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2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Larry Murphy

TV Show/Movie Appeared: The Jericho Mile (1979)
Actor/Actress: Peter Strauss
Why you should vote:: It was a great story, and was one of the most respected TV movies of its day.
Why you should not vote:: Technically, we never saw him compete.
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.