Top 20 Best Multi-Sport Athletes

13. John Elway

John Elway infamously used his talents as a dual-sport athlete as leverage to force his way out of Baltimore when the Colts drafted him to be their quarterback. Elway’s father advised him not to play for the Colts and they instead decided that he would play for the New York Yankees unless he was traded to a team on the West Coast.

The Colts eventually conceded, trading him to the Denver Broncos and the rest is history. Elway is still in Denver to this day as he is the team’s president of football operations.