My list of Athletes who are in TV or Movies

Posted by Lou Gehrig at 12.3.166.194 on December 20, 1999 at 14:59:13:

I gave special consideration if the movie was not about their Sport, and if they were the main star, or just a supporting actor.

Athlete Sport “Favorite Performance”

18 Wilt Chamberlain NBA Conan the Destroyer
17 Dick Butkus NFL My Two Dads/Hang Time
16 John Matuszak NFL Caveman
15 Howie Long NFL Fire Storm/Broken Arrow
14 Michael Jordan NBA SpaceJam
13 Andre the Giant Wrestling The Princess Bride
12 Terry Bradshaw NFL The Cannonball Run
11 Pele Soccer Victory
10 Bob Uecker Baseball Major League
9 Tony Danza Boxer Taxi
8 Ed Marinaro Heisman Winner Hill Street Blues
7 Jesse Ventura Wrestler Predator/The Running Man
6 Jim Brown NFL The Dirty Dozen
5 OJ Simpson NFL Naked Gun 33 1/3
4 Ray Allen NBA He Got Game
3 Bubba Smith NFL Police Academy
2 Jason Lee Skateboarder Mallrats
1 Fred Dryer NFL Hunter

with special mention for
Body Builders Lou Ferrigno (Incredible Hulk) and Arnold Schwarzenegger(T2)
College Football Mark Harmon (Summer School) Dean Cain (Lois & Clark) and Burt Reynolds (Deliverance)

Follow Ups:

• How did you ever think up a topic like this? Punk in Drublic 18:00:22 12/20/99 (1)
  • I couldn't post to archived board *NT* Lou Gehrig 10:38:15 12/22/99 (0)
• This is way way way off-topic. Smalls 16:17:33 12/20/99 (0)
• Re: My list of Athletes who are in TV or Movies dmcat12 15:24:23 12/20/99 (0)
• My favorite: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game of Death Caleb 15:10:00 12/20/99 (0)
• What about Brett Farvre's...... Jimmy B 15:04:34 12/20/99 (0)
• I'm not even going to bother.... RugMuncher 15:03:01 12/20/99 (1)
  • Draft or a shot? It's on me. *nt* Placenta Jones 15:17:45 12/20/99 (0)

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