Eednud Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Before he became Hibs goalie, Oti Gottskalksson played basketball helping Keflavik win the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 1994 and representing Iceland 4 times at youth level. He was also capped 10 times for Iceland at football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Israel Folau and Karmichael Hunt have played in the NRL, AFL and rugby for Australia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Darren Randolph played Basketball for Ireland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 https://www.ruck.co.uk/20-rugby-stars-who-were-successful-in-a-second-sport/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Richie Foran snuck away to play Gaelic football while playing for Motherwell. Terry Butcher wasnae happy Sure he discuss it here. https://www.mfc1886.com/mfc-podcast-37/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Going back a bit Dennis Compton must be one of the most successful multi sporters. Scored almost 6000 test runs for England and was a league and FA Cup winning winger for Arsenal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 28/01/2019 at 22:55, lionel wickson said: Harry Johnston was the first name that sprang to my mind. Also, wasn't there a David Johnston who was signed with Hearts and went on to play rugby for Scotland? I also think that Chris Balderstone of Carlisle United might have played county level cricket in England. No idea if he went any further than that. Staying with cricket, didn't Ian Botham play a game or two for somebody like Scunthorpe or Southport? Chris Balderstone played for England in 2 test matches. He had an excellent County Cricket career principally for Leicestershire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Rebecca Romero was a silver medallist for team GB in rowing in the 2004 olympics and then won gold in Beijing 2008 in her new sport of track cycling. Scotland winger Thom Evans was forced into early retirement from him rugby union career after a serious injury in 2010 but then proceeded to finish 4th in the Scottish 60m sprint championships. The multitalented speedster is also the cousin of DJ Chris Evans, the ex boyfriend of Kelly Brook and was a member of a reasonably successful pop band who supported McFly, Peter Andre and Westlife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Most famous one will surely be when Michael Jordan played baseball when he was banned by the NBA for his gambling addiction but who wanted to keep it quiet, allowing him to return following the ban retired the first time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Donathan said: Scotland winger Thom Evans was forced into early retirement from him rugby union career after a serious injury in 2010 but then proceeded to finish 4th in the Scottish 60m sprint championships. The multitalented speedster is also the cousin of DJ Chris Evans, the ex boyfriend of Kelly Brook and was a member of a reasonably successful pop band who supported McFly, Peter Andre and Westlife. Was Thom (or was it his brother Max) not also pro golfer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ark loyal Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Filip Sebo has become a triathlete. He's unlikely to be worrying any of the pros, but he's qualified and race at the Xterra world championship and a WTS event in the 30-34 age group. So he must be pretty quick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 14/02/2019 at 12:06, honestly united said: Was Thom (or was it his brother Max) not also pro golfer? Max was a teaching pro in Portugal before playing rugby for Scotland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trgf Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Arnie Sidebottom played for Man U in the 70s and was a cricketer for Yorkshire/England in the 80s Ryan Sidebottom is his son. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Arguably the world's greatest ever athlete Daley Thompson played professional football for Mansfield Town and Stevenage!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 03:33, Cptn Hooch said: Victoria Pendleton springs to mind. Champion athlete and has gone on to become a jockey. Not sure how she's done tbh. Closer to home, Keaghan Jacobs was apparently a very good youth cricket player only to change sports and become a vital cog in the Amber machine All 4 Jacobs brothers were very good cricketers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 14/02/2019 at 08:19, Al B said: Most famous one will surely be when Michael Jordan played baseball when he was banned by the NBA for his gambling addiction but who wanted to keep it quiet, allowing him to return following the ban retired the first time. Jordan only played Minor League Baseball and was never close to being called up to the Majors. He was pretty poor and was only kept around in the Minor leagues for the novelty value. Sticking with US sports there has been a few who have played NFL and MLB. The most notable being Deoin Sanders who played in the Superbowl and the World Series (Winning 2 Superbowls and losing 1 World Series) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 59 minutes ago, Wile E Coyote said: Jordan only played Minor League Baseball and was never close to being called up to the Majors. He was pretty poor and was only kept around in the Minor leagues for the novelty value. Unless you're saying minor league baseball isn't a different sport from Basketball, I'm not quite sure what you're picking me up on? Also, he wasn't kept around for novelty value, he was kept around through a private agreement designed to save-face all round until his gambling ban from basketball had been served. That's the only reason he had anything to do with baseball at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, Al B said: Unless you're saying minor league baseball isn't a different sport from Basketball, I'm not quite sure what you're picking me up on? Also, he wasn't kept around for novelty value, he was kept around through a private agreement designed to save-face all round until his gambling ban from basketball had been served. That's the only reason he had anything to do with baseball at all. Not picking you up on anything, just pointing out that he didn't play and wasn't close to playing top flight baseball so to say he played baseball as well as basketball is not quite as impressive as it sounds. Here is an article about his baseball time https://www.mlb.com/cut4/four-stories-about-michael-jordan-s-baseball-career-c304259806 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Gary Parker who was successful with Melrose RFC and Scotland was on Hearts books as a youngster. CJ Ozasuwa played in the Juniors for Musselburgh, joined Heriots and is now at Blackheath RFC in London. Conrad Johnston was a Volleyball internationalist who played in goal for Meadowbank Thistle in the 70s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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