Bo knows what? Bo Jackson’s surprising post-NFL/MLB career

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Bo knows what? Bo Jackson’s surprising post-NFL/MLB career
By Jim Weber
Thu Aug 25 11:53am EDT

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LostLettermen.com, the college sports fan site and player database, regularly contributes to Shutdown Corner. Here's a look at former Raiders running back Bo Jackson.

According to a series of legendary Nike advertisements, Bo Jackson knew pretty much everything: football, baseball, tennis, cycling -- even cricket.

But more than two decades after those ads first aired, who would have thought the former NFL and Major League Baseball star -- the guy who was the subject of so much awe and admiration for his seemingly superhuman athletic ability -- would know banking, too?

These days, you can find the 48-year-old Jackson in the suburbs of Chicago as a part-owner and director of the Burr Ridge Bank & Trust.

The move isn't completely out of left field, so to speak, as he worked as a bank teller while at Auburn. But that's a long way from serving as one of 21 owners and directors of his own financial institution.

Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...-Jackson-8217-s-surprising-pos?urn=nfl-wp5831
 
Bo was a great player both in Baseball and Football, hated to see his career end as it did with the hip injury
 

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