The 10 Greatest Two-Sport Professional Athletes of All Time
By Jose Martinez, Ralph Warner | Oct 11, 2011 | 1:24 pm | Permalink
Nearly two decades ago today, Deion Sanders did something that no other athlete has ever done before and that is play in a professional baseball and football game all in a matter of 24 hours. As a member of the Atlanta Braves, Deion played in Game 4 of the 1992 NLCS on a Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Following the conclusion of that game, he hopped on a flight to Florida to join his Atlanta Falcons as they took on the Miami Dolphins on a Sunday afternoon. It was pretty much like multi-tasking on steroids (all natural, no pun intended!).
But this amazing feat got us thinking: Who else has dominated the professional sports world the same way Primetime did on that historic day, 19 years ago. And we're not talking about people who played multiple sports in college here. We're talking only about big league success. So, in honor of Neon Deion, we present the best pro players who felt that competing in one sport just wasn't good enough. Here are the 10 Greatest Two-Sport Professional Athletes of All Time...
RoShine October 11th, 2011 at 02:52 PM
Meh... You guys should've had Bo and Deon 2 & 3 respectively on this list.
bob October 11th, 2011 at 09:14 PM
You should also have Harvey Pulford
kaizer October 11th, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Where the he!! is Jim Brown!? He ruled on the lacrosse field and is the best running back of all time.
YaMindRight October 11th, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Though JB was a beast, he only played football professionally. His lacrosse days were while he was at Syracuse.
kano October 12th, 2011 at 06:44 AM
seems baseball must be real easy to get into, all of these cats had baseball as their 2nd choice :D haha
Sassy Molassy October 13th, 2011 at 02:14 AM
How does Bronko Nagurski not make this list in an era where football players played both offense and defense then became the world wrestling heavyweight champion long before it became 'sports entertainment and fake'?
Patrick October 13th, 2011 at 03:29 AM
How About Lionel Conacher, That guys a freak. Look at his wikipedia page. The only reason you don't heat about him is because he's Canadian not American.