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Best All Around Athlete in movies............

Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:50 am
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:50 am
I got Omar Epps edging out Wesley Snipes.

Epps was a big time College Football prospect(I envisioned him winning the Heisman at ESU)
Darnell Jefferson


He left USC early to get drafted by the Lakers as Quincy McCall in Love and Basketball
Quincy McCall


He also got a full ride in like 95 to run track at Columbus University in Higher Learning(Malik Williams). Then he went on to become a Heavy Weight Boxer in Against the Ropes.
Luther Shaw


Not to mention he bulked up to become more than just a base runner as "Willie Mays Hayes" in ML2(but clearly he was no Wesley Snipes in that performance)...........

Then you have Wesley as a pretty good High School football player in "The Wildcats", he went on to be a pretty good amateur boxer in "Streets of Gold". His breakout athletic performance came in 88 as THE REAL....
Willie Mays Hayes


Again he is a very talented amateur basketball player on the streets of LA in "White Men Can't Jump"
Sydney Deane


I think he might have had the talent, showmanship and the all around vision on the court to make it big in today's And 1 tour, but back in 92 it was all about the 50 dollar bills and respect on the streets.

He found another baseball gig with the Giants in 96 as Bobby Rayburn in "The Fan".

In 2002 he was the Heavy Weight Champion in Sweetwater maximum security prison and beat the shite out of the current WBA Heavy Weight Champion of the world George "Iceman" Chambers as
Monroe Hutchen


in "Undisputed".

Due to his lack of professional credibility and mostly "amateur" status, I have to give it to Omar Epps. Snipes is also a phenomenal martial artist, but unfortunately he never appeared as a professional MMA competitor.

Who you got?


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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:52 am to
Johnny Weismuller in the first Tarzan Movies

and Rudy
Posted by JJ27
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:53 am to
The guy from Varsity Blues was a legit D1 running back I believe.
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:54 am to
Yeah but none of these guys played as many sports nor was as successful as Omar or Wesley.
Posted by Bengal
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:54 am to
Carl Lewis owns Omar's arse

boom
Posted by JJ27
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:57 am to
Derek Luke has the potential to overtake them. He was Booby Miles in Friday Night Lights and the PG in Glory Road.
Posted by Roughneck
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:58 am to
While his role as Luis Mendoza in the Mighty Ducks movies was fine, there is only one truly defining role for Mike Vitar and it trumps any other player/athlete from any other sports movie of all time:

Posted by Bengal
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:58 am to
The Jet!
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:59 am to
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Derek Luke has the potential to overtake them. He was Booby Miles in Friday Night Lights and the PG in Glory Road.



True, he's definitely on the right path. But you have to think Omar was a star in 3 professional sports and Darnell Jefferson was a way better prospect than Boobie Miles.
Posted by Maximus
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 11:59 am to
bennie the jet was a mighty duck? frick me silly. part 1?
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:00 pm to
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The Jet
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:00 pm to
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bennie the jet was a mighty duck? frick me silly. part 1?


2 and 3
Posted by Rollie Fingers
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:02 pm to
Art Long, Country Western Warrior

Posted by lsumatt
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:04 pm to
Kevin Costner has to be on there. I mean he was a catcher in the minors, built a field to play with the black sox, then threw a perfect game with the Detroit Tigers, and finally shot better than par with just a 7 iron
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:06 pm to
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Art Long, Country Western Warrior


Seriously, Dennis Quaid didn't even cross my mind but....

Art Long in "Tough Enough"
Gavin Grey(The Grey Ghost) in "Everybody's All American"
Jack "Cap" Rooney in "Any Given Sunday"
and Jimmy Morris in "The Rookie"

Quite impressive!
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:08 pm to
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Kevin Costner has to be on there. I mean he was a catcher in the minors, built a field to play with the black sox, then threw a perfect game with the Detroit Tigers, and finally shot better than par with just a 7 iron



Yeah you can throw KC in there with Quaid.
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:09 pm to
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Jack "Cap" Rooney in "Any Given Sunday"
Every time I hear an update on the Favre situation I think of this character.
Posted by lsumatt
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:09 pm to
And I'll go ahead and say it before someone else does...Air Bud.
Posted by Bengal
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:09 pm to
Air Bud


ETA: Damn!
This post was edited on 8/8/08 at 12:10 pm
Posted by Michael J Cocks
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Posted on 8/8/08 at 12:09 pm to
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Every time I hear an update on the Favre situation I think of this character.





"Ummm.. Ummmm ahhhhhhh.... You got to pump up the volume I'm a football player for Christ sake!"
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