Bo Jackson was a freak.
Played for the LA Raiders, now known as the Oakland Raiders.
He also played for the Kansas City Royals.
He is the only person to be an NFL Pro bowler and an MLB Allstar.
He also played Semi-pro basketball.
So is Bo Jackson the best athlete ever?
So is Bo Jackson the best athlete ever?
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Best multi-sport athlete without any doubt.
Anyone that played for my Raiders were an amazing athlete of the world, then there was a guy named JaMarcus…
but seriously yes bettween him and Deion Sanders but Michael Jordan was a freak athlete as well but wasnt good at other sports but arnt 93% of these guys freak athletes?
Don’t forget he won the Heisman at Auburn in 1985 and is 3rd in SEC History right now in rushing yardage.
Pride of Auburn: Bo Jackson!
War Eagle!
No that would be Jim Thorpe
Hard to say I never saw Jim Thorpe,or Otto Grahm.
Yet Bo was probably the best of my lifetime.
I think Dion Sanders played both sports and it for quite a few years.Was the only player to be a World Series and a SuperBowl .He hit .553 in the 92 World Series.
He’s in the list along with several others such as Deon Sanders (I spelled his name wrong), several decathletes, boxers, Otto Graham (pro football titles and a pro basketball title), etc.
However, if I had to pick just one person I would pick Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Just google her.
We also can not discount the Negro League baseball players and other African American athletes whose accomplishments were poorly documented or not documented at all.
Modern players have the advantage of modern science, modern diet, modern medicine, etc. I tend to believe that it is easier to be great today than it was 50 years or 100 years ago so I give the nod to the "classics".