08-26-2022, 08:33 AM
MLB/NBA players
1. Gene Conley
2. Dave Debusschere
3. Danny Ainge
4. Chuck Connors, a/k/a Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors - He shattered the first NBA backboard during a game. But not during a slam dunk. It was a length-of-the-court pass that broke the backboard in 1946.
Of the remaining nine:
* One is the only one to have won championships in both sports.
* One is the only Canadian.
* One played for the Warriors.
* One played for the Giants (in New York).
* One was drafted by seven separate baseball teams and went to a Pac-10 school
* One had a brother who had a longer pitching career
* One played MLB in WWII.
1. Gene Conley
2. Dave Debusschere
3. Danny Ainge
4. Chuck Connors, a/k/a Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors - He shattered the first NBA backboard during a game. But not during a slam dunk. It was a length-of-the-court pass that broke the backboard in 1946.
Of the remaining nine:
* One is the only one to have won championships in both sports.
* One is the only Canadian.
* One played for the Warriors.
* One played for the Giants (in New York).
* One was drafted by seven separate baseball teams and went to a Pac-10 school
* One had a brother who had a longer pitching career
* One played MLB in WWII.
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