Tuesday Trivia: MVPs who became Manager of the Year

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

You're missing one college FB HOF'er Jackie Jensen. Somehow Jackie Robinson isn't in the College FB Hall, but he was an All-American who led the nation in yards per carry with 12.2 in 1939! He also led the nation in punt return average in 1939 and 1940, and is still 4th all time in NCAA history.

A side note while Jim Thorpe is almost unanimously considered the greatest athlete to ever live, Jackie should probably at least pop up in the discussion. He was twice the leading basketball scorer in what is today known as the Pacific-10 Conference. In 1940 Jackie Robinson won the NCAA broad- jump title at 24' 10 1/4" which would've won an Olympic gold medal as late as 1952. He won the conference golf championship and reached the semifinals in what was then the National Negro Tennis Tournament.

Very interesting Scott!

Didn't know Jackie Jensen was in the College Football HOF.

And didn't realize Jackie Robinson long jumped so far, nor that he was an accomplished golfer and tennis player.
According to this article, Robinson once jumped 25 feet 6.5" which established the "world lead and had three of the top seven jumps in the world in 1940.https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile...news_id=457529
If the 1940 Olympics hadn't been cancelled, he may have taken gold. I wonder if still would have turned to professional baseball if he had been an Olympic hero?