How Good Was Bo Jackson Actually?

Ask any kid from the '80s who the best athlete in the world is and they'll tell you that Bo Jackson Beau is a cultural megastar, the only person selected as an MLB and NFL star. Mythical stories of his athletic ability created a bo

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life persona, but how

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was he really? vincent edward bo

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was born in 1962 into a family of 10 siblings raised in alabama vincent gained a notorious reputation at a young age by regularly fighting with other boys, he was so flamboyant and crazy that they began calling him the wild boar during his teenage years which was shortened and he was born the Beau's nickname.

Athletics was the only thing that could save Beau from his troubled youth, keeping him captivated by competition instead of problems. That fire to be the best fueled his legendary work ethic. It wouldn't be long before his natural abilities shined on a baseball field as he began playing summer leagues against grown men just for a challenge. He attended McGattery High School in Macula Alabama from the beginning. His boyfriend was a great white shark in a small pond. From Alabama he became a three-sport star in his rural town in track. He won two state titles in the decathlon event, dominating the competition so poorly that he decided not to participate in the latter event both years due to his large points advantage as a senior. the alabama state championship in the one hundred meters, 200 meters and 400 meters hurdles, high jump and long jump on the baseball diamond, he tied the national record for home runs with 20.

On the playing field, jackson ran for one thousand yards in only 100 carries, heavily recruited by all the big universities in the United States and even recruited by the MLB heartthrob, they decided to stay in the state and attend Auburn University as a freshman boyfriend. Immediately the Tigers began running back and the focal point of their offense, his game-winning jump touchdown beat their hated rival, the Alabama Crimson Tide for the first time in a decade as a sophomore he was named All-American for his 1200 rushing yards. Many experts claimed he would have won the Heisman if he were a senior because at the time it was an unwritten rule to give the award to senior players after an injury-plagued junior season bo jackson established himself as a black sports legend chestnut rushing for 1700 yards and winning the heisman trophy.

He also commanded respect on the baseball field. Scouts called Beau the best pure athlete in the United States. numerous stories about bo jackson began while he was preparing for the nfl draft without warming up this shot jackson to the first overall pick in 1986 for the tampa bay buccaneers in one of the most controversial sports moments of the 1980s, the bucks did not get NCAA approval to reunite with Bo, causing him to lose eligibility for his senior baseball season. He thought this was a ploy by the Bucks to force him to play football instead of baseball, so he refused to play for Tampa.

Instead, he began his professional baseball career with the Kansas City Royals the following year, the Oakland Raiders drafted him in the seventh round as an al. Davis believed Beau was playing professional football and baseball at the same time Bo Jackson was becoming the richest non-quarterback in American football and was coming into his own as a baseball player and is now in the spotlight. Beau's incredible athletic displays reached every television in the world. united states if it weren't for a visual test beau would be considered an urban legend on his first home run in the major leagues he broke his bat other home runs flew more than 500 feet you would throw the ball from center field shooting at the runners at the plate meanwhile on the field, defenders easily outran defenders for touchdowns.

Brian Bosworth was one of the baddest men in the world. A six-foot-two, 255-pound behemoth at linebacker. He was known simply as the boss he and Bo Jackson would meet on Monday Night Football in 1987. Bosworth guaranteed that Bo Jackson would be shut down Beau is not a man of many words but he is a man of action Beau outdid the boss for a 91-yard touchdown in the first quarter where he ran straight into the kingdom tunnel for an iconic moment in football history later in the game, bo and baz met mono imano at the goal line, where jackson proceeded to haul it in for a touchdown.

Beau would finish Monday Night Football with the single-game rushing record with 221 yards. Bo Jackson was oozing charisma and attention from the sports world after his Nike campaign rocked the mainstream, Beau knows that commercials were everywhere showcasing new gear aimed at cross-training, with Beau being the only two-sport athlete. He was perfect for the role as the commercials showed Beau playing multiple sports that he would dominate in because well you know, in the 1989 all-star game, Jackson hit a home run over 400 feet and took home the Most Popular Player award. All-Star Game Valuable. That same year he had the best season of his NFL career, falling just shy of 1,000 yards, and winning Pro Bowl honors in 1989 put Bo Jackson in a class of his own.

He remains the only player to have been an All-Star in both MLB and the NFL that season. Beau hit a home run in four straight at-bats, tying the record, but sadly. The tragedy occurred in 1991 in a playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Beau was hit awkwardly by a defender and dislocated his hip to remain in the game. Beau popped the hip back into place causing more long-term damage to the blood vessels. Bo's left hip was soon unable to receive a blood supply and bone tissue died in the process, this left fans and the arc devastated. He abruptly retired from the NFL right as he hit his primary arc.

He finished his football career with just over 3,000 yards from scrimmage and 18 touchdowns in four. seasons enraged by the time he would miss rehab for a football injury the Kansas City Royals released his boyfriend he was picked up by the Chicago White Sox where he would play two more seasons in the MLB he continually battled his left hip injury that kept him out for more than half of each season in true bonus style, jackson promised his mom he would hit her with a home run once he returned from his hip replacement injury, unfortunately she passed away before that time came, but Bo did what he said: hit a ball against the right. field for a home run in his first at-bat after he retired from competition in 1994.

Bo is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time and his prime was stolen from both him and the sports world by a hip injury, if not for this career-ending hit, Bo's accomplishments could have been endless, and while Bo knows, we may never truly know how

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Beau Jackson could have been. So what do you think is Bo Jackson, the greatest athlete of all time? Let me know what you think in the comments. below, as always, thanks for watching non-stop sports, if you enjoyed the video, continue, subscribe and like the video, see you next time.