- When he came back to play baseball with the Chicago White Sox after being injured, he homered his first up at bat.
- Although a right-handed hitter, he was joking around one day during batting practice at the Metrodome and decided to take a swing left-handed. The result was a tape-measure homerun traveling an estimated 450 feet, prompting some to speculate that he should have become a switch hitter.
- Professional football and baseball player.
- Only player in NFL history to have two rushing touchdowns of 90 yards or more.
- Winner of Heisman Trophy (1985)
- The 8th of 10 children.
- He and wife Linda, a psychologist, have three children: sons Garrett and Nicholas, and daughter Morgan.
- His 1989 All-Star Game home run was called by former play-by-play announcer - and President - Ronald Reagan, who was in the TV booth at the time.
- Got his nickname when his brothers shortened the word "boar" - as in "wild boar."
- While at McAdory High School (McCalla, AL), Jackson won two state decathlon championships.
- In his first appearance on ABC's "Monday Night Football", Jackson electrified a national TV audience by ripping off a 91-yard touchdown run and running over Brian Bosworth to score another touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks.
- Was named after Vince Edwards, the star of his mother's then-favorite TV show, Ben Casey (1961).
- Best season in baseball came in 1989 when he batted .256 with 32 homers, 105 RBI's, and 26 stolen bases. Unfortunately, led the majors in strikeouts with 172 that season.
- Won the Heisman Trophy in 1985, beating out University of Iowa quarterback Chuck Long in the closest Heisman vote ever.
- Homered on the first pitch in the first inning in the 1989 All-Star Game. Also had a single and a stolen base. Became the first player ever to hit a home run and steal a base in the same All-Star game. Named MVP.
- Lettered in football, baseball, and track at Auburn University.
- According to a Sports Illustrated article, only his wife is allowed to address him by his given name of Vince.
- While playing left field for the Kansas City Royals, he once threw out a baserunner trying to score from third base on a single. Scoring from third on a single is generally considered routine. Royals catcher Bob Boone described the throw in Sports Illustrated as a "laser beam" and said that in all his years in organized baseball, he'd never seen a play like it.
- First man to be named to both the Baseball All-Star game and the NFL's Pro Bowl
- Named as running back on THE SPORTING NEWS college All-America team (1985)
- Graduated from Auburn University in 1995
- Was a career .250 hitter with 141 homers and 415 RBI in 2,393 at-bats in eight seasons with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox and California Angels.
- Ran for 2,782 yards on 515 carries with 16 touchdowns for the Los Angeles Raiders.
- Injured left hip in a 13 January 1991 game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals which led to hip replacement surgery on April 4, 1992 and his retirement from pro sports in 1994.
- Keeping a promise he made to his mother before she died, Jackson returned to Auburn University and graduated in December 1995 with a B.S. in family and child development.
- Created some controversy in 1987 at the press conference in which he signed with the L. A. Raiders by saying he would continue to play pro baseball and only play pro football "as a hobby."
- Named College Football Player of the Year by THE SPORTING NEWS (1985)
- Famous for talking about himself in the third person.
- Member of 1993 American League Western Division Champion Chicago White Sox team.
- Inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
- Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
- Mentioned in the rap-rock song "Mope" by Bloodhound Gang, along with personalities like Luciano Pavarotti, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Falco, Tori Spelling, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Induced into the California Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
- Is illegitimate; didn't meet his father until he was 11.
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