First Time Watching 'Bo Jackson' Is He The Ultimate Athlete?

[elliottbutts]

He is the best athlete I have ever seen in my 50 years of being alive. The throw from the left field wall against Seattle to throw out Harold Reynolds at home plate is one of the greatest throws in MLB history.

[buckstraw]

Bo was a great baseball player. An all-star. Tremendous power, tremendous speed, a great arm. He had it all. As an RB he was absolutely one of the best. Watch the 30 for 30.

[classicwaxsportscards]

Greatest athlete I’ve ever watched during my life. His baseball abilities were unmatched in an era loaded with hall of famers. Not sure we’ll ever see anyone like him again.

[rayshardsmith]

I feel bad for the people who didn’t live this era .. us in our 40s and up we remember how dope Bo was

[cteal]

Crazy part is...football was his hobby, he thought of himself as a baseball player that played football in the off season....would have been HoF in both sports if he stayed healthy...he was a better baseball player than running back🤯

[theman]

BO is the best athlete I have ever seen in my life. Dude was seriously the GREATEST. Watched him throw out a runner that tagged up on 3rd and BO caught the fly ball almost at the wall. He then proceeded to throw the runner out at home plate on a laser throw. Crazy. Then when he ran over the BOZ.. epic

[loganrideout]

Walter Payton!!! That dude never went down and he played many years where he was the only offense the Bears had. He played 11 years without missing a game. The dude was a legend.

[kramedog]

I'm 54. Bo was by FAR the best all around athelete I ever saw. Probably the best RB I ever saw. Barry a very close second. A guy who has a great highlight tape and who never gets enough discussion with the best RBs is Earl Campbell. Amazing power back you guys should check out.

[rick]

The best athlete I have ever seen, and he played in an era of some fantastic athletes.

[zburnout]

I was about 8 when Bo burst on the professional sports scene. Even though I was a Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Cubs fan, I was a huge fan of Bo (like everyone at the time). When he went down, it rocked both the NFL and MLB. It was like a collective mourning. We all knew we had just been robbed of what was likely to be an all time great in not just one, but two major sports.

Side note: even video game maker Tecmo recognized the awesomeness. If you played as the Raiders on Tecmo Bowl (1989), all you had to do was a handoff to Bo, and you basically walked in the endzone every time.

[kendoglarson]

Yes, Bo was the best athlete to ever walk the Earth. Ironically, his career was ended because during a tackle he was so strong that he ripped his bone out of its hip socket shattering it. The amount of force needed to do something like that is unfathomable.

[harrymills]

I get a kick out of these young men knowing football from before their time. Seeing #55 and "That's Bosworth" is cool. Noticing #32, Marcus Allen, out there. Everybody loved Bo, even Chiefs fans. He was that good, all recognized his greatness. I don't know the exact cause of his hip injury, but he stretched the human genome to its limits with his size, speed and power, combined. For us older fans, he was the next Earl Campbell, only faster.

[ryane]

Not only did that squad have Bo and Marcus Allen in the backfield, they also had Tim Brown at WR.

[kellifranklin]

I had a boyfriend that went to Auburn when Bo was there so I got to see him play college ball and he just dominated. He was amazing. He’s also an amazing humanitarian here in Alabama today. Bo knows strength and compassion!

[Mean_Gene_Okerlund]

80’s VHS “Bo know’s Bo”…..I wore that tape OUT as a kid. He’s the greatest all around athlete I’ve ever seen, THE STANDARD for greatness.

[VPOFIT]

I remember the tv commercials with Dennis Leary and Bo Jackson. “I’m bringing Bo and his big bad hip…” Bo was a unique one of a kind athlete. So glad I got to see him play…

[cincinnati]

The amazing thing about Bo as a running back is that he was a power back and a speed back at the same time. He could lower his shoulder and knock a defender on his butt. Then, immediately turn on the afterburners and blow the DB's away.

[RobertSmith-xgmd]

Bo was the greatest athlete I've ever seen in my 65 years on this earth!

[stevebutler]

Ever wonder what made Bo have the God given speed, strength, fast twitch and stamina. His siblings were good athletes but Bo was a class of his own. We may never know why he was so special

[susanbenson]

We know what an incredible athlete Bo was, but he’s also an incredible human being, so generous! Secret is out, he just paid for all the funerals of the children and teachers who were killed in the mass school shooting in Texas! A beautiful humble giving man!!☮️❤️