Five footballers to have played another sport professionally

Curtis Woodhouse

3) Curtis Woodhouse – The former Sheffield United and Birmingham City midfielder retired from the game at the young age of 27 and turned to boxing, which he admitted had always been his “first love”. He even said that he had been involved in over 100 street fights. He made his boxing debut against Dean Marcantonio in 2006 and defeated him on points, despite having no experience in the sport. He is currently the International Masters welter-weight champion and has won fifteen matches in his career (eleven of which were knock-outs) and lost only four.