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re: What athletes from your school or others went on to become famous at something else?
Posted on 7/13/23 at 10:55 pm to koreandawg
Posted on 7/13/23 at 10:55 pm to koreandawg
I guess you could say Sir Charles? Famous for his golf swing and inside the nba? Rowdy Gaines announces for the olympics too. Kevin Greene was in the WCW for a little while too
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Posted on 7/13/23 at 10:55 pm to koreandawg
Lee Majors,
Burt Reynolds became actors.
Flau'je Johnson, national champ at LSU and famous recording artist
Dr. James Andrews, famous orthopedic surgeon, championship pole vaulter
Burt Reynolds became actors.
Flau'je Johnson, national champ at LSU and famous recording artist
Dr. James Andrews, famous orthopedic surgeon, championship pole vaulter
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 10:23 am
Posted on 7/13/23 at 11:37 pm to koreandawg
T Boon Pickens came to A&M on a basketball scholarship. Got cut from the team a year later, transfered to Oklahoma A&M now Oklahoma State.
The rest is history.
Posted on 7/13/23 at 11:41 pm to koreandawg
Also for georgia, Omari Hardwick. Played DB with champ and kirby. Had some minor movie roles but was the lead actor in a hit tv show.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 12:53 am to koreandawg
Alabama had a Running back back in the 30's that played in the Rose Bowl then went back to Hollywood to be a western movie star. Sorry I went brain dead and can't remember his name...
Posted on 7/14/23 at 1:39 am to koreandawg
Do OJ and Billy Cannon count?
Posted on 7/14/23 at 2:09 am to CrimsonPlanet
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Alabama had a Running back back in the 30's that played in the Rose Bowl then went back to Hollywood to be a western movie star. Sorry I went brain dead and can't remember his name...
Johnny Mack Brown
Posted on 7/14/23 at 2:31 am to Finch
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Posted on 7/14/23 at 5:05 am to koreandawg
John Wayne played at USC
Posted on 7/14/23 at 5:21 am to PanhandleSlim
Not SEC of course but Joel McHale played at Washington.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 5:25 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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Chad Morris went on to become a famous shelf stocker at Kroger
Assistant shelf stocker.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 6:16 am to Sus-Scrofa
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Assistant shelf stocker
Assistant to the shelf stocker
Posted on 7/14/23 at 6:18 am to koreandawg
You shouldn't include wrestling if you aren't including other sports. I know it's fake bit it still requires a certain level of size and athleticism. A large portion of pro wrestling has a background in athletics via football collegiate/Olympic wrestling bodybuilding mma etc. I'm ok with the rock being on here tho as he is an established actor
Posted on 7/14/23 at 6:20 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Gerald ford played Foosball at meechigan i think
Posted on 7/14/23 at 7:06 am to koreandawg
Hank Paulson played football at Dartmouth
Went on to become Secretary of the Treasury during the Financial Crisis
Went on to become Secretary of the Treasury during the Financial Crisis
Posted on 7/14/23 at 7:48 am to Demosthenian
Dr. Denton A. Cooley, a college basketball star at Texas in the 1940's, performed the first totally artificial heart transplant in 1969.
He founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 and continued performing surgery until his 87th birthday, remaining active as President Emeritus until the Monday before he died at age 96.
By age 50 he had performed more than 5,000 cardiac operations, including 17 heart transplants. It has been estimated that over four decades, Cooley and his associates performed an estimated 100,000 open-heart surgeries — more than any other surgeon in the world.
Denton Cooley
He founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 and continued performing surgery until his 87th birthday, remaining active as President Emeritus until the Monday before he died at age 96.
By age 50 he had performed more than 5,000 cardiac operations, including 17 heart transplants. It has been estimated that over four decades, Cooley and his associates performed an estimated 100,000 open-heart surgeries — more than any other surgeon in the world.
Denton Cooley
Posted on 7/14/23 at 7:57 am to koreandawg
Henry Ruggs is a pretty (in)famous driver
Posted on 7/14/23 at 7:58 am to TrussvilleTide
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Henry Ruggs is a pretty (in)famous driver
So is OJ Simpson.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 8:25 am to koreandawg
Carl Shelter of Lake Charles, played guard in basketball at Auburn, from about 1967-1970.
Later owned Shelter Lincoln-Mercury dealership for 30 years in LC, retired a multi-millionaire in 2009.
Later owned Shelter Lincoln-Mercury dealership for 30 years in LC, retired a multi-millionaire in 2009.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 8:31 am to koreandawg
UGA - Carl Sanders, Governor of Georgia
Burt Jones, current LT Governor
Burt Jones, current LT Governor
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