2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Gavin Grey

TV Show/Movie Appeared: Everybody’s All American (1988)
Actor/Actress: Dennis Quaid
Position Portrayed: Fullback
Played For:: LSU/Washington Redskins/Denver Broncos
Why you should vote:: It is Dennis Quaid, one of our favorite actors all time for this purpose.
Why you should not vote:: If there is a Quaid role to look at, there are better than this
Maybe this film didn’t go all the way. Everybody’s All American showcased Dennis Quaid as Gavin Grey as a superstar Running Back at LSU who had life by the balls and was the proverbial “Big Man on Campus”. He would go on to have a decent pro career, though we would slowly watch him go from college superstar, to solid pro, to a has-been longing for the past. The football scenes in the film were decent, so there is no issue here with that, but as much as we love Quaid in films about athletes, we equally detest him when he tries to put on an accent of any kind. The book in which the film is based on has the lead character commit suicide over the depression over losing who he was. With the current climate of football, perhaps this is where the film should have gone, and take it to the conclusion it was probably meant to go. A sad ending is better than the non-committed one it had.