Wrestlers Who Played For PROFESSIONAL Sports Teams

[thegame415]

The Goon.

[marvelocity]

May 23, 2013 1:22:27 GMT -5 thegame415 said:

The Goon.

Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz would have, if it wasn't for the strike.

Titus O'Neill played in the Arena Football League.

[Deleted]

Stu Hart played for the Edmonton Eskimos way back in the day.

[MiLB Fan]

Percy Watson played for the Packers and Redskins.

[Deleted]

Wikipedia has this listed for "Big Thunder/Canada's Greatest Athlete" Gene Kiniski (one of the first to become a World Champion wrestler after playing pro football):

Kiniski captured the attention of Annis Stukus, a scout for the Edmonton Eskimos, of the then Western Interprovincial Football Union in 1949, (which later merged with the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union to form the Canadian Football League). Along with Kiniski, wrestlers Al Oeming and Stu Hart were at the training camp as well. Two of his Eskimos teammates were future wrestlers Wilbur Snyder and Joe Blanchard.

That's quite a collection in one camp!

Dick (The Bruiser) Afflis & Verne Gagne were both on the Green Bay Packers. Both quit when they realized they could make more just wrestling.