- John McCain (R-AZ) - lightweight boxer at the US Naval Academy
- Mark Udall (D-CO) Avid outdoorsman who has climbed all 54 mountains in Colorado 14,000 feet or higher
- Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Claimed a deferment from Vietnam due to football knee injury
- Jim Bunning (R-KY) Hall of Fame pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers
- John Kerry (D-MA) Member of hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and fencing teams at Yale
- Al Franken (D-MN) High school wrestler
- Max Baucus (D-MT) Once completed a 50-mile ulta-marathon
- Harry Reid (D-NV) Amateur boxer and high school football player
- Richard Burr (R-NC) Lettered for two football seasons at Wake Forest University
- Kent Conrad (D-ND) Married to Major League Baseball lobbyist Lucy Calautti
- Ron Wyden (D-OR) Attended UC-Santa Barbera on a basketball scholarship before transferring to Stanford
- Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) Coached basketball at an inner city Philadelphia school during his stint teaching 5th grade as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps
- Jim Webb (D-VA) Boxer at the US Naval Academy
- Joe Manchin (D-WV) Attended West Virginia on a football scholarship, but had his playing career ended by a practice injury
- Herb Kohl (D-WI) Owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks
- John Barasso (R-WY) Rodeo physician for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association
Sunday, December 12, 2010
First post
Just to have some real content, here's a list of sports-related experience and links for current US Senators, as mentioned in articles about them at Wikipedia. Obviously, it's not an exhaustive list.
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