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Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999) -

Wilt Chamberlain is regarded as one of the best basketball players in history. Well, he was a pretty good guitarist behind the scenes too!

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Manny Pacquiao -

Pacquiao is one of the greatest boxers of his time. At the moment, he is also serving as a senator of the Philippines. On top of all this, he is also a committed musician. He has released several albums.

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Henrik Lundqvist -

Lundqvist is a professional hockey goaltender. He comes from Sweden and is very handy on the guitar. He used to play in a Swedish rock band called Box Play.

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John McEnroe -

John McEnroe, known for his exceptional tennis skills and fits of anger, is actually a great musician. He has even jammed with the talented Bo Diddley (1928-2008).

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Pelé -

FIFA labeled Pelé as "the greatest" soccer player ever. He's also musically talented and was known to strum and sing in public.

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Shaun White -

White is a prolific snowboarder. He has won the most X-Games and Olympic gold medals of anyone in snowboarding history. He also plays guitar in an electronic rock band called Bad Things.

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Andre Agassi -

Agassi is an eight-time Grand Slam champion and won an Olympic gold medal in 1996. However, he still found time to practice his music and remains a very competent piano player.

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Kobe Bryant (1978-2020) -

Bryant is regarded as one of the best basketball players of all time. He was also a fairly successful rapper. His first album was called 'K.O.B.E' and featured supermodel Tyra Banks singing on it.

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Oscar de la Hoya was the golden boy of boxing during the peak of his career. In 2000, he decided to venture into a musical career with an eponymous album. It was written by the Bee Gees and Diane Warren. It was even nominated for a Grammy!

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Shaquille O'Neal -

The former basketball star and current sports analyst was always more than just an athlete. Back in the '90s, he started releasing rap songs. Whether they were good or not is up for listeners to decide!

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Bronson Arroyo -

Arroyo is known almost equally as a musician and as a baseball player. He combined his love of both activities with the title of his first album 'Covering the Bases' (2005).

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Bob and Mike Bryan -

The Bryan twins are American tennis players who dominated the doubles scene in the 2000s. In 2009, they released an album together called 'Let it Rip,' where Bob is on the keyboard and Mike plays the guitar.

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Wayman Tisdale (1964-2009) -

Tisdale was both a great basketball player and musician. His specialty was smooth jazz. In keeping with his position, his first album was called 'Power Forward' (1995).

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Bernie Williams -

Williams is a current musician and former baseball player from Puerto Rico. After he finished with baseball in 2015, he released two jazz albums and was even nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2019.

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Carl Edwards -

Edwards used to be a very successful professional stock car racing driver known for his time with NASCAR. Here he is in 2006 playing with Robert Rudolph and the Family Band.

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John Daly -

Daly is the rock star of golf. Alongside his golfing success, he has also had quite an underrated musical career. So far, he has released two studio albums.

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Doug Flutie -

Flutie played as a football quarterback for a whopping 21 seasons! He also plays drums well. He even had a band, The Flutie Brothers Band.

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Darren McCarty -

McCarty is a former professional hockey player. He is also a passionate hard rock fan. He was the lead singer of the band Grinder until it split up when his friend, the bass player, passed away.

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Barry Zito -

He definitely has the name for a rock star. Zito was a professional baseball pitcher. He started playing music to pass the time. He ended up recording his own album called 'No Secrets' (2017).

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Alexi Lalas -

Lalas is a former American soccer player. He received quite the reputation because of his signature bright red hair and beard. He has also released seven solo albums, one of which is entitled 'Ginger' (1998).

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Chris Webber -

The former basketball player and five-time NBA All-Star is less of a musician himself, but can produce music well. He did two of the tracks on Nas' album 'Hip Hop is Dead' (2006).

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Mike Piazza -

The retired baseball player is a huge fan of heavy metal music. He himself plays the guitar and was even featured on the album 'Stronger than Death' by Black Label Society.

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Héctor Camacho (1962-2012) -

Also known as "Macho," Camacho was the world champion for boxing in all three weight classes at different times. It is no surprise, given his exciting costumes, that he also liked to perform musically. He could sing and play guitar quite well.

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Nick Swisher -

Swisher played in the MLB as an outfielder. Swisher also plays guitar and organized an album titled 'Believe' (2011) to raise money for his charity Swish's Wishes. The charity helps children who face major health crises.

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Trevor Pryce -

Pryce was a defensive lineman for 14 seasons. He also has many hidden talents. Alongside being a children's book author, he has his own music studio where he plays his guitar.

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Denny McLain -

Denny McLain was a legendary baseball player in the '70s. Behind his baseball skills, he was a hidden musician. His father taught him the organ when he was younger and he released an album called 'Denny McLain at the Organ' (1968).

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Drew Gooden -

Gooden is a former professional basketball player. He really is a jack of all trades. He's a broadcaster, sports superstar, and a piano player.

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Jack McDowell -

The former baseball pitcher played for the biggest teams around. In his free time, he likes to strum out a few chords on his guitar. He also played in some alternative rock bands.

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Brandon Webb -

Webb was a former baseball pitcher. He was not a professional musician but he would play a few tunes for his friends in the locker room.

Sources: (Sports Illustrated) (Ranker)

See also: Sports stars who died too young

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