money for cancer research. Terry Fox is an absolute legend of a man.
bitemark
The Terry Fox Foundation has put so much money into cancer research, and the results they've gotten, if Terry was diagnosed today, he likely would beat the cancer, and kept his leg.
So he ultimately beat the cancer
mirhagk
A man who was 1/10th as awesome as he would still be an absolute legend. Can you imagine just doing that run with two good legs and no cancer?
thefnord
Been out of the school system for a few decades - does any of the material mention that Terry was Métis? Capital M. One of our three indigenous people in Canada, the others being First Nations and Inuit.
ChopOnBrother2021
Then why does cananda reduce public expenditure on public health every year?
ChopOnBrother2021
lol cananda.
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
He was a child and a warrior.
Krackajak78
No. Greater. Canadian!! https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MjRlb2xuMjA4YXJjeGoxNXBqcDZpZzFkZzdmM3Zibzgzejc5NjVjbyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/W09209l9TGFVtilB4R/200w.webp
SidewalkWidflower
Dime might have even called him three legged
Zalagzny
Wasn't going to say it but it is hard to miss.
haggerton
Norman Bethune
ThisGuyPostingThings
A few have come close. Like Tommy Douglas. Michael J. Fox is pretty great, too. That said, I fully agree.
GoldenBandit
The line starts at Terry, but let's not forget: Dr. Banting, John Candy, Gord Downie,...
jnmjnmjnm
Steve - works at the landfill.
Seriously, the average Canadian is an above average human.
Johnsky
That man is a true legend.
Waschbaerkoenig
American football has to be the only sport you know to say Brady is #1 - and even there might be tough contenders for the spot. Who says this stupid stuff?
thedarkcanuck
Thunder Bay- the city that killed the Marathon of Hope
HighFlyKai
We’re still killing hope here
Thapoopthattookapee
All of your posts are rage bait, no one said TB was the greates athlete of all time. And good on Terry
TCooley79
Also he was only 22.
ArkoneAxon
He was a better person, not a better athlete. Being a great athlete doesn't make you a great person. Here's an old meme from back when Jon Stewart was still hosting the Daily Show, as a reminder.
Sfingks
/gallery/terry-foxs-letter-to-adidas-HmFIt Here's a letter he wrote to Adidas to ask them to sponsor him for estimated 26 pairs of shoes he needed. He told them he would crawl every last mile if he had to.
ReggieWarrhol
I ran beside him in Ottawa. Thirty years later I was diagnosed with cancer losing my leg to the hip. Here I am now considered a survivor because it hasn't come back. And that is all due to this one man and his desire to end cancer by raising money for research.
Is Terry Fox a hero, in my eyes he sure is and will always be.
DougTheLlama
"If Terry Fox ran 143 days he smashed 143 broads and that’s probably fuckin’ light"
DougTheLlama
"If Terry Fox was alive, he'd be smashing J-Law and J-Lo in Scar-Jo's boat"
DougTheLlama
"If terry fox was alive he'd have a talk how like Seinfeld - but it'd be called Canadians in Cars Gettin Blowies"
Swedishbouldering
Who's tom brady?
EstoyPoopis
Some dude that used to play a local sport. Handegg? Won some "world" local touneys. Some people claim he's the best athlete. Seems sus to me.
Alistairetheblu
Exactly.
georgejimmydoodle
Some magat who used to cheat at football.
TumEsticks
He wasn’t out there dying. He was out there living.
navyjeff
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Daywalker27
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
Greer8
This commercial is just one of the best. It brings me to tears. Thanks, Terry, wherever you are... you too, Gord.
leroy666
I’ve never seen this before. truly moving!
P0sit1veTh0ughts
Goddamn right…
jnmjnmjnm
Also, he was literally dying of cancer while he was doing this.
SlickWithaLimerick
He had to keep running or he would have drowned in pussy.
JohnnyPumpkinStar
He was also 21 when he started his run, and died at 22. For some reason he always looks older to me in the pictures and videos, I can't imagine a kid doing that, no wonder it hit so hard at the time.
ricpaul
Saw a clip on here yesterday of a little girl (maybe 2 years old?) having a few strands of hair after chemo asking her mom to put in a hairclip. Fuckin' killed me. One of the many reasons I know there is no God. https://imgur.com/lx8aX0c
KarateCanine
He didn't know it at the time though. They thought they had got it all when they took his leg. Sadly, he had to stop because he felt I'll and it turns out the cancer had spread. Absolute legend. Definition of a hero.
hetnkik999
I assumed as such going by the "every day for 143 days until he died." Not much else gonna kill you in 143 days.
Deoxyribonucleicacidwashedgenes
Running a marathon every day for 143 days would probably kill me...
NightOwlRally
I'd probably keel over after the first couple blocks. As someone living with chronic pain, it's absolutely insane how he was able to do what he did. While actively dying.
Oh yeah, also, fuck Tom Brady. With a glass cactus.
jnmjnmjnm
He didn’t die from being hit by a bus.
thisisnotfineffs
AND running on a prosthesis that was not comfortable, in pain the entire time. What a fucking legend
Johnsky
100% pain 100% of the time, and he committed himself to doing it the entire length of Canada. He died for this cause.
aristera
Also not the shortest rout either. His path was long and winding so he could visit major cities along the way.
Johnsky
He knew the message needed an audience. If there was ever a Humanist Martyr, he was it.
mirhagk
And at the start there wasn't an audience. He didn't do it with massive corporate sponsorship and advertising. Just him and his buddy with a van, until enough news picked up the story and he started to be greeted in every city to massive crowds.
thisisnotfineffs
I got literal goosebumps watching this, when yyou think of his sacrifice and courage and determination, like god fucking damn bro. An example of the absolute best of us
custardandfishfingers24
Brady's not even in the top five. Fox I'd definitely number one; Mohamed Ali is number two. I used to put Bruce Jenner as number three, but now I dnk. Number four is Serena's Williams. Who's number five? Probably some soccer guy or girl.
Pwnzistor
Willie Mays
frizy1
It might shock you to learn that countries outside of america do exist
wadatahmydamie
Brady may be one of the top-five cheaters of all time, above Gaylord Perry and any given Raiders team
Garf34
Serguei Bubka should probably be in the top 5 : 6 or 7 times world champion, 35 times world record !
BarryTheCyborg
As a Patriots fan, I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually describe Brady as the best athlete of all time. He's undoubtedly the best quarterback of all time, but we all knew that he couldn't run for shit, and that's kinda a requirement to be the best athlete.
Thorketil
I propose Pelé, the world-famous football* star from Brazil, who later served as a UNICEF and UN ambassador, among other roles. Throughout his life, he championed the cause of children worldwide and fought against hunger, poverty, and lack of educational opportunities.
(* = known as "soccer" in a few countries)
Fentex
A very 'modern' list. Used to be Jim Thorpe was top of a lot of peoples lists and no one would consider someone who only succeeded at one sport.
ShadyEsperanto
(bo jackson and deion sanders nod)
barbarian818
Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky should be in there somewhere as well.
sparrowace
Didn't wayne kiss the orange ring? Need fact check km this tho might be miss rembering
barbarian818
He did. And the products of his distillery didn't get yanked from the shelves because it's made in Canada, but some whisky drinkers are boycotting his products anyway. (Me very much included in that. And I really liked the Red Cask whisky) But he was still one of the greatest players the NHL has ever seen.
Bonnedad
Gretzky is a piece of shit magat
Athol
The Great Once
RetrogradeLlama
Yes, he was remarkable.
And for the record, fuck Tom Brady.
AgainstMethod
No one thinks Tom Brady is the top athlete of all time.
chansuke
Tom Brady is a crypto scam shilling asshole. The tragedy is we probably won't see anyone eclipse him statistically for at least a decade or more, but it will probably be a very good sense of satisfaction when we do.
RetrogradeLlama
Oh come now... no one cheats like Tom Brady!
chansuke
I primarily follow motorsports where cheating in some way is kind of a given, so perhaps I'm less bothered about that than diehard football fans, but the man was a genetic freak even without that. Winning a Superbowl at age 41 is something we may never see again in our lifetime. Having seen the Tom Brady era, shohei ohtani wreck baseball, and both lewis Hamilton and max verstappen in F1 is an absurd thing.
RetrogradeLlama
That's really different. Bend the rules as far as you can, and then some is what all the teams to. It's actually PART of the sport. A skill if you will. When you get caught, you take your lumps and move on.
Tom Brady cheated in a sport where most people follow the rules. Then he lied about it. Blatantly. Repeatedly. Sacrificing the lesser people to save himself.
chansuke
Motorsport is sort of unique in that drivers almost always escape personal culpability despite knowing they're receiving some sort of advantage and the investigations assigning blame at a team level. But deflategate for example had all the hallmarks of motorsports cheating: exploiting deficiencies in measurement and enough wiggle room to have some sort of deniability. I don't know if there will be another cheat in the NFL that hinges on thermodynamics and the ideal gas law for example.
chansuke
Also to add: tiger woods, despite the implosion of his personal life, entirely changed the game of golf