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Bo Jackson vs Deion Sanders
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Entire body of work, both baseball and football. Who had the better career?
Bo Jackson vs Deion Sanders
This is a public poll: others will see what you voted for.
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I'm a Bo Jackson fan through and through, and hate that he got injured, robbing us Royals fans of what could have been, but Prime Time had the better football career, by far, both with individual and team accomplishments. Plus, Deion made it to the World Series.
Sanders is in the Pro Football HOF. Bo was talented but his career was just too short to match Sanders. Both were better football players than baseball players.
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I'm in agreement. Checking the Set Reg for both, you wouldn't know it though:
Combined:
Bo Jackson Master Set - Baseball & Football 63
Bo Jackson Basic Topps Set - Baseball & Football 37
Bo Jackson Master Topps Set - Baseball & Football 10
Bo Jackson Super Set - Baseball & Football 9
Deion Sanders Basic Set - Baseball & Football 5
Deion Sanders Master Set - Baseball & Football 17
Deion Sanders Basic Topps Set - Baseball & Football 1
Deion Sanders Master Topps Set - Baseball & Football 2
Football:
Bo Jackson Basic Set 19
Bo Jackson Master Set 7
Deion - No sets
Baseball:
Bo Jackson Basic Set 23
Bo Jackson Master Set 32
Bo Jackson Basic Topps Set 16
Bo Jackson Master Topps Set 11
Deion Sanders Basic Set 4
Deion Sanders Master Set 6
You can pretty much do the same with sales volume, prices, etc. Is it the potential for what could have been that's driving this? Teams they played for? Hype from over 30 years ago still pushing the market? It just seems kind of crazy.
I believe Deion had the better career, only because Bo was injured so much, but I think Bo was the superior athlete, hands down. I think collectors know this, and that is why his cards are so hot.
Deion definitely did but I personally think if Bo stayed with Football and didn’t get hurt he would have been in the top 4 or 5 career rushing leaders
do we take into account personal style?
Not even close.....Neon Deion could and did shut down any and all Wideouts!
He could turn the light out and be in bed before it got dark!
Would have been nice to see what Bo would have done had he not been hurt.
i cast a vote for neon, but some serious points need to be deducted for this
Prime Time baby!
Had Bo played a full career ~ I feel he'd be a far better MLB player and equal to or a sliver better than Deion in the NFL... Deion was the best cover guy on the planet....... and his personality was a franchise alone. Bo had the braun and the power ... Deion the finesse .. as his tackling was notoriously below average.
This is about as close to unanimous agreement as I've seen in ST, except I'm giving him bonus points for Must Be The Money.
I voted for Bo... mostly because way more people today are still talking about Bo and how great he was or how much more he could have done. That has to count for something when looking at "entire body of work."
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Collectors might but when was the last time you read about him? Deion is still talked about in the NFL networks ect..
Bo was the greatest athlete in our era. Maybe Jim Thorpe is as close of comparison I can think of. If Bo wasn’t so strong he wouldn’t have pulled out of the tackle that ended what would have been a HOF career in both sports. Dion was a great corner, average BB player and shied away from tackles. Comparing highlight reels? No comparison. Bo knows.
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I would agree that Bo at his peak was much more impressive as an athletic specimen.
The OP refers to "body of work" in a sports career.
Deion played in 188 football games and 641 baseball games. Bo played in 38 football games and 694 baseball games.
Deion was an 8 time Pro-Bowler with 6 of those times being on the first team.
Bo was an All-Star in baseball one time.
I was a fan of both but according to the poll, no one knows Bo...
I'll go with the one who made it on Sesame Street. You know you'd made as a celeb if you have appeared on one of the three S's: 'Street, Simpsons, or South Park.
Then again, Deion did this cute commercial; and if he's pulling double duty in football/baseball and playing both offense and defense, why shouldn't he get both $15M and $20M? I mean he did help get them another Lombardi trophy in 1995 so it's not like JR Ewing, eh I mean Jerry Jones (no really, they're piratically the same person both outside and in!) didn't get his $15M/$20M worth...though sadly for America's Team they've not been back to the "Final Four" since.
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