Most charitable athlete?

Shaun Alexander began his foundation while he was still in college.

 

I'm throwing a vote in for Spurs great David Robinson, who during his time in San Antonio gave oodles of money to educational causes.

 

David Robinson's former Spurs teammate, Bruce Bowen, is a clutch charity guy. One of his many activities involves running a free one-week camp in his hometown of Fresno, Calif., for at-risk youth. Basketball is one of the activities, but he's said it before that the camp is a chance for these kids to learn more about themselves and about life. I remember some quote about him that the camp wasn't geared toward "finding the next Kobe" it was about truly helping these kids.

 

Walter Payton had started a major toy and food drive throughout Chicago during his years with the Bears. I believe his widow, Connie, and others are still continuing to work on the cause.

It's more than just a tax break. It's a large-scale undertaking in Chicago, and a big reason why in the eyes of many he'll always be more revered than Michael Jordan.

 

How 'bout Wilt Chamberlain? ;D

He gave it to like 20,000 ladies!

 

I remember Steve Smith endowed a chair at Michigan State.

Agassi is awesome.

Perhaps the most influential though, politics aside, has got to be James Brown. There's someone who truly went to the trenches and fought.

 

Arthur Rhodes

 

Dikembe Mutombo has also done great things. He donated $3.5 million for the construction of that hospital(It was the first one in 40 years) in Nigeria. He also donated another $15 mil for another hospital in Congo.

 

Once again, Michael Schumacher laps the field....


"In the last four years Schumacher has donated £28million of his personal fortune to charity, including £5.5million, the largest individual donation, to the Asian tsunami fund.

Schumacher cash has found its way to hospitals in Bosnia, orphanages in Peru and schools in Senegal."