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Brian O'Neal Jordan is an American former professional baseball and professional gridiron football player. Jordan played for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League as a safety from 1989 to 1991,and played for the St. Louis Cardinals,Atlanta Braves,Los Angeles Dodgers,and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1992 to 2006. Jordan was an MLB All-Star in 1999.
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