So does Chuck Norris count as a professional athlete? Not sure if all his martial arts were paid or not...
Wilt Chamberlain was in one of the Conan movies LOL
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
John Matuszak was in the football movie North Dallas Forty. And his acting was quite a bit better than Bo Svenson's was in that movie.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
To connect a couple of things, the character of quarterback Seth Maxwell in North Dallas Forty was assumed, with very good reason, to be based on Don Meredith.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I stand corrected. As ex-athletes go, Meredith appeared in a lot of things, mostly as a recurring character in Police Story.
I also want to give an Honorable Mention to Bill Laimbeer. Before he was a Detrot Piston and really, even before Notre Dame, he was a sleestak in the original Land of the Lost TV show...
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1. He was the first and only person I could think of at the moment.
2. In defense of myself, when reading the opening post, it said "followed it up with success on the silver/TV screen". Strahan has certainly had great success on TV, regardless of whether he can actually act or not.
The original version of The Longest Yard featured a number of NFL players, including Joe Kapp and Ray Nitschke.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.