For the non-US people, Bo Jackson is a retired professional baseball and gridiron football player, one of a few to ever achieve top level success in multiple pro sports. He also found a degree of success in several other sports such as track and field, and cycling. Hence the ad text.
As far as I can tell, he remained wholesome after he aged out of pro sports. After his sports career he went on to get a BS in Family and Child Development, started a charity bike ride to help victims of tornadoes and other natural disaster in Alabama called Bo Bikes Bama, and has donated significant money to various other worthy causes over the years.
Seems like a good dude. Please don’t tell me if there’s some weird scandal I never heard of. I want to believe some people are just generally good for the world.
This is officially the least vintage ad I’ve posted.
I honestly don’t know that he’s more famous for football than baseball. He has one of the most iconic throws from the outfield to make an out at a plate in the history of the sport.
Short interview here with the guy who was the runner on that play.
Nobody thought it would be possible to make the play, but Bo caught the ball off the fence with one hand, spun around, and launched it back to home plate with no prep or windup, perfectly positioned throw to tag Reynolds out.
It’s not a throw that a human should be able to make.
Absolutely incredible play.