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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]
Marked the beginning of the NFL's popularity surge and eventual rise to the top of the United States sports market. [10] Ice Bowl: December 31, 1967 Dallas Cowboys: 17–21 Green Bay Packers: 1967 NFL Championship Game. The coldest NFL game ever played, with a wind chill of −36 °F (−38 °C). [11] Heidi Game: November 17, 1968 New York Jets ...
In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the quirkiest entities on Earth — the baseball rule book and the New England weather — Jansen became the only player ever to appear on both ...
Antonio Nemesio Taylor Sánchez (December 19, 1935 – July 16, 2020) [1] was a Cuban baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Detroit Tigers from 1958 until 1976. He batted and threw right-handed and also played third base and first base.
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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.
While variations exist, the use of the play in major league baseball is somewhat rare. Some say that the hidden-ball trick has been pulled fewer than 300 times in over 100 years of major league baseball. [1] A first baseman may attempt the play after a pitcher, in an attempt to pick off a runner, throws to first.
Stevens, a congenital amputee, is the only athlete ever to play college football or minor league baseball without legs. [1] He stands 3-foot 2-inches tall and runs using his hands. At Wickenburg High School ( Wickenburg, Arizona ), 1980–1984, Stevens was a three-sport athlete playing football, baseball and wrestling.