Blogcritics Comments on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Comment by Junior Bruce on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 01:58:48 EST

Thanks for all the feedback, folks. Thanks for taking the time to check the list out. I see there were several guys I overlooked, including that important note regarding Karras. Unforgivable. Might have to go back, reevaluate the list, and come up with another for the start of the next season.

Comment by REMF on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:08:20 EST

"Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - Never played in the NFL, but did manage two months on a CFL team before being cut. While my criteria was that each man listed have some kind of pro-football career, I didn't want to take the easy way out and list Rock in the top spot...because if he were going to be on this list, that's exactly where he'd be, based on the strength of his film career." - Junior Bruce

Comment by duane on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:35:32 EST

Oh, c'mon, Don Meredith's acting career trumps most of these guys.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 02:00:04 EST

I didn't know Mark Harmon had played football. But I think the criterion for inclusion in the list was that you had to have played professionally.

Comment by REMF on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:56:08 EST

Woody Strode - One of the first blacks to play in the NFL...played for the L.A. Rams in 1946...played for the CFL Calgary Stampeders, 1947-48...appeared in almost 60 films...my favorites with Strode were The Professionals and Spartacus; Bernie Casey - Played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers and LA Rams from 1961-68...appeared in over 50 films...my two favorites of his were Boxcar Bertha and Ring of Passion; Mark Harmon - Starting quarterback for UCLA for 2 years, 1972-73...has appeared in numerous films and TV shows.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:53:59 EST

What about Alan Autry, who spent a couple of seasons quarterbacking for the Kansas City Chiefs (I think), went on to star as Bubba in the TV series In the Heat of the Night and is now mayor of Fresno, California? ...Yeah, yeah, I know. What about him? :-D

Comment by zingzing on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:32:32 EST

mongo like candy. mongo straight. spanish balloons?

Comment by Matthew T. Sussman on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:31:13 EST

Did OJ's inclusion in this list also get awarded to the Goldman family?

Comment by El Bicho on The Top Ten: Football Players Turned Actors

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:01:13 EST

Bradshaw has made more than one movie. Karras was Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" and I guarantee more people can quote Mongo than any Bosworth character.