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.
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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