Jackie Jensen (1986) - California Athletics Hall of Fame

Jackie Jensen

Induction:
1986
Class:
1949

One of the greatest athletes ever to play for Cal … earned first-team All-America honors at running back in 1948 while becoming the Golden Bears’ first-ever 1000-yard rusher in a season … rushed for 1703 yards in his three years as a starter and averaged 6.0 yards per carry … one of the few athletes in history to play in both the Rose Bowl and the World Series … twice earned All-America status for Cal's baseball team and helped the Bears to the NCAA title in 1947 … pitched Cal to one of its victories in the 1947 College World Series, over a Yale team that featured future president George H.W. Bush … had a distinguished professional baseball career and was selected as the American League MVP while with the Boston Red Sox in 1958 … also played in the World Series for the New York Yankees … voted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame posthumously in 1984.