Uriah

Every few years a different nerd discovers the same thing about NFL quarterbacks: that they're much, much more blue eyed than the general population. And yet somehow this information never spreads to the public; it's like the men in black show up and arrest the noticers.

I read this 30-45 years ago, but the blue-eyed star quarterbacks' names were different then (except for Unitas). One theory was blue-eyed men dominated in fields requiring aim. A test: Finnish WWII super-sniper Simo Häyhä? Surprisingly dark eyes:https://twitter.com/RoninPoland/status/1282804199298863105 …

Marksmen were the first place I looked and I actually didn't find an association. Will talk more about this at length, but the mechanism seems to be that brown eyed people have faster reactions, even auditory reactions. Blue eyed men excel at making delayed, deliberate decisions

Blue eyes are advantageous for tasks that mentally resemble a game of chicken: turning the steering wheel not too soon and not too late. The tendency not to do the first, obvious thing is likely linked to the marked shyness displayed by blue eyed children.