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re: Actors who were athletes first.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:03 am to 4nmylifetime
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:03 am to 4nmylifetime
Joel McHale
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:19 am to 4nmylifetime
Tommy Lee Jones played football for Harvard.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:20 am to Will Munny
I heard Jim Brown played football
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:21 am to Will Munny
The guy that played Nordberg on Naked Gun was a football player I think,
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:23 am to 4nmylifetime
I heard Ryan Seacrest played with football players....
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:38 am to cajuntiger07
Carl Weathers
Played football at San Diego St. He also briefly played for the Raiders and in the CFL.
Played football at San Diego St. He also briefly played for the Raiders and in the CFL.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:44 am to Will Munny
Took WAY too long for OJ to be mentioned.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:46 am to Freauxzen
quote:
Joel McHale
Good one. I forgot he played Tight End somewhere.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:50 am to CocomoLSU
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Took WAY too long for OJ to be mentioned.
Yeah, apparently someone didnt look closely at the OP. Looking for guys who were more famous for their acting career than their athletic career. So I would say no to guys like OJ Jim Brown and the Rock. Guys who got careers in acting because of their acting not because of their celebrity as an athlete. Also if anyone has someone state their sport and where they played as well.
Side note to Tommy Lee Jones. he was Al Gores roommate in college.
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 10:53 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:56 am to iwyLSUiwy
quote:Washington, I think
Tight End somewhere.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:08 am to iwyLSUiwy
quote:
Joel McHale
Good one. I forgot he played Tight End somewhere.
Recruited for the WA crew team walked on to the football team played TE for 2 years. Thanks Wiki.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:36 am to lsumatt
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I heard Jim Brown played football
also played lacrosse.
he was the 1st black athlete to be inducted in to 2 ncaa halls of fame.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:58 am to 4nmylifetime
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:40 pm to 4nmylifetime
The Boz
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:53 pm to Towelie
Robert Urich played FB at Fl State -- he may have been a teammate of Fred Biletnikoff
Country singer Larry Gatlin played FB at the U of Houston -- he was in the 1968 game they won 100-0
Alan Autry, deputy Bubba on In The Heat OF The Night (he's originally from Shreveport BTW) played QB for the Bengals
IIRC Nick Nolte played FB at Okie State
Michael Warren of Hill Street Blues was on UCLA's great b-ball teams in the late '60s
Mike Henry, the groom in Smokey and the Bandit, played for the Rams
I've read that Gabe Kaplan played MILB
Country singer Larry Gatlin played FB at the U of Houston -- he was in the 1968 game they won 100-0
Alan Autry, deputy Bubba on In The Heat OF The Night (he's originally from Shreveport BTW) played QB for the Bengals
IIRC Nick Nolte played FB at Okie State
Michael Warren of Hill Street Blues was on UCLA's great b-ball teams in the late '60s
Mike Henry, the groom in Smokey and the Bandit, played for the Rams
I've read that Gabe Kaplan played MILB
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:54 pm to Towelie
Mark Harmon started at QB for UCLA back in the 70s.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:59 pm to Hooligan33
Also... i heard Nelly would have gotten a scholarship to play baseball or basketball if he wouldn't have turned into a fantastic rapper/actor (not sure if true)
John Cena too.. but TV wrestling isn't a real sport and his movies suck
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:01 pm to BayouBengal521
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i heard Nelly would have gotten a scholarship to play baseball or basketball if he wouldn't have turned into a fantastic rapper/actor
I love this sentence
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:05 pm to Kafka
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:05 pm to Kafka
YOU GUYS ALL SUCK. No one mentioned this guy yet?
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Since his adoptive older brother had been a football star in school, Majors tirelessly committed himself to the sport. While a student at Middlesboro High School, he participated in many sports from track to football. He graduated in 1957, and earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where he again competed in sports. Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1959. He played in his first game the following year, but suffered a severe back injury which left him paralyzed for two weeks, and ended his college football career. Following his injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. Majors graduated from Eastern in 1962 with a degree in History and Physical Education.
After college, he received an offer to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals football team. Instead, he moved to Los Angeles and found work at the Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department as the Recreation Director for North Hollywood Park. This was after a brief stint playing for the new football franchise Boston Patriots as a safety. In LA, Majors met many actors and industry professionals, including Dick Clayton, who had been James Dean's agent, and Clayton suggested he attend his acting school. After one year of acting school, Clayton felt that Majors was ready to start his career. At this time, he picked up the stage name Lee Majors as a tribute to childhood Johnny Majors who was a player and future coach for the University of Tennessee. Majors also studied at Estelle Harmon's acting school at MGM.
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