Herschelle Gibbs

[SeamUp]

The most multi-talented Sportsman to play test cricket

Herschelle Gibbs.

The biggest sporting freak to have played test cricket ?

Still holds the 100m sprint record at Bishops and was provincial athlete.

Offered a football trial at Arsenal.

A rugby freak that played under-age provincially & was destined to play for the Springboks.

And FC cricket debut at 16 and & had a good international career (fielder/batsman) and entertained.

Was just thinking because while I know Eddie Barlow/Jeff Wilson/Erroll Stewart/Peter Kirsten & many from the older era did the double in England (Stuart Leary, Denis Compton)... bigger natural sporting freak than AB De Villiers.

Put your one across.

 

[SeamUp]

Our Schoolboy provincial Craven Week final of 1992 where a certain Gibbs was fly-half. Excuse some of the afrikaans.

 

[Noble One]

Vic Richardson.

Resume:
- Captain of the Australian Test team
- Captain of the South Australian, Australian Rules team
- Represented Australia in baseball
- Represented South Australia in golf
- Winner of a South Australian state tennis title

His Wikipedia also mentions his lacrosse, basketball and swimming achievements.

 

[SeamUp]

Interesting. Have any footage ?

The bloke did well. I wonder how much free time he ever had on his hands.

Top stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Richardson

 

[Athlai]

Got super concerned for a second there had been a horrible accident.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Denis Compton comes to my mind. Played for arsenal as well iirc

 

[AndrewB]

Denis Compton comes to my mind. Played for arsenal as well iirc

Won an FA Cup winner's medal with them, too.

CB Fry? Another Test cricketer who played in an FA Cup final (and one match for England), and he also equalled the world record in the long jump.

 

[Zinzan]

C. B. Fry – played for England at cricket and football, and held the world record for the long jump, is worth a mention just quietly.

 

[Midwinter]

A few of CB Fry's fanbois here.

Has Gibb's ever been offered the throne of a minor nation ? anywhere ?

I suppose we will have to wait to see if he can outdo Fry's party trick

"but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece."

 

[Zinzan]

A few of CB Fry's fanbois here.

Has Gibb's ever been offered the throne of a minor nation ? anywhere ?

I suppose we will have to wait to see if he can outdo Fry's party trick

"but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece."

Video evidence please.

 

[Athlai]

Video evidence please.

A video of an old dude talking ****?

 

[Zinzan]

Yes please.

 

[Zinzan]

Slightly less outrageous as Fry, great NZ batsman Martin Donnelly also played rugby for England. Player 767, strangely they list him under his nickname 'Squib' Donnelly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players

 

[Coronis]

Video evidence please.

Also a world class physician.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Shane Warne. At least he himself is proud of his poker skills

 

[Prince EWS]

Slightly less outrageous as Fry, great NZ batsman Martin Donnelly also played rugby for England. Player 767, strangely they list him under his nickname 'Squib' Donnelly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players

Haha they even call him that on his scrum.com profile:
Squib Donnelly | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum

It must have been almost unheard of for him to actually be referred to as Martin for that to happen.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Jeff Wilson has to be considered given he is from the modern era and switched a couple of times.

 

[anil1405]

 

[Shri]

Certainly not a star of brushing.

 

[Furball]

I'd expect most international sportsmen to have played any sport at schoolboy level to a very good degree.

Pretty sure Phil Neville was in Flintoff's junior Lancashire side before he picked football.