Have you ever seen a man split a baseball bat over his head? If your answer is no, you obviously don’t know Bo. Bo Jackson is famous for playing two professional sports at one time. Baseball and football were those two sports.

Bo Jackson was born November 30, 1962. He was the eighth of ten children. He quickly grew into a High school sports superstar earning a division I scholarship in football, baseball and track. He attended the University of Auburn in Alabama. While he was there, he did all three sports.

When Bo Jackson went pro, he started to get endorsements from big name companies like Nike and McDonalds. Bo started to be in the famous “Bo Knows” commercials.

Bo Jackson now, likes sitting in his “man cave” making arrows for archery. Why did he become like this. How did an athletic youth become this? In January of 1991, he was tacked and it seriously injured his hip ending his football career. It also shortened his baseball career and retired after the 1994 season.

Bo Jackson played for the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Royals earning many awards such as the Heisman Trophy, AL all-star in 1989, the 1989 all-star game MVP, 1993 AL comeback player of the year. He was a Freshman all American and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.