Is there any other example of an ex-athlete who became successful in another field?
Is there any other example of an ex-athlete who became successful in another field?
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Brendan Schaub
yes
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This
Scott Steiner owns a restaurant
The Rock was a football player, I think he even spent a season in the NFL before going into wrestling and then movies
It was the Canadian Football League, my mistake, still counts as a pro football player I guess.
>mfw Big Poppa Pump is actually a shrewd and savvy businessman outside his bonkers mandrama persona
he said athlete
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Leauge 2 vs premiere leauge mane
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Gary Lineker is a pretty good crisp salesman
Magic Johnson made more in business than basketball
Brock Lesnar won the prestigious WWE Undisputed heavyweight championship and then took to "Ultimate Fighting" for a laugh and won the heavyweight title in his 3rd match
underrated kek
His name is now synonymous with cheap crappy coffee across the Great White North
noice
....but couldn't make an NFL roster on a shitty team.
OJ Simpson
OJ Simpson, murderer.
Verona van de Leur (born December 27, 1985) is one of the most decorated Dutch gymnasts in modern times. After her retirement from gymnastics, she turned into an adult performer.
truly a gifted athlete
Chiellini has a MBA degree, so i guess he is pretty successful for a football player. Also Ronaldo fat has a sports marketing business
Some have gone into politics:
Dave Bing: NBA, mayor
Bill Bradley, NBA, senator
Heath Schuler: NFL, congressman
Steve Largent: NFL, congressman
Arnold Terminator: body building, governor
Ken Dryden: NHL, parliament member
Jim Bunning: MLB, congressman & senator
El Hadji Diouf is a farmer now
Jesse Ventura: body building, actor, governor, media host
>body building
not being obese is an extreme sport in USA
Gravesen has supposedly won x10 more money as a bussinessman after he retired than what he earned as a football player.
Raimonds Bergmanis, WSM competitor and now Defence Minister of Latvia
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Lener was too old by NFL standards by that point. His entire NFL career was a PR stunt for the vikings
Getting into politics is a joke because people are stupid so any athlete automatically has a decent chance at being elected despite having the political savy of a nut but people remember them from their other careers and elect them. Politics in general is a case of idiots voting for other idiots who just know how to promise the right things
Niall Quinn became a fairly successful businessman
fpbp
As a detroiter, Bing wasn't a very good mayor and he really only became mayor because of a special election since the previous mayor was a criminal
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>In 2005, Fowler was listed as one of the 1,000 wealthiest Britons by the Sunday Times Rich List, with the paper estimating he has a property portfolio of more than 80, while his Robbie Fowler Sports Promotions company has been reported to have net assets of £1.58 million.[142] Other business interests including a large property portfolio have resulted in Fowler's net wealth totaling £28 million.
Hard mode: No Acting career
>Page first gained fame as a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s, and embarked on a legal career after retiring from football. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015. Page is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game.
Record holder lifter.
Latvia's president bodyguard.
kinda
Familicide World Champion 2007
Jack Lynch won the All-Ireland Championship in both Gaelic football and hurling, which is the Irish equivalent of winning both the World Series and the Super Bowl.
He went on to become Taoiseach (ie Prime Minister of Ireland)
kelly ripa was never an athlete
Eh, not really a surprise seeing as how back in the 70s most NFL players had to have an off season job since pro football paid shit. A lot of players were businessmen, tradesmen, or lawyers back then
>mfw it happened over a decade ago already
Gonna post some obvious ones that everyone seemed to forget
>Manny Pacquiao
>Shaquille O Neal
>Dave Bautista
>(Place sportscasters here)
>Rubin Carter
>Frank Thomas
Those are ones that come to mind right away
Gianni Rivera and Romario became fairly successful politicians
And Socrates was a doctor
Manny Pacquiao is a senator, Beckham has a succesful clothing line, I think.
Justice White played for the Steelers and was on the SCOTUS. Probably the most successful post-NFL career, but it was a long time ago.
Alex Rodriguez is a very successful real estate investor
very impressive since he spent
Some that I just remembered
>George Foreman
>Mike Tyson
I also think Mark Wahlberg was a college football player or something before attempting to be a rapper.
>Eating horse
French people are disgusting
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George Weah
Vitali Klitschko
ronda rousey
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great name
everyone laugh at this faggot
Oh, sorry, his name isn't Justice White. "Justice" is just what we call people who sit on our Supreme Court. It's actually Byron White.
>crappy coffee
confirmed indian
I knew who he was from grilling not boxing, i was too young to see him box
WTF HIS LEFT HAND
>>Dave Bautista
he went from acting to acting
he had a mma fight
if youre gonna count one strikeforce fight. then you might as well count college athletes too
Albert Camus and David Icke
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H8rs in shambles
First Nigerian flag I've seen here since 2012 Olympics.
He probably broke it and it never healed properly. Mine kind of looks like a less-bad version of that.
Camus was goalie before becoming a writer
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As much as no one on Sup Forums wants to believe it, WWE wrestlers ARE athletes.
They have to pull off incredible feats of power and acrobatics. The dangers are all still there.
YES THERE IS A PREDETERMINED WINNER, WE ALL FUCKING KNOW THAT
but wrestlers still have to be in incredible shape to do some of the things they do in the ring.
>inb4 someone posts a really fat wrestler like rikishi or something
They're literal purpose is to be a gimmick, not a headliner. And they are also incredibly strong.
But I already know the first (you) to this post is going to be so fuck it. I'm not saying I like wrestling, I just respect what they are capable of doing
THAT FAT SON OF A BITCH
speaking of acclaimed writers, wallace use to be tennis player
they are athletic but they are not athletes. the fact wrestling is predetermined means they are not competing and competing is what athletes do
you should amputate it
It still works fine to grip--it just kind of hangs at an awkward angle otherwise.
well, he's retired from his... sport career... since quite a long time now
Ramon Vega trades on the LSE
>footballer, actor, presenter, jazz singer
Is he, dare I say it, the most multi-talented man ever?
Italian people being disgusting is inherent
I bet her pussy grip is ridiculous.
>Canada's rugby team plays their home matches on "Tim Horton's Field"
My brother went to his variety show. Said it was one of the best shows he's been to in years.