re: Actors who were athletes first.

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Charlie Sheen, of course.

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By far the most believable pitching delivery by an actor.

I read that he was pumping it into the 80's during filming

pro-football-reference.com does not list Lee Majors or Harvey Lee Yeary.

LINK discusses his athletic career and makes no mention of the Patriots.

That site did have some interesting info though:

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It was about this time that a mutual friend introduced Lee to the movie star, Rock Hudson. The two men became firm friends, and from their meeting, Lee's thoughts turned to acting.

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Did Kevin Costner play baseball for Cal St?

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Did Kevin Costner play baseball for Cal St?

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Baseball

Several of Costner's films have included a baseball theme. They include Chasing Dreams, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game and The Upside of Anger, in which his character is a former pro baseball player.

He has a home in Austin, Texas and sometimes appears at University of Texas baseball practices and games. Costner is a close friend of Longhorns baseball coach Augie Garrido from Garrido's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton, the actor's alma mater. He cast Garrido to play the role of the Yankee manager in For Love of the Game. He tries to attend every College World Series game that Cal State Fullerton plays in Omaha, Nebraska.

Costner is a partial owner of the Zion, Illinois-based Lake County Fielders independent baseball team team in the Northern League. The Fielders name is an homage to Field of Dreams, with the logo showing a ballplayer standing amid a field of corn.[23][24]

Kevin's son attends The University of Colorado at Boulder and plays for the CU Baseball team, and Kevin attends almost every game.
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per wiki.

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Also Chuck Norris was an actual world champion Karate expert

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Once more for you and the guy who mentioned Arnold. Looking for guys who got a career for acting, and not because they were an athlete. Norris got a career in karate movies because guess what? He was a karate champion.

20 wins (17 by knockout) and 6 defeats, amateur boxing




Played Baseball with Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies & Atlanta Braves from 1962-1967

Rosey Grier

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Jon Stewart played soccer for William and Mary. Big soccer geek still

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Now thats impressive!! The guy was born in 1962. who the frick played soccer in the early 80's?

Toby Keith?

Of course hes made his career in music but has done a couple movies.

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In 1982, the oil industry in Oklahoma began a rapid decline and Keith soon found himself unemployed. He fell back on his football training and played defensive end with the semi-pro Oklahoma City Drillers while continuing to perform with his band. (The Drillers were an unofficial farm club of the United States Football League's Oklahoma Outlaws; Keith tried out for the Outlaws but did not make the team.) He then returned to focus once again on music. His family and friends were doubtful he would succeed, but in 1984, Easy Money began playing the honky tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas. The band cut a single titled "Blue Moon", which received some airplay on local radio stations in Oklahoma.

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