2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Derek Sutton

TV Show/Movie Appeared: Youngblood (1986)
Actor/Actress: Patrick Swayze
Position Portrayed: Centre
Played For:: Hamilton Mustangs
Why you should vote:: Swayze was the talent on the team; that might be worth something.
Why you should not vote:: Swayze was not (though should have been) the star of the film.
In watching “Youngblood”, we still are not sure if Patrick Swayze was a real good actor, or just someone who did not stink while surrounded by idiotic lines and weak acting. Maybe, it is a bit of both. As Derek Sutton, Swayze was the star Centre for the Hamilton Mustangs (despite Swayze being 34 years old at the time, fourteen years older than the oldest player in Junior Hockey) and was thankful to be in a sport for “middle sized white guys”. He was the leader of the team, which is until the Hollywood injury to the opponent’s goon took him out. Of course he was avenged by Rob Lowe…..wait, the guy from Road House was avenged by the Oxford Blues guy? That can’t be right.