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Definitely a gifted athlete, I can't get imagine how physically demanding playing both sports would be ones body
I think this foto is from one of his football / baseball cards. Photography by Richard Noble.
I remember when he was playing two professional sports at a high level. Amazing.
Probably one of the best all-around athletes ever. He had outstanding muscular
development. And probably could have excelled in bodybuilding too . . . but we will
never know. Look at the small waist and the very long muscle bellies in his arms.
In a 2017 interview with USA Today, Jackson admitted he never would have played
football if he had known the health risks associated with it. "I wish I had known about
all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. And the people that did know that,
they wouldn’t tell anybody," he said. “The game has gotten so violent, so rough.
We’re so much more educated on this CTE stuff (chronic traumatic encephalopathy),
there’s no way I would ever allow my kids to play football today."
(Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Jackson )
His remarks kinda reminds me of what bodybuilding is going through now with all the
known the health risks associated with its extremism.