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    Otters27
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    Is the 3 Sport Athlete Dead?

    Anyone know of the last real 3 sports athlete (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

    seems like everyone specializing so too hard for guys to be good enough or commit the time to be a 3 sport athlete



    What would be the best combo to play 3 sports?

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    Dave Winfield
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    Surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding.
    Same set of skills used in all three.

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    Anyone still have their letter jacket from when you had to play/excel in all 3 sports?

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    mainly 1 now

    sports take a lot of time to be good at one

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Anyone still have their letter jacket from when you had to play/excel in all 3 sports?
    Lettered in Cross Country, Basketball and Baseball junior year in High School. Quit basketball Senior year

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    Dave Logan drafted in all 3 (NBA NFL MLB)

    Bud Grant played college bball, pro baseball and football

    Winfield of course

    Cris Carter was NBA material in college, not sure of his track accomplishments

    RG3 might be best... baseball, football and track - all American in each I believe

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    Anyone that has pro potential is specializing by high school at the latest.

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    Otter I like you man

    but this is a sports BETTING forum


    NOT SPORTS TALK for the hell of it

    it reminds me of oprah and jerry springer

    we are jerry springer, the misfits that want to fukkin gamble




    so when i see a thread like this

    i just want to say

    GO TO OPRAH, GO TO OPRAH, GO TO OPRAH

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    Joe Fuken Mauer guy

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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    Dave Winfield

    That was a different time but I am sure he would still be able to do it in todays games

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    Otter I like you man

    but this is a sports BETTING forum


    NOT SPORTS TALK for the hell of it

    it reminds me of oprah and jerry springer

    we are jerry springer, the misfits that want to fukkin gamble




    so when i see a thread like this

    i just want to say

    GO TO OPRAH, GO TO OPRAH, GO TO OPRAH

    Rudy i hear you but golf is over and Cubs game not till later.

    Rudy what is your best sport?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Rudy i hear you but golf is over and Cubs game not till later.

    Rudy what is your best sport?
    whichever one isnt in season is my best sport

    OK?????


    golf isnt over, 2nd round matchups SOON

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    Joe Mauer was National High school player of the year in Football and Baseball

    He was also an all state point guard in basketball, averaging 20 points a game

    so he was pretty good...

    Danny Ainge maybe all time greatest High school sportsman


    I'm not sure Winfield actually played football, he just got drafted because he was huge and athletic


    Jackie Robinson was the greatest 5 sport athlete I believe. better than Thorpe IMHO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    Joe Mauer was National High school player of the year in Football and Baseball

    He was also an all state point guard in basketball, averaging 20 points a game

    so he was pretty good...

    Danny Ainge maybe all time greatest High school sportsman


    I'm not sure Winfield actually played football, he just got drafted because he was huge and athletic


    Jackie Robinson was the greatest 5 sport athlete I believe. better than Thorpe IMHO
    If a genie gave me one wish it would to be that good at sports

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    Joe Mauer was National High school player of the year in Football and Baseball

    He was also an all state point guard in basketball, averaging 20 points a game

    so he was pretty good...

    Danny Ainge maybe all time greatest High school sportsman


    I'm not sure Winfield actually played football, he just got drafted because he was huge and athletic


    Jackie Robinson was the greatest 5 sport athlete I believe. better than Thorpe IMHO
    This is all true but....

    Its MN high school bball, nothing there,

    His HS right field wall is 290 feet and they recruit w scholarships (Creighton teams traditionally have no less than 3 draftees per class), his stats were super inflated because they play in an inner city conference,

    He was probably best at FB to be honest....kid could throw, thou again he had 3 college linemen blocking and they played in an urban league (in MN the burbs have the real talent but by post season they have beat the shit out of each other there is nothing left....Mauer was a legit QB with legit wr's...rest of MN is run run run, punt.

    Exceptional talent, but I'd say 4th best baseball player to come out of St Paul, (Winfield, Molitor, Morris), 2nd best out of his HS even....and I always take CDH stats in baseball with a grain of salt.

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