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Steve Tevere
Nov 19, 2014
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The Athletes
In 1984, the United States dominated the Olympic Summer Games in a way that had never done before; though the boycott of the Soviet Bloc certainly helped. This made temporary stars of the American male gymnasts, one of which, Mitch Gaylord, gave us the horrific American Anthem, where he played…wait for it…a gymnast.
The film tanked and once again Hollywood remembered that the U.S. only cares about male gymnastics for two weeks every four years. So much for the film career of Mitch Gaylord, but at least it wasn’t Kurt Thomas’ Gymkata.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
American Anthem (1986)
Actor:
Mitch Gaylord
Why You Should Vote For Him:
This was not Gymkata.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Sorry, but nobody cares about male gymnasts.
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Spider Rico
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
The first opponent we ever see of our first Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame inductee, Rocky Balboa, is the Puerto Rican pugilist, Spider Rico, a Philadelphia based club fighter who lost a rough encounter with the Italian Stallion in the film’s opening minutes. By the looks of Rico, he was in the twilight of his career and was a “bum” according to Mickey Goldmill. We however loved his brief cameo in Rocky Balboa eating at Adrain’s Restaurant.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Actor:
Pedro Lovell
Why You Should Vote For Him:
He is a member of the Rocky family; arguably the best sports franchise in film.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
He had a small role, and was relatively interchangeable.
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Rick Kane
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
In the traditional sports genre, we have a character that wins a wave tank competition in Arizona and looks to see what he has against the big dogs in Hawaii. If you understand Sports films, you already know the plot, so let’s not “spoil” it here, shall we?
Ray Jennings
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
Played by real life Running Back Arian Foster (who incidentally was himself undrafted) we meet Ray Jennings a Running Back (surprise) from Florida State in the film Draft Day. Let’s just cut right to it shall we? We have a beast of a real NFL player (who acted just well enough) whose dad happened to be Cheeseburger Eddie. How can he not be on the ballot?
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Draft Day (2013)
Actor:
Arian Foster
Position Played:
Running Back
Played for:
Florida State
Why You Should Vote For Him:
We have a real RB in the role.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
What real performance do we have of Foster?
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