Successfull Former Athletes in Government
Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Military Academy, Football
34th President of the United States
Richard Nixon , Whittier College, Football
37th President of the United States
Gerald R. Ford , University of Michigan, Football
38th President of the United States
Ronald Reagon , Eureka College, Swimming, Football, Track and Field
40th President of the United States
George H.W. Bush , Yale University, Baseball
41st President of the United States
Madeline Albright , Wellesley College, Swimming and Diving
United States Secretary of State
Bill Bradley , Princeton University, Basketball
U.S. Senator
Robert J. Dole , Washburn University, Football, Basketball, Track and Field
U.S. Senator, United States Senate Majority Leader, 1996 U.S. Presidential Candidate
Gen. Omar N. Bradley , U.S. Military Academy, Football, Baseball
General of the U.S. Army, last surviving five-star commissioned officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Byron R. White , University of Colorado, Boulder, Football
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Rhodes Scholar
Lamar Alexander, Jr. Vanderbilt University, Track and Field
Senior United States Senator, Governor of Tennessee
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf , West Point University, Football, Wrestling
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Military
Capt. Alan B. Shepard , U.S. Naval Academy, Crew
One of the first seven astronauts, and the first America in space
Bill Richardson , Tufts University, Baseball
Governor of New Mexico, and a candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election
Jack F. Kemp , Occidental College, Football
United States House of Representatives and former professional football player
Dennis Hastert , Wheaton College, Wrestling
United States House of Representatives
Robert B. Mathias , Stanford University, Football, Track and Field
United States Congressman and two-time Olympic gold medalist
George P. Schultz , Princeton University, Basketball
United States Secretary of State
William P. Lawrence , U.S. Naval Academy, Football
Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy, the first Naval Aviator to fly twice the speed of sound in a naval aircraft.
Michael H. Armacost , Carleton College, Football, Basketball, Baseball
Former President of the Brookings Institution, U.S. Ambassador
Alan Page , University of Notre Dame, Football