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How many athletes have been World Champions in two different sports?
Posted on 2/8/21 at 10:48 am
Posted on 2/8/21 at 10:48 am
Lori Susan “LOLO” Jones
I’m sure there are others, but what an outstanding accomplishment and person.
Go Tigers!
I’m sure there are others, but what an outstanding accomplishment and person.
Go Tigers!
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Posted on 2/8/21 at 10:50 am to Rohan Gravy
Bo Jackson was named an All-Star in both baseball and football.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:02 am to Rohan Gravy
Bullett Bob Hayes is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:06 am to paperwasp
That wasn’t the question
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:08 am to Rohan Gravy
Track and field?
I thought we're talking about real sports, not trying to be the best at exercising.
I thought we're talking about real sports, not trying to be the best at exercising.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:08 am to Rohan Gravy
Herschel Walker in the CFB NC and the winter Olympics, although I don't think he medaled.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:09 am to Murph4HOF
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:10 am to Leto II
Has to be someone like Gene Conley who won a title in MLB and NBA.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:11 am to Rohan Gravy
Renaldo Nehemiah has a Super Bowl ring and won the gold at the Olympics and Jim Thorpe did the same but before there were SBs. He won 3 unofficial world championships.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 11:14 am
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:13 am to Tigershine
Makes sense ....super speed track and field and NFL
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:15 am to Murph4HOF
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Track and field?
I thought we're talking about real sports, not trying to be the best at exercising.
It’s literally the oldest sport in the history of the world. It’s the foundation for just about every sport ever invented. Football has been around for about 120 years.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:17 am to Leon Spinks
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That wasn’t the question
Here's one that might be closer - Deon Sanders won two Super Bowl titles and made one World Series appearance, making him the only athlete to play in both.
Still not a World Champion in two sports, though.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:30 am to Rohan Gravy
Jim Thorpe won football championships before the creation of the nfl (not after though).
Similarly, he won the national league pennant a few times with the NY Giants but they lost the world series.
Similarly, he won the national league pennant a few times with the NY Giants but they lost the world series.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:34 am to 87BAMAGRAD
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Bullett Bob Hayes is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
Not sure why some stooge downvoted this. It's literally a perfect example.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:38 am to Rohan Gravy
Well, first you have to be a "WORLD" champion.
That pretty much excludes most professional sports, save for the World Cup. You're really looking at Olympic sports.
So next is to define "Sport"
Does winning it in variations of the same field count (like winning gold medals in uneven bars and the vault, or in the backstroke and the freestyle). If not, then the list I'm sure becomes super short.
There's an Olympic list here:
Olympic Medals in Different Sports
Lauren Williams came very close to a similar feat to Lori Jones - she won the gold in the relay in 2012, and won the silver in the bobsleigh in 2014.
Eddie Eagan won the Light Weight boxing gold in 1920. He won the gold in the bobsleigh 12 years later. Probably the most interesting in the bunch.
That pretty much excludes most professional sports, save for the World Cup. You're really looking at Olympic sports.
So next is to define "Sport"
Does winning it in variations of the same field count (like winning gold medals in uneven bars and the vault, or in the backstroke and the freestyle). If not, then the list I'm sure becomes super short.
There's an Olympic list here:
Olympic Medals in Different Sports
Lauren Williams came very close to a similar feat to Lori Jones - she won the gold in the relay in 2012, and won the silver in the bobsleigh in 2014.
Eddie Eagan won the Light Weight boxing gold in 1920. He won the gold in the bobsleigh 12 years later. Probably the most interesting in the bunch.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:39 am to BamaGradinTn
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Not sure why some stooge downvoted this. It's literally a perfect example.
Don’t let it bother you.
I think they pay somebody to just downvote everything. :)
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:47 am to Rohan Gravy
Deion sanders was really close.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:47 am to Rohan Gravy
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Not sure why some stooge downvoted this. It's literally a perfect example.
Don’t let it bother you.
I think they pay somebody to just downvote everything. :)
Where do I go to sign up? 
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:54 am to Rohan Gravy
Eddie Eagan won Gold in Boxing, and Gold as part of four-man bobsled in the Winter Games. Only person to win Gold in Summer, and Winter Games.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:57 am to Murph4HOF
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real sports, not trying to be the best at exercisin
Typical "fat frick" response who would get dominated by any collegiate female athlete in a track event.
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