Did ya know......
Jackie Robinson the great baseballer was an NCAA long jump champion? And his older brother Mack an Olympic 200m siver medalist chasing Jesse Owens,
Gale Sayers had an older bro named Roger he was a world ranked sprinter, Gale the best HS long jumper in the nation.
Cam Newton won the national JC title while at Blinn, won the NCAA title at Auburn and the Heisman, won the NFC and the MVP
The Rocks dad Rocky Johnson was a sparring partner for Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) the dude more buffed than The Rock
Georgia Tech once beat Cumberland 222-0
Bill Russell was a world ranked high jumper
Rasslers Ken Patera and Mark Henry Olympic weight lifters
Hall of Fame fullback Bronko Nagurski an NWA World Champion
Tap dancer Bill Robinson once held the world record for running backwards
Luca Brasi the big cat in the Godfather was x rassler Lenny Montana
Odd Job from the James Bond movies was rassler Harold Sakata
The Thing the monster was James Arnese from Gunsmoke fame
Christian McCafreys grandpa was Olympic 100m silver medalist Dave Sime
Christian "Nigerian Nightmrare" Okpye a great discus thrower for Nigeria
Hacksaw Butch Reed a former Kansas City Chief
Dusty Rhodes got that name off an old baseballer
OJ Simpson ran a leg on a world record 4x1 team at USC, rare for a college team
Speaking of college teams, in 1960 we brought in the Tigerbelles in the ladies 4x1 talking 1960 Olympics, a first and a last., yep..gold.
From 1901 to 1905 Michigan scored over 2000 points gave up less tan 50, won them all except the last game in 1905 losing 2-0 to Chicago
Morris Stroud was a 6-10 TE for the Chiefs
When Tyreek Hill was in HS he ran a 20.14 200m, the HS record was 20.13 by future Olympian Roy "Robot" Martin
West Texas State had a dozen former footballers become pro rasslers
That Chiefs team from SB 1 had seven future Hall of Famers on it, that Packer team had nine, that's 16,.....a record?
Walter Payton was seen dancing on Soul Train pre Bears days
That 85 Bears D gave up a mere 12 points a game, this Seahawks D.....17
Would hate to be an Army or Navy WR, that has to suck
Speaking of Army they once had Mr Inside Doc Blanchard and Mr. Outside Glenn Davis (9.6 sprinter) both winning a Heisman
The first 1000 yard rusher for the Chiefs was North Texas Abner Haynes, he was the first black to play college football in Texas
Story goes baseballer Cool Papa Bell was so fast he once hit a grounder between first and second, and while rounding first for second he had to jump over the ball, hmmmm?
Boxer George "Little Cocolate" Dixon the first black to hold a world title had over 800 bouts in his career.
Boxer Tom Molineax was a slave, he won so much $$$$ for his owner he was given his freedom, he;d end up over in Europe fighting for the world title
Jesse Owens had a 3-7 record vs Temple sprinter Eulace Peacock in the 100, Peacock injured in 1936 so no Olympics
Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey stold that name from a lighter weight boxer named Jack Dempsey
Just sayin'
Lenny Montana