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Frederick Palowaski "Ogre"
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
We know there were no actual football scenes in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, but the clear rivals in this film was the Adams College Football team VS the incoming geeks of the institution. The heroes may have been the geeks, but you couldn’t help but want to party with (regardless of whether you were cool or not) with Ogre, the monosyllabic linebacker who hated nerds (though he wasn’t sure why) and drank a lot of beer. Perhaps that is why at the end of the sequel Ogre, became joined Lambda Lambda Lambda and became one of the “good guys”, and also no matter what other gruff role Donald Gibb had, he would always be “Ogre” to most of us.
Frank Cushman
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
When you first watched “Stand By Me” would you have ever thought in a million years that the fat kid would have believable as a number one draft pick in the NFL? Not only that, did you ever believe he would turn into a capable (we didn’t say great) actor? Perhaps it is that disbelief that got him onto our ballot.
Flash Gordon
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
We guess this qualifies. Altering the backstory to make him the Quarterback of the New York Jets (and we are sure he did better than Mark Sanchez), Flash Gordon does little in the realm of Football in this film that makes you remember that he is an NFL player. Still, with the movie is “so bad that it’s good” aura and status as a cult classic, could we see Flash Gordon enter this establishment?
David Greene
Aug 21, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Does this one count? David Greene (Brendan Fraser) is from a working class Jewish family in Scranton, and is awarded an athletic scholarship to St. Matthews Prep. He faces bigotry once his teammates and classmates find out he is Jewish, but that is what the film is about, which overshadowed the few decent gridiron scenes from Fraser, who had the frame at the time to deliver it. This may have been one of the better roles of Fraser’s career (we are not exactly sure if that says something), but without seeing enough of the sport, do we really have a candidate here?