Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.
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I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
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Birth: | 30th November, 1962 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Baseball Player, Football Player |
Bo Jackson was born and raised in Bessemer, Alabama. He is a retired American baseball and football player. He is the only athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports. He was named the greatest athlete of all time by ESPN. While at Auburn University, Jackson won the 1985 Heisman Trophy, annually awarded to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States. After a 1991 hip injury on the field ended his football career, he focused on baseball, and expanded into other pursuits, including the completion of his Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Child Development at Auburn, and appearing in small parts as an actor, in TV shows such as 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and Married... with Children, and films such as The Chamber.
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