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Johnny Unitas is one of them.
Yet, there are many famous former NFL players on the list.
Johnny played semi-pro football before the Baltimore Colts signed him into the pro league.
The rest is history. Unitas would go on to throw 290 touchdowns with 40,239 yards in 18 seasons.
Yet, success on the field does not equate to success off of it.
Unitas would go on to start a bowling alley chain, a Florida-based real estate company, freight company, and purchase National Circuits, an electronics companyfor $5.3 million in loans.
With personally guaranteed loans, Unitas dug himself into a hole when National Circuits went under.
By 1991, Unitas declared bankruptcy.
It is a story that should be a lesson to each of us.
When you’re ahead, don’t make dumb decisions that put you behind!
If not today, when?
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