Dave Winfield

Dave Winfield is a Hall-of-Fame baseball player and World Series champion. He played 22 major league seasons, 17 of them in San Diego and New York. A 12-time All-Star, he was among the first professional athletes to start a charitable foundation. The David M. Winfield Foundation, launched in 1977, provided health care, holiday meals, and educational scholarships to underprivileged families. Dave was also a key figure in the development of one of the strongest and most successful labor unions in the country and world, the Major League Baseball Players Association. A two-sport collegiate athlete, Big Ten champion, and an All-American baseball player, he is the only athlete to ever be drafted by four professional sports leagues: MLB, the NBA, the ABA, and the NFL. Following his major league career, he spent more than a decade as an executive in professional baseball and six years in media with FOX Sports and ESPN. He is an acclaimed speaker and the author of a 1988 autobiography (W.W. Norton & Company) and a 2008 book about how to revitalize baseball (Scribner). He's been married for more than 30 years, has three children, and lives in Los Angeles.