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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.

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drew henson

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Jim Thorpe

Bob Hayes

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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

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Originally posted by myteamtrulystinks
drew henson
Danny Ainge

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Originally posted by Red Night
Danny Ainge
You stole mine.

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Jeff Samardzija (sp?) could have been one.

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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)?

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Originally posted by darvlay
You stole mine.
Was he a Blue Jay?

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

I found this.

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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.

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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.

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Chuck Connors

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Originally posted by Red Night
Chuck Connors
The Rifleman!

I know he played baseball, what else?

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

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

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