Haha. Athlete is how you define it. There are many different types of athletic ability.
You could class being able to spin the ball with the precision and consistency that warnie did as a skill but it has to have an athletic component to it.
If he isn't an athletes arse hole why doesn't showdownhero practice a bit of spin bowling and take an easy 700 test wickets. I mean if there is no athletic ability to it all, it just must take a bit of practice.
Warnie played AFL 2s back in the day so he had some of what we would think as conventional athletic ability.
The funny thing is I'd bet that warnie at his peak would out sprint downhero. Warnie would do it with a fag in hand after smashing a beer as well.