Greatest athlete's-turned-politician

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Much like show business, a lot of athlete's used their fame to enter the world of politics. Who weer some of the more successful ones in both venues?

 

I'll start with one I mentioned on the other thread - Byron "Whizzer " White. White was the Heisman runner up after leading the nation in pretty much every rushing category for Colorado State, and then spent 3 years in the NFL. After that, he went into law and worked his way up to being a Supreme Court Justice.

 

Others?

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Manny Pacquaio

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Bill Bradley - HOF NBA, senator

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Do we count Schwarzenegger as an athlete?

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Do we count Schwarzenegger as an athlete?

 

I think he counts.

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Don't anybody cheat by Googling this, either.

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Antonio Inoki

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If only the rumors of Fidel Castro trying out for the Washington Senators were true...

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Would be interesting if Curt Schilling ran for congress. I could see him move quickly up the GOP ladder.

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Didn’t Steve Largent serve in the House for Oklahoma?

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No idea how I forgot about Jim Bunning. HOF pitcher. Republican Senator from a Kentucky...

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Ken Dryden

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Red Kelly

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Ken Dryden

 

Did not know Dryden entered politics. What did he do?

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Do we count Schwarzenegger as an athlete?

 

Yes. He’s a clear mention on both lists.

 

How about a ruling on Jesse Ventura?

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Did not know Dryden entered politics. What did he do?

 

Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister.

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Yes. He’s a clear mention on both lists.

 

How about a ruling on Jesse Ventura?

 

Yeah, I was going to mention Ventura. I think the field here is pretty thin, so you have to be a little more...inclusive. So that's a yes.

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Yeah, I was going to mention Ventura. I think the field here is pretty thin, so you have to be a little more...inclusive. So that's a yes.

 

It also depends on how we feel about college football players, like Gerald Ford...

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Bill Bradley - HOF NBA, senator

 

Winner ^

 

Not mentioned: Jack Kemp

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Winner ^

 

Not mentioned: Jack Kemp

 

Kemp is a good one.

 

I think Jim Bunning (Baseball HOF and Senator) is at least Bradley’s equal here.

 

Although Bradley was a Princeton grad, while Bunning only went to Xavier...

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Can we count Moe Berg, MLB catcher and ONI spy?

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Can we count Moe Berg, MLB catcher and ONI spy?

 

It's your thread bro.

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It's your thread bro.

 

1. Any thread I start is public domain. Or, if you're feeling socialist, community property.

 

2. I'm talking myself out of Berg. The goal of these threads was to name players who achieved fame in other venues. As a spy, fame was deleterious to Berg's success.

 

But the book about him was one of the better baseball bios I've ever read - "The Catcher Was A Spy"