# A former pro football player applied at my work!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 18, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901 "2000-02-18T01:25:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901/1 "2000-02-18T01:25:00Z")

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I don’t know if anyone will recognize his name or not but Clyde Johnson applied for a job where I work. He was a cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears. His salary while playing for the Chiefs was $175,000 and was $275,000 while playing for the Bears. He applied for a part-time temporary job as a Clerk II in our Property department and said that for a starting salary he would take $8.00/hour!

I just thought it was kind of funny that he would go from a $275,000 job playing pro ball to an $8.00/hour job as a Clerk II.

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That John Denver’s full of shit man!

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### Author: ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901/2 "2000-02-18T01:35:00Z")

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Well, Kurt Warner, the quarterback for the winning superbowl team of St. Louis, was bagging groceries just a few years ago.

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### Author: ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901/3 "2000-02-18T01:49:00Z")

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Example of mis-spent youth. Didn’t save when the bucks were big.

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I’m only your wildest fear, from the corners of your darkest thoughts.

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### Author: ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-former-pro-football-player-applied-at-my-work/13901/4 "2000-02-18T06:02:00Z")

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Call me naive and direct me to snopes if you wish, but were you REALLY a pro football player? Details, please…

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Yer pal,  
Satan