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IRISHDODGER
07-17-2007, 10:57 PM
Here's some that came to mind for me:
Dave Winfield: HOF baseball player who was drafted by MLB, NFL, NBA & ABA
Tony Gwynn: HOF baseballer who played guard on the San Diego St. b-ball team & was also drafted by NBA (I think)
Rick Leach: QB'd skunkbears to the Rose Bowl before choosing MLB as his pro sport of choice. Unfortunately, he flopped as a Detroit Tiger (cocaine probably didn't help).
Ron Reed: pitched for Braves & Phillies & played in NBA
Chuck Connors: great actor (The Rifleman) played MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers and pro b-ball for the Celtics.
Steve Garvey: All-star 1st baseman played f-ball at Michigan St.
Kirk Gibson: All-American WR for MSU was drafted by NFL's St. Louis Cardinals & MLB's Detoit Tigers where he turned in some great post season moments for the Tigers & Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson: Starred in football, baseball & track at UCLA before breaking the color barrier of MLB w/ the Brooklyn Dodgers...the rest is history.
Kenny Lofton: prolific basestealer for many a MLB team was the starting guard for Arizona Wildcats.
Bob Gibson & Fergie Jenkins: both HOF pitchers played w/ the Harlem Globetrotters.
Danny Ainge: broke ND's back w/ BYU in NCAA tourney before playing MLB w/ the Toronto Blue Jays where his anemic hitting led him to choose an NBA career.
Michael Jordan: didn't make it to the show, but all considering he hadn't played organized baseball since high school he represented himself nicely in the minors.
Chris Wienke: Toronto Blue Jays organization before winning the Heisman.
D.J. Dozier: One time Penn St. star running back had a cup of coffee w/ the NY Mets.
Fishin'_Irish
07-17-2007, 11:06 PM
Bo Jackson?
Samardzija and Zibby. :)
IRISHDODGER
07-17-2007, 11:08 PM
Bo Jackson?
Samardzija and Zibby. :)
Yeah, I guess I left out the obvious. Might as well throw Deion in there, too.
TheManKnownAsMecca
07-17-2007, 11:11 PM
http://reds.enquirer.com/img/photos/2000/03/032800sanders.jpg
http://www.bluestarboys.com/Gallery/DSanders%20(1).jpg
TheManKnownAsMecca
07-17-2007, 11:11 PM
Yeah, I guess I left out the obvious. Might as well throw Deion in there, too.
Ha might as well? Deion wasn't nearly as good as Bo as a two sport athlete (although Bo's run was far too short) but Deion was pretty good himself.
TheManKnownAsMecca
07-17-2007, 11:13 PM
http://2000magazine.com/websightsthree/yankeesmagazine/NEWPAGES2/pictures/drew%20henson.jpg
http://www.bigdgridiron.com/files/images/Drew_Henson_0.jpg
TheManKnownAsMecca
07-17-2007, 11:16 PM
And the best of the best:
http://shots.oxo.li/hot/OXO-World/Jim_Thorpe.jpg
http://www.minotstateu.edu/track/images/JimThorpe.jpg
http://www.weltchronik.de/ws/bio/t/thorpe/tj01953a-ThorpeJim-18880528b-19530328d-02.jpg
Fishin'_Irish
07-17-2007, 11:21 PM
Jim Brown is still considered one of the best to ever play lacrosse. Which reminds me of Will Yeatman. Carlson also played basketball for a year.
IrishCalves
07-17-2007, 11:39 PM
Carl Crawford was a good one. He had scholarship offers for baseball, football (Nebraska as an option QB, if memory serves), and I think track was the 3rd one. Obviously, he signed a deal after the MLB draft, but he is a multi-sport stud from recent memory.
Also, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth was collegiate linebacker. Too bad his tackle of Paul Wilson pre-dates youtube.
HereComeTheIrish
07-17-2007, 11:59 PM
Darin Erstad...
Huskers and Angels...
HereComeTheIrish
07-18-2007, 12:02 AM
And let us not forget....
Happy Gilmore-Hockey and Golf... ;)
http://www.lazydork.com/movies/happygilmore.jpg
stonebreakerwasgod
07-18-2007, 05:23 AM
Babe Didrickson: track, golf
Drew Henson: football and baseball
Hillary: Both sides of the ball
Stoney: basketball, baseball, and soccer (sorry..no lax)
notredomer23
07-18-2007, 06:02 AM
Joe Montana. He had basketball scholarships waiting for him from big time d1 schools
IrishCalves
07-18-2007, 06:38 AM
Tony Gonzalez and Antionio Gates; former hoopsters now catching passes in the NFL.
ND Fanatic
07-18-2007, 06:44 AM
John Brodie - NFL and professional Senior PGA.
NDGirlzRock
07-18-2007, 07:54 AM
Joe Montana. He had basketball scholarships waiting for him from big time d1 schools
Did he say somewhere that baseball was his true love? I also posted a YouTube of Allen Iverson play football. Dude has an arm!
KMac151993
07-18-2007, 09:00 AM
Did he say somewhere that baseball was his true love? I also posted a YouTube of Allen Iverson play football. Dude has an arm!
As I recall wasn't he some great high school QB that a lot of schools took a look at but he said his true love was playing basketball. I couldn't imagine him running the option in high school....must have been something to see.
irishunclebill
07-18-2007, 09:13 AM
And let us not forget....
Happy Gilmore-Hockey and Golf... ;)
http://www.lazydork.com/movies/happygilmore.jpg
The most famous line- Happy to Bob- "The price is wrong, bitch."
and my personal favorite,
Shooter McGavin: I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
Happy Gilmore: You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
Svoboda
07-18-2007, 09:42 AM
Don't forget Gilbert Arenas. Hoops star and International Pimp.
KMac151993
07-18-2007, 09:51 AM
Don't forget Gilbert Arenas. Hoops star and International Pimp.
HAHA :)
notredomer23
07-18-2007, 09:55 AM
As I recall wasn't he some great high school QB that a lot of schools took a look at but he said his true love was playing basketball. I couldn't imagine him running the option in high school....must have been something to see.
he would exactly remind me of troy smith.
stonebreakerwasgod
07-18-2007, 11:54 AM
Vick takes care of the trifecta...
1) ex-football QB
2) Pitbull breeder
3) Butt-bongo playa in prison
I'm just gonna assume his guilt given what facts are known.
Viva Ron Mexico!
(sorry NYbrother, where there is smoke, there is fir.... in the Duke case, there was fire, it was just the dancer who was smoking.)
KMac151993
07-18-2007, 12:03 PM
he would exactly remind me of troy smith.
Except the whole being a great player.
notredomer23
07-18-2007, 12:06 PM
Troy smith is a great player? what is this ;)
KMac151993
07-18-2007, 12:56 PM
Troy smith is a great player? what is this ;)
If by great you mean "sucks" and by player you mean "balls" then by all means yes.
Fishin'_Irish
07-18-2007, 05:35 PM
John Elway - football and baseball
Charlie Ward - football and basketball
KMac151993
07-18-2007, 05:38 PM
John Elway - football and baseball
Charlie Ward - football and basketball
About time someone mentioned Charlie Ward....one of the best two sport stars over the past 15 years.
mlcspinner
07-18-2007, 05:39 PM
what's charlie doing these days
ShivaIrish
07-18-2007, 10:58 PM
How about Bob Hayes, Cowboy receiver pro-bowl receiver, and gold-medal winner in the Olympics. He might be one of the greatest sprinters of all-time, and did his speed have something to do with the development of the zone defense?
Dick Groat was a national player of the year at Duke in basketball, and an MVP for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Bob Golic was also an All-American wrestler. Not to mention his work on Saved by the Bell.
Wilt the Stilt was also was the Big Eight high jump champion. And all due respect to Gilbert Arenas, was probably a greater ladies man. And he was in Conan the Destroyer.
Brian Jordan, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Julius Peppers, Joe Maur,
KMac151993
07-19-2007, 06:28 AM
what's charlie doing these days
I believe he retired from pro basketball here and is probably just living off all the money he has made....I think I heard he runs a camp somewhere for underprivledged kids but I could be wrong.
RichardRiot
07-19-2007, 12:34 PM
Danny Ainge - Basketball and baseball professionally
Roger Staubach - football, basketball, and baseball at Navy
Doug Johnson - drafted in both baseball and football
Clara Hughes - Olympic speedskating and cycling medalist
Also,
Robinson- excellent tag, but you can add basketball
Elway - you can add golf (won the skills comp. against PGA players)
Jack Nicklaus - (golf obviously) was apparently an Ohio track standout in HS
Warren Cromartie - baseball and now wrestling LMAO