Re: Black democractic athlete-politicians

[Seth Sandronsky <ssandron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Bradley was the mayor of L.A. for five terms, having earlier been a top
quarter-miler at UCLA.
http://www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/bradley.htm

Seth Sandronsky

Date:    Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:48:23 -0800
From:    Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Black democractic althlete-politicians

Have any star black athletes won major elective office as democrats?  I am
thinking
of Lynn Swann running for governor in Penna., JT Watts as a rep. from OK.
Charles
Barkley suggesting a few years ago that he would run for gov. of Alabama.

The white athletes have not done well either.  Macmillan was a rep. from
Maryland &
we all know Bill Bradley.  On the other side, we have coach Tom Osborne, Jim
Bunning,
... and even in an earlier time Vinegar Bend Mizell.  Steve Largent was
pretty
right
wing.  Oh yes, Gerald Ford was an all american football player.

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