Top 5 sportspersons to play more than one sport

3. Michael Jordan (Basketball and Baseball)

The Chicago Bulls shooting guard was – and still is – the greatest player to ever grace a basketball court. Not only was he a six-time NBA champion, ten-time NBA top scorer, multiple recipient of the MVP award and two-time gold medallist, he also helped Bugs Bunny and the rest of Looney Tunes overcome the evil Monstars in Space Jam.

However, in 1993, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball and, in honour of his late father, who always envisioned Jordan as a Major League Baseball star, he signed for the Chicago White Sox. It did not go to plan due to not actually being very good, and he never made it to the major leagues, instead spending a season with the Birmingham Barons in the minor leagues and a brief spell with the Scottsdale Scorpions in a developmental league.

In 1995, His Airness issued a press release which simply read: “I’m back.” Playing basketball, that is.