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Bo Jackson: A Multi-Talented Athlete
In the year of 1989 he hi his career high of home runs. He hit 32 home runs in one season (Raber 61). He was born in Bessemer , Alabama on November 30 1962 ( Raber 5). He hits people hard when he ran the football and he was an all star player plus he played baseball.

Bo Jackson came to fame in the 1980s as a multi talented athlete, who excelled in baseball, football, and track at an early age.(biography.com). Athlete. Born Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson on November 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama(biography.com) At the end of his career he got a major injury in his leg which sadly ended his career which he had to overcome and now he does commercials for Toyota .
People may think that he is not a good influence because he was recruited to
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