Mount Rushmore of Athletes who became pitchmen

[Kodos]

Name your four best athletes who became pitchmen.

Peyton Manning
Michael Jordan
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[Butter]

Fred McGriff for the Tom Emanski hitting videos.


"I have given them my full endorsement. Once you see them, you'll know why."


But seriously, Charles Barkley maybe add to your list?

[lighthousekeeper]

(not sure if this means the best athletes who became pitchmen, or the best former-athlete pitchmen...I went with the latter)

Bob Uecker
Joe Namath
Peyton Manning
Shaq

[digamma]

Peyton
MJ
Tiger
Sharapova

[rockboy70]

Arnold Palmer
Michael Jordan
Tiger Woods
Peyton Manning

[Kodos]

(not sure if this means the best athletes who became pitchmen, or the best former-athlete pitchmen...I went with the latter)

Bob Uecker
Joe Namath
Peyton Manning
Shaq

Best pitchmen who were/are athletes. Not judged by their level of success on the field.

[ISiddiqui]

Peyton Manning
Michael Jordan
George Foreman (he was pitching his own thing, but still)
Charles Barkley

[QuikSand]

Michael Jordan
Arnold Palmer
Peyton Manning
Joe Namath

[Solecismic]

I'm old, but Joe DiMaggio and Mr. Coffee stand out to me. If you remember percolators and undrinkable instant, DiMaggio helped spark a revolution. He is the Che Guevara of pitchmen.

[AnalBumCover]

Peyton Manning
Michael Jordan
Terry Crews
Yogi Berra

[Logan]

Tiger Woods
OJ Simpson
Pete Rose
Lance Armstrong

[lighthousekeeper]

Tiger Woods
OJ Simpson
Pete Rose
Lance Armstrong

i see what you did there

[murrayyyyy]

http://rockstarevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/boknows.jpg

[lighthousekeeper]

permanently burned into my childhood brain:

Phil Rizzuto - The Money Store (https://youtu.be/nDQHQkuv9l0)

[CU Tiger]

"That's awesome Bill!"

[stevew]

Johnny Bench for Krylon.
Pete Rose for Grecian Formula
Joe Montana for a bunch of stupid stuff(sketchers, etc). See also onion article.
OJ for Hertz

[CrimsonFox]

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[stevew]

Fred McGriff for the Tom Emanski hitting videos.


"I have given them my full endorsement. Once you see them, you'll know why."


But seriously, Charles Barkley maybe add to your list?

I love it when sports people show up in ads wearing blank/generic jerseys and caps cause the company won't secure the sports licensing.

[britrock88]

Noxema with Farrah is a must. Good catch, Fox.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Johnny Bench for Krylon.

"No runs, no drips, no errors"

[CrimsonFox]

Noxema with Farrah is a must. Good catch, Fox.

and of course...

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[APC]

Jordan
Ueker
Barkley
Macho Man Randy Savage

[cuervo72]

Can Madden be considered an athlete?

[OldGiants]

I'm old, but Joe DiMaggio and Mr. Coffee stand out to me. If you remember percolators and undrinkable instant, DiMaggio helped spark a revolution. He is the Che Guevara of pitchmen.

Even further back (to b&w days) was Yogi Berra and Yoohoo--which he owned, eventually. I couldn't find the "Yogi's climbing up the wall" commercial that we kids loved, unfortunately.

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