Bo Jackson (The Greatest 2 Sports Athlete Ever)

First man to be named to both the Baseball All-Star game and the NFL Pro football and baseball player. Winner of Heisman Trophy of 1985 Named College Football Player of the Year by THE SPORTING NEWS [1985] Named as running back on THE SPORTING NEWS college All-America team [1985] Graduated from Auburn University in 1995 Is illegitimate; didn’t meet his father until he was 11. Got his nickname when his brothers shortened the word “boar“ - as in “wild boar.“ The 8th of 10 children. He and wife Linda, a psychologist, have three children: sons Garrett and Nicholas, and daughter Morgan. While at McAdory High School (McCalla, AL), Jackson won two state decathlon championships. Famous for talking about himself in the third person. His 1989 All-Star Game home run was called by former play-by-play announcer - and President - Ronald Reagan, who was in the TV booth at the time. Was a career .250 hitter with 141 homers and 415 RBI in 2,393 at
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