# Pro-Athletes who came from rich/well off backgrounds

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 29, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-athletes-who-came-from-rich-well-off-backgrounds/726469 "2015-07-29T13:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-athletes-who-came-from-rich-well-off-backgrounds/726469/61 "2015-08-13T14:01:46Z")

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McEnroe was the son of a lawyer.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-athletes-who-came-from-rich-well-off-backgrounds/726469/62 "2015-08-13T14:26:42Z")

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McEnroe’s father attended law school and qualified as a lawyer after John was born, though he worked as an ad exec before that and apparently did quite well anyway.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-athletes-who-came-from-rich-well-off-backgrounds/726469/63 "2015-08-13T14:45:10Z")

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Former Jets running back Bruce Harper’s family was quite wealthy, having made money in real estate in Bergen County, New Jersey, a very affluent community.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-athletes-who-came-from-rich-well-off-backgrounds/726469/64 "2015-08-22T14:19:52Z")

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Mario Balotelli was born to a poor immigrant family in Italy, but later was adopted by a well off Italian couple.

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