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Lenny Feder
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
It is a bit of stretch we know, but Adam Sandler, who loves athletics and athlete roles, was positioned as a Basketball standout that could always hit the corner three…in middle school. In his ensemble comedy, Grown Ups, it was established that he was the star of his team, though we have to wonder just how important middle school Basketball Coaches really are to get a star Hollywood agent to come back to his small town. Either way, Lenny Feder (Sandler’s character) deliberately misses a three pointer (the same one that one a championship game as a kid) to teach his son a lesson. Now that we think about it, Sandler only stinks in fictional athletics on purpose. Hmmmm.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Grown Ups (2010)
Actor:
Adam Sandler
Position Played:
Unknown
Played for:
Unknown Middle School in Connecticut
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Say what you want about Sandler, lover him or hate him, he is a major force in this world of fictional athletes.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
His athletic highlight took place in middle school.
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Lee
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The 2022 Fictitious Athlete Inductees
Although Enter the Dragon in terms of plot made no real sense whatsoever, it didn’t matter as this was the movie that finally got American audiences to see Bruce Lee and they were content to watch him kick ass. We aren’t even sure that he belongs here, but Bruce Lee (playing a guy named Lee not so coincidentally) goes onto to the bad guy’s island to compete in a Marital Arts tournament. That makes him barely qualify here, but what kind of tournament was this? We saw nothing that told us rules, brackets, and in theory we never even saw the tournament end!
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Actor:
Bruce Lee
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Bruce Lee is not just a legend, he is a God.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Yeah he kicked ass, but what kind of tournament was this?
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Larry Murphy
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
In the 70’s and 80’s, there were a lot of good Made for TV movies, one of which starred Peter Strauss, as Larry Murphy, a convicted felon with the gift for middle distance running. Essentially, it is shown that he is good enough to make the United States Olympic team, and is even given a trial to prove it, only to have it puled right from under him. He never did get a chance to prove he could be the best, unless you count what he did against a stopwatch.
The Bullet Points:
TV Movie Appeared:
The Jericho Mile (1979)
Actor:
Peter Strauss
Why You Should Vote For Him:
It was a great story, and was one of the most respected TV movies of its day.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Technically, we never saw him compete.
Lance Sullivan
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
We have to say this about Morris Chestnut: we have no problem believing completely that he was a star Running Back, which puts him already ahead of several other fictitious football players. In “The Best Man” we learn that his character, Lance Sullivan was a star Running Back in College and in the sequel made fourteen years later, we saw him break the Rushing record as a professional with the New York Giants. On the surface it seems like a certain surefire contender right? Not exactly.
In the first film we never saw him play, and when he broke the Rushing record in the sequel it was more of a tribute to his dying wife. Basically, the fact that he was a star Running Back, could have easily been transformed into star musician, or just a generic player so to speak.
The Bullet Points:
Movies Appeared:
The Best Man (1999)
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
Actor:
Morris Chestnut
Position Played:
Running Back
Played for:
The New York Giants
Why You Should Vote For Him:
He did break the NFL Rushing Record after all
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Football is so far down on the list of the themes in this pair of films.
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