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March 21, 2002
Mookie Wilson: Truck-drivin' man.: The Mets cult hero, and current first base coach, drives an eighteen-wheeler in the off-season (though possibly not in Massachussets), using the handle "Professor". Any other pro athletes with unlikely hobbies?
Not so much a hobby as a new career; Icky Woods (creator of the Icky Shuffle) has a floor installation place in Cincinnati, does damn fine work too.
posted by mick at 01:55 PM on March 21, 2002
William "The Fridge" Perry is a bricklayer, if I recall correctly. And Ryan Klesko enjoys tagging along as SWAT teams serve arrest warrants. (sorry couldn't find good links).
posted by 86 at 03:34 PM on March 21, 2002
Jayson Williams has lots of big trucks.
posted by corpse at 03:55 PM on March 21, 2002
According to an SI article a few years ago, Icky also spent a few years driving a Schwann's Frozen Foods truck for awhile after being cut from the Bengals.
posted by ttrendel at 04:00 PM on March 21, 2002
Apparently Klesko's retired from the amateur law-enforcement business.
posted by liam at 04:42 PM on March 21, 2002
Hermann Meier was a bricklayer. Then he decided to become a world cup skier....
posted by andrewraff at 01:14 PM on March 22, 2002
Mookie isn't even the only one who drives trucks; Karl Malone does too.