US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Herschel Walker, a famend American athlete and businessman, as america Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Walker has been a former Heisman Trophy winner, a Nationwide Soccer League (NFL) nice, in addition to co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health, and Vitamin.
In an announcement, Trump stated, “I’m happy to appoint Herschel Walker as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.”
“Herschel has spent many years serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our women and men within the Navy, and athletes at residence and overseas. A profitable businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL Nice, Herschel has been a tireless advocate for youth sports activities. Throughout my First Time period, he served as Co-Chair of the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health, and Vitamin. Herschel has travelled to over 400 Navy installations across the World, eradicating the stigma surrounding psychological well being. He represented america on the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the US bobsled workforce,” the assertion added.
“Congratulations Herschel! You’ll make Georgia, and our whole Nation, proud, as a result of we all know you’ll at all times put AMERICA FIRST,” the assertion stated.
Notably, Herschel Walker is finest recognized for his soccer exploits and starred as a operating again on the College of Georgia, the place he received the Heisman Trophy in 1982. He performed skilled soccer, initially for the New Jersey Generals of the US Soccer League, taking part in there for 3 years (1983-85) however later moved to the NFL the place he began with the Dallas Cowboys.
In 2007 Walker introduced that he was going to start a profession in combined martial arts together with his first skilled competitors on account of happen in 2010. His US Olympic bobsled look was a sidelight of an in any other case stellar sports activities and athletic profession.
