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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]
The original use of the term "All-America" seems to have been in reference to a list of college football players who were regarded as the best at their respective positions. The first "All-America" team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports in association with Walter Camp. [2]
On the inaugural NFL Top 100 Players list, Brady was ranked as the best player in the NFL by his peers. [251] After earning the #1 seed and a bye week, the Patriots lost to the Jets in the Divisional Round, 28–21. Brady finished the game 29-of-45 for 299 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception which ended his NFL record of consecutive ...
This is a list of players who appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). A
List of All-America Football Conference players; Current team rosters: List of current American Football Conference players; List of current National Football Conference players; List of foreign NFL players; List of NFL players in the Olympics; List of NFL players by games played; List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy; List ...
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]
In 1999, he was ranked #17 on Sporting News ' list of the 100 greatest football players and was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. [8] In 2010, he was ranked #12 on the NFL Network's The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players list and again was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. In 1998, Muñoz was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He ...
Brian O'Neal Jordan (born March 29, 1967) is an American former professional baseball and 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.