Athlon: The greatest two-sport athletes (#18, Gophers hoopster Dave Winfield)

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18. Dave Winfield, basketball (Best sport: baseball)

A 22-year MLB veteran and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Winfield played college basketball at the University of Minnesota — where he helped lead the Golden Gophers to the 1972 Big Ten title.

http://athlonsports.com/33-best-two-sport-athletes-all-time

Go Gophers!!
 

FYI, the ranking is based on the athlete's second best sport. Kinda weird that Mauer is ranked so high considering he only played football in high school.
 



People forget that the Vikings drafted Winfield as well. I think the NFL had 15 rounds (or something like that back then and the Vikings picked him really late).
 


If they go by second sport as they claim, Ed "Too Tall " Jones? C'mon man. He sucked at boxing. Chris Weinke? Really? Minor leaguer, never touched the majors.
Shoot, locally Paul Giel, Bud Grant, Jim Carter. Nationally Dave DeBussschere comes to mind. Hell, The Rifleman, Chuck Connors, also played in both the majors and NBA like DeBusschere.
 

GophersInIowa said:
FYI, the ranking is based on the athlete's second best sport. Kinda weird that Mauer is ranked so high considering he only played football in high school.
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He's the only person to be the number one recruit in two sports Bobby Bowden kept a scholly open for Mauer until he stepped down
 

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