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Fewer than 70 athletes are known to have played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) [a] and the National Football League (NFL). This includes two Heisman Trophy winners (Vic Janowicz and Bo Jackson) [1] and seven members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Red Badgro, [2] Paddy Driscoll, [3] George Halas, [4] Ernie Nevers, [5] Ace Parker, [6] Jim Thorpe, [7] and Deion Sanders). [8]
Jeff Samardzija – played high school football, basketball, and baseball. All-American wide receiver at Notre Dame. Mike Shannon – was thought to have been a better college football quarterback than a baseball player, but baseball paid more money back then. He was Missouri High School Player of the Year in both football and basketball his ...
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in two major North American sports. [1]
Rex David Johnston (November 8, 1937 – December 15, 2019) was an American professional athlete who played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the only athlete to have played for both of Pittsburgh's iconic baseball and football teams. [1]
Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB).. The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903.. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo to play in MLB at the same time, in 1989 when Ken Jr. was called up by the Seattle Mariners while Ken Sr. was playing with the Cincinnati Reds.
Failla was recruited out of North Allegheny Senior High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania by the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-sport athlete, playing shortstop for the baseball team, and backing up starting quarterbacks Rick Mirer and Kevin McDougal on the football team for three years, from 1991–1993.
James Franklin Hitchcock Jr. (June 28, 1911 – June 24, 1959) was an American college football player and Major League Baseball player during the Depression Era.Hitchcock played for the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University (then Alabama Polytechnic Institute), where he was the school's first All-American in both football and baseball.
Brian O'Neal Jordan (born March 29, 1967) is an American former professional baseball and professional gridiron football player. Jordan played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons as a safety from 1989 to 1991, and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers as an outfielder from 1992 to 2006.