Dumb question

How many athletes have competed in two or more top-level professional sports leagues, either at the same time or successively? I can only think of two off hand, Deon Sanders and Bo Jackson. I'm pretty sure Jordan played in the minors when he retired, so he doesn't count.

drew henson

Jim Thorpe

Bob Hayes

Originally posted by PBE6
How many athletes have competed in two or more top-level professional sports leagues, either at the same time or successively? I can only think of two off hand, Deon Sanders and Bo Jackson. I'm pretty sure Jordan played in the minors when he retired, so he doesn't count.

Deion

Originally posted by myteamtrulystinks
drew henson

Danny Ainge

Originally posted by Red Night
Danny Ainge

You stole mine.

Jeff Samardzija (sp?) could have been one.

Pretty interesting! Anyone know how those guys handled playing in two leagues at the same time? I'm thinking about how their contracts would have been negotiated - as a team owner, if I'm paying for a player's services don't I want to be able to use that player as needed? What about overlap between regular seasons/playoffs in both leagues?

Also, has anyone ever been a triple threat (playing in three leagues)?

Originally posted by darvlay
You stole mine.

Was he a Blue Jay?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😕portspeople_of_multiple_sports

I found this.

Originally posted by Red Night
Was he a Blue Jay?

Yep. Mark Hendrickson of the Blue Jays apparently used to play in the NBA too. Didn't know that.

Originally posted by darvlay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category😕portspeople_of_multiple_sports

I found this.

Yikes! I guess this answers the question pretty good.

Chuck Connors

Originally posted by Red Night
Chuck Connors

The Rifleman!

I know he played baseball, what else?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/232123/deion_sanders/

Some great clips of Prime Time doin' the high-step. One of my favourite sports personalities.