13 Incredibly Gifted Athletes That Could’ve Gone (Or Did Go) Pro In More Than One Sport

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00:0013 Incredibly Gifted Athletes That Could Have Gone Pro In More Than One Sport

00:05John Elway

00:07Elway threatened to join the Yankees after the Colts drafted him in 1983.

00:13Instead, he starred 17 NFL seasons in Denver.

00:18Tony Gwynn

00:19Gwynn was a third-round MLB pick and an NBA prospect, choosing baseball,

00:24where he recorded 3,141 hits and had a .338 career average.

00:31Tony Gonzalez

00:32Hall of Famer Gonzalez had over 15,000 receiving yards in 14 seasons

00:38and briefly played with the Miami Heat's Summer League team.

00:42Brian Jordan

00:43Jordan hit .282 with 184 homers over 15 MLB seasons

00:49and started 30 NFL games with the Falcons alongside Sanders.

00:54Danny Ainge

00:55Ainge won two NBA titles with the Celtics and also spent three seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays.

01:03Deion Sanders

01:04Sanders hit .263 with four MLB teams over nine seasons, swiped 186 bases, won two Super Bowls,

01:12and now coaches in college football.

01:15Jim Thorpe

01:17Hall of Famer

01:18Thorpe excelled in eight NFL seasons and played nearly 300 MLB games, also winning the 1912 Olympic Decathlon Gold.

01:27Bo Jackson

01:29Bo Jackson

01:30Heisman Trophy winner Jackson refused the Buccaneers to play for the Royals in the MLB,

01:35then joined the Raiders to star in both football and baseball.

01:39Charlie Ward

01:40Heisman Trophy winner Ward chose the NBA over the NFL despite mid-round football grades, playing 12 professional basketball seasons.

01:49Gene Conley

01:52Conley pitched 11 MLB seasons with Boston, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia, and won three NBA titles over six seasons with the Boston Celtics.

02:03Jim Brown

02:04Hall of Famer Brown, arguably the greatest NFL running back, led the league in rushing eight times, and was also drafted in the NBA.

02:12Dave Winfield

02:15Hall of Famer Winfield hit 465 homers and 3,000 hits, and was drafted by the NBA, NFL, ABA, and MLB leagues.

02:26Kyler Murray

02:27Oklahoma two-sport star won the Heisman, was a first-round MLB pick, then became Arizona's number one NFL draft choice.