6 Athletes Who Had A Second Career In Sports

babe zaharias

#4. Babe Zaharias | Track & Field, Golf

Zaharias won two golds and one silver competing in track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Then in 1935, became a pro golfer, setting numerous women’s records that stand to this day. She even became the first woman to make the PGA cut in 1945, where she took on the men decades before another woman would do it. She’s generally considered one of the best athletes of the 20th Century.