Did Steve Spurrier serve in an office? He definitely had a career in coaching, but I was thinking more of governmental stuff....
So, was thinking of Whizzer White, who served on the US Supreme Court (and voted against Roe v Wade, along with Rehnquist).
So here’s the answer key:
Ben Nighthorse Campbell was on the Olympic judo team
Heismann winner Pete Dawkins ran for the Senate in NJ and lost
Bill Bradley, and Steve Largent were very good pro basketball and football players, respectively.
JC Watts was a great college player, and played in the CFL.
I actually was not thinking of Jack Kemp - how could I have forgotten him? - who was actually a pretty good pro quarterback, and who led the NFL players union (just as Reagan had led the screen actors guild....).
In reading Campbell’s wiki bio I realized that Sen Mullin (soon to be Senator) from Oklahom was a former pro MMA brawler. I didn’t know that before now....
Byron White was 1st in his class at Yale Law School, and he played for The Detroit Lions while he attended law school at Yale. He was nominated by JFK. Oh, he was only runner-up though for the Heisman Trophy in 1937. 🙂
Right. Good old Byron.
Spurrier was just a coach.