Bo Jackson

“Not only did he play in two professional sports, but he was a superstar in both. On the baseball diamond, Bo had a career batting average of .250 and hit 141 home runs in just under 694 career games. In 1989 he was selected to the American League All-Star team and went on to win the game's MVP award. And that doesn't count Bo's "hobby" sport. Bo the football player won the Sugar Bowl MVP award, the Liberty Bowl MVP award and then the Heisman Trophy. Then, when he decided to play pro football, he averaged 5.4 yards per carry for his short career and was named to the Pro Bowl team. At one time, Bo was in commercials with Jordan and Gretzky and if it weren't for his career ending hip injury, he would still be regarded as deserving of that type of company.”

“If your looking for an all around athlete that could do it all, with respects to Jim Thrope, there's a reason why the Nike campaign implanted in our brains Bo Knows but hey so did everyone else that saw him swing a bat or take a hand-off. Should be #1 or 2, if he played more years there would be no debate.”

“number 1”

“Bo Jackson should be #1”

“not even close... he high jumped 7 foot in high school at a practice once... michael jordan you saw what happened when he picked up a baseball bat... michael johnson was just fast and a hockey player haaaaaaaaaaahah...

BUT WE ALL KNOW AND AGREE ON ONE THING... BO KNOWS”

“This should just be the Greatest Bo Jackson of all time list. No other vote here should be taken seriously. For example, in his short time in the NFL, Bo was the Michael Jordan of running backs. Now does anyone want to compare MJ's baseball skills to Bo? I suspect Bo was also faster and stronger than Jordan.”

unclejoe1917

“Bo knows... and he's the greatest athlete ever. Ever argue at the bar over this one? The only thing anyone will ever say to shoot down Bo Jackson is the fact that his career was too short. But length of service is only one thing. His two sport versatility easily compensates for this.

Bo hit 141 hr in 2300 games, which is close to on pace with the likes of Mike Schmidt. That was before the pre 1996 hr derby style baseball too. Imagine a healthy Bo Jackson slugging 50 homers a season and hitting 500 home runs in his career. Would there be any doubt then who was the greatest ever to step on the field? That's not even counting his ridiculous range in the OF.

Oh, and that's just baseball. Hey MJ fans, you want to see athletic dominance? Watch a Bo Jackson football highlight reel. Then tell me he wasn't the best athlete ever. Had he focused on football, and stayed healthy, he'd own Emmit Smith, and Barry Sanders. Every scout agreed that he was THE BEST ever. Speed, power, balance, vision, he was THE BEST. His yards per carry are a testament to that. How about that 6.8 yards per carry average in his rookie year? Again, ridiculous.

One day the sports world will look beyond the numbers in the record books and back on to the field of play to judge performance. That was Bo's playground, and no matter what the game, you know Bo not only could do it, but he'd do it better than anyone else.

Bo is #1 all time.”

“Bo is the Bomb!”

Music

“Bo was a phenom at baseball an football! Both very hard sports to be a star in. I've seen him play golf in a celebrity tournament and he's no slouch at that either. He came in 2nd”

crazyeyes56