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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Les Josephson in TV and Movies
In 1970 Josephson played a football Player in the TV show
Bracken's World
In 1975 he was Rick Laport in
The Six Million Dollar Man
Police Woman
(1977)
In 1978's
Superdome
he
was Nick Caretta
Also in 1978 he was Owens in
Heaven Can Wait
Friday, October 23, 2015
Eric Dickerson in Hollywood
On the HBO series
1st & Ten: The Championship
Dickerson played a Clubber Lang-type athlete, full of taunting.
The Kid & I was a film in 2005 and Dickerson essentially played himself.
According to IMDB Dickerson played a US Marshall
CSI: NY
(TV Series)
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Billy Wade's Hollywood Connection
Billy Wade starred as himself in the Donna Reed Show in 1958 with a host of other Rams.
The Wit and Wisdom of Ron Caitlin
Cynical All-Pro Quarterback Ron Caitlin was full of quit-witted barbs in the film
Number One
. Here are a few examples.
On losing a game:
On the NFL
payscale
:
On the media:
On retirement:
When being taunted by a rookie:
Friday, October 9, 2015
Rolf Benirschke in Hollywood
Rolf Benirschke, after his NFL career, got the gig as the host of "Wheel of Fortune" replacing Pat Sajak from January 10 to June 30, 1989.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Defensive Linemen in Film: Carl Eller
Carl Eller was another defensive
linemen
featured in
The Black Six
. More of a heavy that Joe Greene he still had comedic moments. Mocking a redneck's knife during a rumble, for example. Here are some stills of Eller from the film.
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