Previously, Hesketh had an unspectacular career with the Montreal Expos, and last year he was released by the Expos and the Atlanta Braves within a three-month period.

Throughout the Cold War years, the Lansen distinguished itself with a solid if unspectacular career; Swedish pilots often described it as pleasant to fly.

He had a productive, if unspectacular, 9-year career that included two appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and playing on 6 playoffs teams.

Kalmbach's solid but unspectacular career as a real estate lawyer was quickly touched with gold.

After an unspectacular academic career, he left Eton at 16 for an apprenticeship on the railways and then joined the army.

Ruth Williams debuted in the AAGPBL as a 20 year rookie and had a solid if unspectacular career that spanned eight seasons.

After an unspectacular career, he burst out last season by hitting .293, slugging 31 home runs and driving in 111 runs.

Alderson was the Athletics' general manager when Beane played for them in 1989, the last season of his decidedly unspectacular career.

He had abandoned a sour marriage and an unspectacular career with NASA, when the Brazilian Air Force offered him a way out.

Settling in England he had a brief and unspectacular career in London publishing prior to becoming, by the mid 1980s, a documentary television producer at the newly-created Channel 4.