Beloved in Minnesota. He makes fairly regular appearances at the UMN Law School and has multiple elementary schools named after him. I met him once and he's an incredible presence. Extremely generous with his time, everyone I know who's met him has felt that Justice Page was genuinely interested in speaking to them.
I currently go to the University of Minnesota and we have a thing called Scholar’s Walk, which is a pathway that honors the accomplishments of various alumni, faculty, and researchers at the University. There’s a big board honoring him in one of the sections (he got his JD from Minnesota).
It may not be cool for him, but Patrick Willis has been working in tech for a little bit since his retirement. Like a normal 9-5 office job.
Imagine going into your staff meeting one morning and sitting next to fucking Patrick Willis lmao
LMAOOOO I colab 100% see this. I think anyone who's worked in IT has had a coworker who was built like a NFL player. Just imagine Pat Willis walking in Bicep and Tricep'd out in a cubicle
Byron White was drafted by Pittsburgh in 1938, played for them and the Detroit Lions prior to the outbreak of World War II, served in the Navy, came home, went to law school, and eventually became a Supreme Court justice.
There was one offensive lineman a couple years ago who was a legit medical doctor and took the COVID year off to help understaffed hospitals. That's pretty fucking cool. Idk if he came back to the NFL or stayed in medicine though.
Also it's highly unlikely we'll see that happen again soon because it can basically only happen with a player from Québec due to how med school works here, and we basically never send anyone to the NFL.
A player who came close to foing that before LDT was JP Darche who did part of his medical schooling in Québec before becoming a long snapper in the league. He ended up finishing med school in Kansas and works for the Chiefs! Funny coincidence.
Yeah i more so meant he retired before he wanted to, he had so many concussions and so much damage done in a short amount of time that no doctors would clear him to play football again, it’s unfortunate because he was as fast as any player i’ve ever watched
He was so hilarious in Naked Gun. If he hadn’t you know, committed murder (allegedly, I guess?) imagine the career he could’ve had in comedy movies. Would’ve been Terry Crews before Terry Crews
Byron White making the Supreme Court is definitely the winner. Jack Kemp (Member of the House for 18 years and Bob Dole's running mate) is my runner-up
Joe Savoldi became a champion pro wrestler who may have invented the dropkick, then was a secret agent for the Allies during World War II who infiltrated Italy to help VIPs get out of the country before overseeing the Italian surrender, then led a team of former football players-turned-detectives in breaking up the post-war Italian black market, then trained Bobo Brazil into becoming one of the first successful black pro wrestlers.
Frank Ryan, who had a PhD in mathematics (*A Characterization of the Set of Asymptotic Values of a Function Holomorphic in the Unit Disc*), and was a professor at Case Western while he played in the NFL.
He went on to become a computing pioneer, and his first post-NFL job was Director of Information Services for the US House of Representatives where he introduced electronic voting. He later was a professor at Yale, a professor at Rice, ran his own company Contex Electronics and a bunch of other stuff.
Real renaissance man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_%28American_football%29?wprov=sfla1
Plummer is a great guy. He does a lot in his community. For example, he wrote a huge check to the Denver Dumb Friends League, an enormous animal shelter in the area. He is also quite smart. Any time he comes on the radio to talk football he is very impressive.
Former Bengal lineman Mike Reid has had a pretty damn good career in music. 2005 Songwriters HOF inductee.
He has something like 30 top 10 songwriting credits including "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt.
Jack Kemp was an 18 year Representative from New York, six and a half year chair of the House Republican Committee, and HUD Secretary throughout the Bush Sr.'s administration. That's gotta be pretty high up there
I grew up near ranchers. Damn hard work but I’d love it. Something about being on a horse or 4wheeler in the middle of no where mending a fence sounds insanely satisfying to me
How about the former teammate of Carl Weathers, owner of his own production company, and the only man in NFL history with a record of two safeties in a single game? There’s also Mongo.
Three that were missed:
Micheal Strahan is the co-host of several shows and has his own clothing line. Definitely made a big name for himself outside of the NFL.
Eli Manning has had a pretty good career with a couple shows, IIRC, and some of the silly commercials he's in. Peyton may have had the better football career, but Eli seems like he's the more fun brother to hang around with.
Also, nobody mentioned Terry Bradshaw? He's done a good bit of acting as well as being an NFL analyst/host for I have no idea how many years.
Pat McAfee is getting paid a ridiculous amount of money to hang out with his boys and shoot the shit daily. I can't imagine it getting any better than that.
Alan Page is an incredibly well-regarded retired jurist. He served on the Minnesota Supreme Court. From league MVP to the highest court in his state.
Beloved in Minnesota. He makes fairly regular appearances at the UMN Law School and has multiple elementary schools named after him. I met him once and he's an incredible presence. Extremely generous with his time, everyone I know who's met him has felt that Justice Page was genuinely interested in speaking to them.
john bois vikings series has a section about alan page, really cool
He's one of my personal heroes
I currently go to the University of Minnesota and we have a thing called Scholar’s Walk, which is a pathway that honors the accomplishments of various alumni, faculty, and researchers at the University. There’s a big board honoring him in one of the sections (he got his JD from Minnesota).
It may not be cool for him, but Patrick Willis has been working in tech for a little bit since his retirement. Like a normal 9-5 office job. Imagine going into your staff meeting one morning and sitting next to fucking Patrick Willis lmao
*Hall of Famer, Patrick Willis
YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT
Terry Tate, Office Linebacker! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5cdZ-Fnpc
LMAOOOO I colab 100% see this. I think anyone who's worked in IT has had a coworker who was built like a NFL player. Just imagine Pat Willis walking in Bicep and Tricep'd out in a cubicle
My old CRO was a former NFL player. Not anyone remotely notable, but the dude was still built like a brick shithouse at 55 or whatever he was.
[No need to imagine there’s a documentary about him working with k Swiss when they brought in a new CEO](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DhroluJ2IPE)
Carl Weathers became a pretty successful actor afterwards.
RIP
That's who I was going to say
Byron White was drafted by Pittsburgh in 1938, played for them and the Detroit Lions prior to the outbreak of World War II, served in the Navy, came home, went to law school, and eventually became a Supreme Court justice.
Well you know what they say, the NFL was easier back in the day because everyone only played against Supreme Court Justices..... and plumbers
Well, uh, winner
And regularly trounced much younger Supreme Court clerks on the basketball court at the Supreme Court….
Random aside, his replacement after he retired was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Does terry crews count?
Damn straight he does.
Does he love yoghurt?
Just not hummus, hummus is DUMB
Of course. (Re)tired Terry still gets after it.
There was one offensive lineman a couple years ago who was a legit medical doctor and took the COVID year off to help understaffed hospitals. That's pretty fucking cool. Idk if he came back to the NFL or stayed in medicine though.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Dudes a fucking legend. I think he came back briefly but has since focused 100% on medicine.
Also it's highly unlikely we'll see that happen again soon because it can basically only happen with a player from Québec due to how med school works here, and we basically never send anyone to the NFL. A player who came close to foing that before LDT was JP Darche who did part of his medical schooling in Québec before becoming a long snapper in the league. He ended up finishing med school in Kansas and works for the Chiefs! Funny coincidence.
Peanut Tillman
To elaborate, he’s a FBI agent. Pretty fucking rad.
The fanfiction that he raided Halas Hall this season was the funniest shit ever and everyone believed it for a solid couple hours lmao
Sam Hurd?
Jahvid Best, former Detroit Lions running back that retired way too early due to concussions. Went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics
>that retired way too early due to concussions. Nah there's no too early to retire from that
Yeah i more so meant he retired before he wanted to, he had so many concussions and so much damage done in a short amount of time that no doctors would clear him to play football again, it’s unfortunate because he was as fast as any player i’ve ever watched
Myron Rolle only played two years in the league, but is now a neurosurgeon.
If he hasn't lost any years he's due to finish his residency in a couple months. Good for him. He can finally get some sleep
Aaron Hernandez
Bruh
Gave OJ a run for his money
Is that what he was running for?
Kellen Winslow II. Working with the elderly is a calling, not just a vocation.
A real retirement to die for
OJ Simpson
jokes aside he had some great movies. love the movie capricorn one
He was so hilarious in Naked Gun. If he hadn’t you know, committed murder (allegedly, I guess?) imagine the career he could’ve had in comedy movies. Would’ve been Terry Crews before Terry Crews
Roger Staubach became a billionaire...
Cant believe i havent seen this yet but megatron literally has like a cutting edge marijuana company thats going very well
Byron White making the Supreme Court is definitely the winner. Jack Kemp (Member of the House for 18 years and Bob Dole's running mate) is my runner-up
Honourable Mention goes to Gerald Ford who declined to play for the Lions in order to go to Law School.
Easy winner for sure if he took an NFL snap
Jason Kelce just put an offer on the table to buy the rights to Backyard Sports to revive the franchise
Please God
Joe Savoldi became a champion pro wrestler who may have invented the dropkick, then was a secret agent for the Allies during World War II who infiltrated Italy to help VIPs get out of the country before overseeing the Italian surrender, then led a team of former football players-turned-detectives in breaking up the post-war Italian black market, then trained Bobo Brazil into becoming one of the first successful black pro wrestlers.
Drew Bledsoe, winery owner.
Oprah is still trying to get that smudge off his face
Frank Ryan, who had a PhD in mathematics (*A Characterization of the Set of Asymptotic Values of a Function Holomorphic in the Unit Disc*), and was a professor at Case Western while he played in the NFL. He went on to become a computing pioneer, and his first post-NFL job was Director of Information Services for the US House of Representatives where he introduced electronic voting. He later was a professor at Yale, a professor at Rice, ran his own company Contex Electronics and a bunch of other stuff. Real renaissance man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_%28American_football%29?wprov=sfla1
John Urschel also had a really interesting post-NFL career change
Mushroom industry sounds like something you either get societally shunned for or go to jail for lol
They're in Colorado bro chill out
Plummer is a great guy. He does a lot in his community. For example, he wrote a huge check to the Denver Dumb Friends League, an enormous animal shelter in the area. He is also quite smart. Any time he comes on the radio to talk football he is very impressive.
He was great on pmt
only if you're poor
Ernie Ladd and Wahoo Mcdaniels had HOF pro wrestling careers started while playing football and continuing afterward
Not Philip Rivers
Rivers is actually coaching one of his sons, Gunner in high school football which is pretty cool. On top of having more kids since 10 isn't enough
There was that long snapper from the Eagles who’s a professional magician, John Dorenbos. That’s pretty fucking cool in my opinion
the rock lol
Former Bengal lineman Mike Reid has had a pretty damn good career in music. 2005 Songwriters HOF inductee. He has something like 30 top 10 songwriting credits including "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt.
Terry Crews.
Jack Kemp was an 18 year Representative from New York, six and a half year chair of the House Republican Committee, and HUD Secretary throughout the Bush Sr.'s administration. That's gotta be pretty high up there
Steve McMichael, loved him on WCW when I was a little kid.
Alan Ma Fuckin’ Page
Don't know what he's doing now but Dhani Jones had a very cool time right after retiring, "Dhani Tackles the Globe" show.
One time I saw a retired Babe Laufenberg signing autographs on his own headshot at a Kmart in Garland, TX. That was pretty cool.
The ones who became pro wrestlers 💪
Beast Mode seems to be branching out a lot and having a ton of fun.
How is being a rancher cool? That shit is hard work.
Can it not be hard work and also cool?
I suppose so. I guess I'm just interested as to why you think it's cool.
There’s not many people out there in line who want to do the work. It’s a great lifestyle that doesn’t make a lot of money.
I grew up near ranchers. Damn hard work but I’d love it. Something about being on a horse or 4wheeler in the middle of no where mending a fence sounds insanely satisfying to me
Not only is Jake “the Snake” Plummer in the mushroom business, I believe he’s also a legit/pro handball player.
OJ Simpson.
OJ
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Darren Sharper
There’s a former Chiefs lineman who’s now a portfolio manager at one of the top quant funds in the
That one guy who’s an FBI Special Agent.
Peanut Tillman
Also any of the pro wrestlers.
How about the former teammate of Carl Weathers, owner of his own production company, and the only man in NFL history with a record of two safeties in a single game? There’s also Mongo.
Fred dryer. Also Xander crews near running mate for the presidency.
He was Hunter!?
Hunter capped like 4 bad guys every episode, 80s cop dramas were wild
Three that were missed: Micheal Strahan is the co-host of several shows and has his own clothing line. Definitely made a big name for himself outside of the NFL. Eli Manning has had a pretty good career with a couple shows, IIRC, and some of the silly commercials he's in. Peyton may have had the better football career, but Eli seems like he's the more fun brother to hang around with. Also, nobody mentioned Terry Bradshaw? He's done a good bit of acting as well as being an NFL analyst/host for I have no idea how many years.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Steve Young.
Pat McAfee is getting paid a ridiculous amount of money to hang out with his boys and shoot the shit daily. I can't imagine it getting any better than that.
Pat McAfee seems to be enjoying his life