Other than Jim Thorpe, are they are any major leaguers who participated in the Olympics in a sport other than baseball?
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Does anyone know if Bob Gibson tried out or was seriously considered for the 1956 Olympic basketball team? I have no idea how the team was selected back then.
Bob-Gibson-Creighton.jpgLast edited by Honus Wagner Rules; 07-28-2012, 02:20 PM.Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis
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Originally posted by dgarza View PostHerb Washington was a world class sprinter, but I don't know if he actually made the Olympic team or not.
Hideo Iijima played in the Japanese major leagues and was an Olympic sprinter.
http://baseballhistoryblog.com/tag/hideo-iijima/
here is Iijimi on the far left at the 1968 Olympics.
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And Iijima with Lotte.
IijimaHideo.jpgStrikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis
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