ICTChris Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 I remember reading that Alan Hansen was a scratch golfer as a teenager and could've become a pro. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor1874 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Rudi Skacel was a good Ice Hockey player in his day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Connor1874 said: Rudi Skacel was a good Ice Hockey player in his day. Petr Cech too but I believe he said his family couldn't afford it so it stuck to football, he's now playing as reserve goalie for Guildford's reserve team Also WWE wrestling isn't a sport 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGafraidh Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, ahemps said: This is something extremely common in American Sports. I think a lot of kids grow up playing multiple sports over there and there have been several high profile players who have played professionally in multiple sports. Bo Jackson played in the NFL and MLB at the same time for several seasons at a high level. A guy called Dieon Sanders played for both Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Atlanta Braves (MLB) in a 24 hour period in 1992. Patrick Mahomes who just won the Super Bowl with the Chiefs father was a Baseball player and was a handy pitcher too, could have been drafted by the MLB. (Detroit Tigers) https://www.mlb.com/news/2014-detroit-pick-patrick-mahomes-set-for-nfl-c226843378 Edited June 5, 2020 by MacGafraidh Spelling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Made up American shite doesn't count. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Leon McKenzie and Curtis Woodhouse boxed to a really good level, Woodhouse won a british title before losing in his first defense in 2014 to former Albion Rovers player Willie Limond! David Brophy who won commonwealth title at super middlewieght a few years ago was on the books at Dundee Utd before a leg break. Katie Taylor, 2 weight world champion Olympic gold medalist etc played soccer for Ireland before taking up boxing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfccfc Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 James Forrest apparently had the choice of a career in Tennis. Kevin Moran (ex Manchester United player) won two All Ireland's with Dublin. Niall Quinn was also a decent Gaelic footballer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Rob1885 said: Katie Taylor, 2 weight world champion Olympic gold medalist etc played soccer for Ireland before taking up boxing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said: Hahaha fair point, only used it to differentiate between football and Gaelic football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor1874 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 05/06/2020 at 16:11, Torpar said: Petr Cech too but I believe he said his family couldn't afford it so it stuck to football, he's now playing as reserve goalie for Guildford's reserve team Also WWE wrestling isn't a sport Forgot he was playing Ice Hockey now. Least he looks less out of place with the headgear. Spot on about Wrestling too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 06/06/2020 at 11:47, Rob1885 said: Leon McKenzie and Curtis Woodhouse boxed to a really good level, Woodhouse won a british title before losing in his first defense in 2014 to former Albion Rovers player Willie Limond! David Brophy who won commonwealth title at super middlewieght a few years ago was on the books at Dundee Utd before a leg break. Katie Taylor, 2 weight world champion Olympic gold medalist etc played soccer for Ireland before taking up boxing. Woodhouse played and managed a few non league teams. He's at Gainsborough Trinity now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 05/06/2020 at 10:57, ahemps said: This is something extremely common in American Sports. I think a lot of kids grow up playing multiple sports over there and there have been several high profile players who have played professionally in multiple sports. Bo Jackson played in the NFL and MLB at the same time for several seasons at a high level. A guy called Dieon Sanders played for both Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Atlanta Braves (MLB) in a 24 hour period in 1992. Deion Sanders is the only guy to play in a Superbowl and the World Series. He is also the only guy to score a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week. He did try to play an NFL game and an MLB game in the same day (day game in the NFL, night game in MLB). The Braves were unhappy at this and his plane was delayed and he didn't arrive until 10 minutes before the start time so the Braves benched him. The Braves were losing by a few runs so made the easy decision not to bring him on so two games in one day didn't happen. I suspect if it was a closer game it would have happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekorean Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Lev Yashin was one helluva ice hockey goaltender, apparently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Seems fairly common in countries where ice hockey is popular for footballers to have played it in their youth. Victor Lindelof of Man Utd of played, saw a video of him training with Manchester Storm and he looked decent enough, his brother plays in the Swedish hockey league. Pretty sure I read Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to play when he was young but couldn't afford, same reason Petr Cech quit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Could be wrong here but was Gary Neville not an extremely talented cricketer ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Dave Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Could be wrong here but was Gary Neville not an extremely talented cricketer ?Think it was Phil. Heard freddie flintoff talking about him being unbelievably good on talksport the other week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Think it was Phil. Heard freddie flintoff talking about him being unbelievably good on talksport the other week Pretty sure they were both very good but Phil was the better of the 2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Aidan said: 9 minutes ago, Tartan Dave said: Think it was Phil. Heard freddie flintoff talking about him being unbelievably good on talksport the other week Pretty sure they were both very good but Phil was the better of the 2. Correct P Neville was rated good enough to potentially play internationally. Incidentally Ryan Sidebottom's dad Arnie not only represented England at cricket but played several games for Manchester United as a centre half. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Tynierose said: Correct P Neville was rated good enough to potentially play internationally. Incidentally Ryan Sidebottom's dad Arnie not only represented England at cricket but played several games for Manchester United as a centre half. Joe Hart got patched from the England squad a couple of years back and instead of watching the England game, went and played cricket for Shrewsbury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Neville Neville played cricket, two sons played for United and England, daughter played netball for England and was the coach recently. Some trophy cabinet they must have had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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