* 1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.

* Andy Mitchell, Former professional baseball player

Former professional boxer Danny Sewell ( brother of television actor George Sewell ) was the original Bill Sikes, and remained in the role ( including the original Broadway & US touring productions ) for the best part of six years.

* Former professional PRCA and PBR bull rider Cody Custer was born in Kingman.

* Jeffrey Talan, Former professional footballer and Dutch international

* Ricky Steamboat – Former professional wrestler

* Richard Huntley, Former professional American football running back in the National Football League

Former professional baseball player, Terry Mulholland was born and raised in the Hopwood area.

* Former professional tennis player Cliff Richey, who won 45 career singles titles, 1970 World Grand Prix Champion, two-time Davis Cup Champion, No. 1 ranked player in the United States in 1970 and the coauthor of " Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion's Toughest Match " was born in San Angelo and currently lives there.

* Former professional tennis player Nancy Richey, who won six Grand Slam titles and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame ' 03 was born in San Angelo and currently lives there.

* Maven Huffman – Former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment

Former 5 time world professional darts champion Eric Bristow lives in the town.

Eric Gerets ( 1954 ) Former professional football ( soccer ) player for Belgium, born in Rekem

* Malcolm Manley Former Scotland Schools International ; professional with Leicester City and Portsmouth

* Ken Griffey Jr., Former professional Baseball player, diagnosed with Pleurisy in April, 2007.

* Mark Patterson, Former professional Footballer.

* Julian James, Former professional footballer

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

* Dan Pastorini, Former professional Football Player and Pro Bowler, Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders

Former NVA officers are not permitted to append their NVA rank to their name as a professional title ; no such prohibition applies to rank attained in the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Nazi era.

* Tim James – Former NBA player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army on September 12, 2008

; Wildcat ( Ted Grant ): Former professional boxer and current member of the Justice Society, Ted serves as a mentor to Dinah and has helped her on several missions.

* 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, Former Penn State football coach ; convicted child-sex offender

* Lloyd Carr, Former Head football coach, University of Michigan

* Michael Moore ( American football ) Former NFL Player

Former University of Arkansas quarterback Barry Lunney, Jr. was a junior high student at Beebe while his father, Barry Lunney, Sr., was head football coach at Beebe High School ( 1987 – 1988 ).

* Bobby Bowden, Former FSU football coach, first head coaching job was with the football team at South Georgia College.

* Former Clemson and New York Jets football player, Bill Mathis.

* Former Washington Redskins football player Brian Keith Mitchell played football at Plaquemine High School.

* Garland Jean-Batiste, Former NFL football player.

Former U. S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell was the speaker for Damascus High School's Class of 2000 commencement ceremony at the high school's football stadium.

* Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman and former Central Michigan University football player Dan Bazuin is from McBain.

* Bobby Petrino — Former head football coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Former University of Montana Grizzly basketball coach Don Holst is a PHS graduate as is former University of Montana assistant football coach Kraig Paulson.

* Doug Datish ( Former Ohio State and current Tennessee Titans football player )

* Butch Davis, Head football coach, University of North Carolina ( 2007 – 2011 ), Former Head Coach, University of Miami ( 1995 – 2000 )

* Troy Drayton, Former NFL and Penn State football player

Former head coach of the University of Kansas football team

* Phillip Fulmer, Former University of Tennessee football coach

Jackson was also the home of singers Carl Perkins and Luther Ingram ; game show host Wink Martindale ; football players Ed " Too Tall " Jones, Al Wilson, Trey Teague, and Jabari Greer ; pianist Joe Hunter ( one of the Funk Brothers studio band who played on many Motown hits in the 1960s ) the rock band Full Devil Jacket, American soul singer, songwriter and actress Lauren Pritchard, originating and playing the role of the 15-year-old runaway " Ilse " in the hit Broadway show Spring Awakening for two years, Former Miss Tennessee Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus, and American country music artist Whitney Duncan.

* Junior Coffey Former NFL football player.

Former football star Dick Todd set long-standing records as a running back for Texas A & M University.

Dennis Ericson -- Former head football coach for Arizona State University