Legendary athlete and children's book author read his book for patients and helped deliver My Special Aflac Duck® to children with cancer and sickle cell disease

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Brian Jordan, former Major League Baseball, NFL football star and Chairman and CEO of the Brian Jordan Foundation, joined Aflac Incorporated and Aflac U.S. President Virgil Miller, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis today to help provide joy and inspiration for patients and families. Jordan, who spent seven baseball seasons in the Gateway City, retired from both baseball and football, trading in his cleats for a pen, authoring six inspirational children's books. He read his first book, "I Told You I Can Play" to kids and families at the hospital.

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