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==="All-round athlete"=== An "'''all-round athlete'''" is a person who competes in multiple sports at a professional level. Examples of people who played more than one sport professionally include [[Jim Thorpe]], [[Lionel Conacher]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=Red|author-link=Red Burnett|title=Testimonial for Bob Abate|work=[[Toronto Star|Toronto Daily Star]]|page=17|date=April 26, 1963|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-bob-abate/145648327/|access-date=April 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OzllAAAAIBAJ&pg=2002%2C5752698 |title=Lionel Conacher easily wins half century athlete award |work=Vancouver Sun |date=1950-12-30 |access-date=2011-01-24}}</ref> [[Deion Sanders]], [[Danny Ainge]], [[Babe Zaharias]] and [[Erin Phillips]]. Others include [[Ricky Williams]], [[Bo Jackson]] and [[Damon Allen]], each of whom was drafted both by [[Major League Baseball]] and by professional [[gridiron football]] leagues such as the [[National Football League|NFL]] and the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]. Another female example is [[Heather Moyse]], a multiple Winter Olympic gold medalist in [[Bobsleigh|bobsled]] and member of the [[World Rugby Hall of Fame]] who also represented Canada internationally in [[track cycling]] and competed at [[U Sports|university level]] in basketball and track and field. Japanese athletes such as [[Kazushi Sakuraba]], [[Kazuyuki Fujita]], [[Masakatsu Funaki]] and [[Naoya Ogawa]] have successfully performed in [[professional wrestling]] and competed in [[mixed martial arts]]. All these athletes are equally great at what they do. Whether it's on the basketball court, the [[baseball field]], the [[tennis court]] or whatever sport, each of these athletes left an impact in sports
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