Monday, June 10, 2013

#2 Greatest Player of All Time: Bo Jackson


This time around we are going to stick with players, and the #2 Greatest Player of All Time is an athlete who played multiple sports in his time.  A lot of people wrote him off at times, but he prevailed in every sport, he was just a flat out beast and could not be stopped.  This guy is Bo Jackson.  Bo played football and baseball, baseball being his first love he went to the league in 1986, and after missing football at Auburn he told the press that if picked he would play football as well.  Well Bo had already been picked 1st overall to the Buccaneers in the 1986 Draft but denied so he could play baseball obviously, well, being an NFL GM you had to be a little concerned that he wouldn't come play football or wouldn't be successful after all that time away from the game.  Well they were wrong, and the Los Angeles Raiders stole the show on draft night selecting Jackson in the 7th Round.  That's right I said the 7th round.  This guy ran a 4.12 40 time and couldn't be stopped, and he was selected in the 7th Round.  Bo did make a Pro Bowl appearance in his short 4-year career, and could've had more.  In-between football season, he went back to playing baseball with the Royals, and in the later part of his career, the Chicago White Sox.  In 1989, Bo won the MVP in the All-Star game, 1989 was the season he dominated.  He hit 32 homeruns, and hit over .250 along with 26 stolen bases.  Bo was fast, he was electric and one of the greatest players of all time.  He has an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on him called, 'You Don't Know Bo' I highly suggest looking at it.  Very intriguing, and interesting film.  After all of this you can see why Bo Jackson is our #2 Greatest Player of All Time.

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