Bo Jackson Played at Rickwood Field as Prep Star, Collegiate Slugger and Pro

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. | For The Birmingham Times Name a baseball legend and it’s likely he played at Birmingham’s historic Legion Field. In all, 182 Baseball Hall of Famers have played at the oldest standing baseball park in the U.S. Those greats include Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston, Mule Suttles, Josh Gibson, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Rollie Fingers and Reggie Jackson. And while he’s not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bo Jackson played at Rickwood as a prep star for McAdory High School, a collegiate slugger for the Auburn Tigers and as a pro with the Memphis Chicks. Jackson was the 1989 MLB All Star Game MVP with a leadoff homerun. Another football player, Auburn University’s and the New Orleans Saints’ Frank Warren, played a football game at Rickwood. His Phillips High School Red Raiders fell 7-3 to the West End Lions on Sept. 17, 1976. While those legends all got a chance at the big league America’s oldest baseball park is indeed getting its chance as it hosts the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants on June 20...