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re: Most Underrated Sports Movies

Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:01 pm to
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17187 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:01 pm to
Fear Strikes Out (1957)

Norman Bates/Anthony Perkins plays Red Sox' s Jimmy Piersall and shows his nervous breakdown.

Some people can handle outrageous pressure, some people can't. The lucky ones can be successfully treated by a mental care professional, like Piersall.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17187 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:03 pm to
Also:

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Paul Newman plays real-life degenrate/juvenile delinquent Rocky Graziano in his transformation from street thug to boxing champion.

Always loved this one.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
31980 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:10 pm to
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61*

Yes, great movie
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
19757 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:55 pm to
Blue Crush
Girlfight
Posted by chrisksaint
Florida
Member since Jul 2011
1712 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:02 pm to
Gridiron Gang
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57382 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:08 pm to
World's Greatest Athlete with Jan Michael Vincent.
Posted by Tubedog13
Member since May 2009
3506 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:37 pm to
Tin Cup
Posted by mt1
LV
Member since Nov 2006
7199 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:38 pm to
Diggstown. Only has 54% on RT.
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
Member since Jan 2008
32760 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:41 pm to
Mr. 3000. I was fully prepared for it to be a huge piece of shite but it was legit.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17187 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

Mr. 3000. I was fully prepared for it to be a huge piece of shite but it was legit.


Didnt they shoot some of that at Zephyr Field in Metairie?
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
19757 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 10:39 pm to
Redbelt
Posted by mametoo
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2008
3219 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 11:17 pm to
Slapshot. Great one liners and the "Hansons"
Posted by Joben88
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2011
430 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 11:54 pm to
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8 Men Out


Great movie. May have to pull that one off the shelf this week.
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
3414 posts
Posted on 5/28/14 at 11:59 pm to
The grid iron gang
Love and basketball
8 seconds (not sport to some)
Posted by Puck82
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23649 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 12:44 am to
All good ones mentioned.

Mr Baseball
The Scout
Summer Catch


How about obscure sports
Lords of Dogtown.
Dust to Glory (Documentary about Baja 1000)
Rad (not really underrated)
Posted by Crimson G
Atlanta
Member since Jul 2013
1353 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 12:51 am to

Kidding, but the Disney channel had some pretty good (or at least they seemed good at the time) sports movies when I was a kid. There was Double Teamed, and basketball was featured heavily in The Luck of the Irish.
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 1:57 am to
American Flyers
Posted by Stringer Bell
The Towers
Member since May 2014
658 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 3:43 am to
Green Street Hooligans
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 3:44 am
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45218 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 5:32 am to
This Sporting Life (1963)

Granted, it got 100% on RT, but I feel that most people are unaware of it.

Richard Harris broke his leg while filming one of the rugby scenes.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 5:37 am
Posted by Topisawtiger
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
3501 posts
Posted on 5/29/14 at 6:14 am to
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"American Flyers" (1985) -- early Kevin Costner movie


Where I fell in love with Rae Dawn Chong.

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