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Thornton Melon
Sep 29, 2013
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The Athletes
This may not be a sports movie, but in what we consider to be one of Rodney Dangerfield’s funniest performances, his character did the “Triple Lindy” to win the diving meet for Grand Lakes University. Okay, so the dive obviously wasn’t done by Dangerfield, but who cares?
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Back to School (1986)
Actor:
Rodney Dangerfield
Played for:
Grand Lakes Diving Team
Why you should vote for him:
This could be Dangerfield’s finest work.
Why you should not vote for him:
This is not really a sports movie.
Terry Tate
Sep 29, 2013
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The Athletes
We guess this qualifies. As Terry Tate: Office Linebacker, we got to see him destroy many suited white men destroyed with punishing hits (that would probably be banned in the NFL). The commercials were wildly popular, and allowed for its portrayer, Lester Speight to have his biggest success after unsuccessful careers in Football and Professional Wrestling, but we have to ask if a series of commercials qualify for our Hall of Fame? We aren’t sure either.
The Bullet Points:
Commercial Appeared:
Reebok (2002-05)
Actor:
Lester Speight
Position Portrayed:
Office Linebacker
Worked for:
Various Offices across the United States
Why you should vote for him:
It was a memorable series of commercials.
Why you should not vote for him:
Do commercials really qualify here?
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Terry Conklin
Sep 29, 2013
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The Athletes
This might not make sense now, but in the 1990’s, a white man was NOT becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World in the sport of Boxing; but it would draw a lot of money if people thought it could happen. Damn, did this movie become irrelevant fast.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Great White Hype (1996)
Actor:
Peter Berg
Why you should vote for him:
He did beat the champ…..when he was an amateur.
Why you should not vote for him:
The theme outshone the match…which wasn’t very good.
Terry Brogan
Sep 29, 2013
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The Athletes
Hmmmmm. We have a well-acted remake of a 1940’s Film Noir, with a Football related backstory that despite better than average reviews but is best known for the titular song that Phil Collins did. It doesn’t exactly seem like a winning formula for our Hall does it? Still, Jeff Bridges was great as Terry Brogan, the aging and released Football player of the Los Angeles Outlaws who was hired by the always entertaining James Woods to track down the Outlaws owner’s daughter. We didn’t get a lot of gridiron action, but we did get a lot of steamy sex scenes between Bridges and Rachel Ward; who was at her zenith of hotness, Rachel Ward. With all of this said, the entry of Terry Brogan might be “Against All Odds”. Sorry, again we couldn’t resist.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Against All Odds (1984)
Actor:
Jeff Bridges
Position Portrayed:
Wide Receiver
Played for:
Los Angeles Outlaws
Why you should vote for him:
He wound up on the Dolphins roster at the end, so we assume he was a good player at one pint…remember the Dolphins in the mid 80’s were very good.
Why you should not vote for him:
For a movie with so many Football related characters….where was the Football?
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