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Doug "The Thug" Glatt
Sep 04, 2013
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The Athletes
The 2011 hockey film, Goon, may never be thought historically as the 1977 sports classic, Slap Shot, but with a name like “Goon”, nobody could say that the movie did not deliver on its promise.
Sean William Scott (AKA: Steve Stiffler from the American Pie Movies) played Doug Glatt, a monosyllabic bar bouncer with fists of steel and brains of mush. Through a series of events, his pugilistic skills brought him to minor hockey in Canada, where like any hockey player he can fight, became popular with the fans. As a pure hockey film, it wasn’t the best representation of the sport, but it was entertaining, which is all you ask for in a film like this; that and Stiffler beating up a bunch of Canadian hockey players.
Derek Vinyard
Sep 05, 2013
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The Athletes
A controversial candidate for many obvious reasons, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) was the main protagonist in American History X, a film about a neo-Nazi who repented while in prison. One of the more pivotal scenes was when Vinyard led his team white supremacists to victory over a group of African Americans on a playground basketball court. It was a scene we loved and detested at the same time, but it was one of the better cinematic triumphs of the sport seen on the silver screen. Too bad that triumph was a little too much “Triumph of the Will”
Johnny Utah
Sep 05, 2013
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The Athletes
So this is the movie where Keanu Reeves tried to transition from Ted “Theodore” Logan to “serious actor”. We aren’t sure who to thank for that. We will say that few names are cooler (or douchier) than Johnny Utah.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Point Break (1991)
Actor:
Keanu Reeves
Why you should vote for him:
Whoa! Sorry, that’s all we got.
Why you should not vote for him:
The sport was showcased, but not in competition.
Johnny Lawrence
Sep 05, 2013
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The 2020 Fictitious Athlete Inductees
Perhaps the quintessential 80’s teen villain, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) had the coiffed blonde surfer hair, the yuppie parents, the arrogance, and the karate skills to make poor Ralph Macchio miserable for nearly two hours on screen. Now you know what happens to villains like this right? They sweep the leg at the end of the 1984 All Valley Tournament, yet still lose the trophy, their self-respect and a delicious looking Elizabeth Shue.