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Reading about Logan’s aspirations
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Reading about Logan’s aspirations


Jan 31, 2020, 7:19 PM

To become an actor reminded me of a similar situation quite a few years ago. Perhaps some of you ‘aged’ tnetters will remember this happening. I’m guessing in the early 80’s that NCSU had a BIG defensive lineman who had the persona, but not the talent nor charisma, of our Mr Wilkins, who decided after his football playing was over in Raleigh that he would go to Hollywood and become an actor. At the time I thought that this was ridiculously funny because this guy was no Paul Newman. Maybe a Fred Sanford! Nevertheless he ended up in Hollywood and very shortly after being there he got a movie role as a bouncer,bodyguard type of person. He actually appeared in a respectable movie. That was the last I heard of him! If this dude can make it in glitter city, Logan’s got a real good shot.

Anyone old enough to remember this?

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Jan 31, 2020, 7:24 PM

By any chance did he star in Breaking Bad as Saul Goodman's heavy?

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Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations


Jan 31, 2020, 7:31 PM

I honestly do not know the answer to that. I’ll ask my son who is an ex wolfie. Perhaps he will remember. If he doesn’t I’ll try to remember to ask Zack G. He would know but we don’t see him as often as we would like. He is certainly one who has MADE it!!!

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Feb 1, 2020, 8:59 PM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Hule! That dude's funny. He's a stand up comic for a day job. Cant remember his name.

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Jan 31, 2020, 7:38 PM

Burt Reynolds (FSU) and Dean Cain (Princeton 80's) two other football player turned actors I can think of.

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Jan 31, 2020, 7:44 PM

Here is one I bet few remember .... Elroy ‘crazylegs’ Hirsch! A looong time ago.

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:18 PM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Mark Harmon played QB at UCLA. Ed Marinaro (Columbia, I believe) was in a lot of things, but might be best known for “Hill Street Blues”. That was a popular cop show in the ‘80s

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:26 PM

I think John Wayne played FB at USC.

I’m also old enough to remember when OJ was a very popular actor

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Feb 1, 2020, 5:55 AM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Ed Marinero went to Cornell with me and finished second in the Heisman in 1971
5 years in the pros
Long acting career recently Blue Mountain State tv series
Ton of Hallmark films

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Feb 1, 2020, 5:57 AM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Ed Marinero went to Cornell with me and finished second in the Heisman in 1971
5 years in the pros
Long acting career recently Blue Mountain State tv series
Ton of Hallmark films

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Feb 1, 2020, 5:57 AM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Ed Marinero went to Cornell with me and finished second in the Heisman in 1971
5 years in the pros
Long acting career recently Blue Mountain State tv series
Ton of Hallmark films

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:25 PM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Merlin Olsen and that dude who played the dad in that dumb 80's sitcom Webster.

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:57 PM

That was Alex Karras in Webster.

If we’re talking guys who played in the NFL and then went into acting:

Carl Weathers
Jim Brown
Duck Butkus
Fran Tarkenton hosted a show called “That’s Incredible” in the 80’s

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Jan 31, 2020, 10:52 PM

Alex Karras, Mongo in Blazing Saddles.

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:58 PM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

Alex Karras, Carl Weathers

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Merlin Olson was in Little House on the Prairie and he


Jan 31, 2020, 10:28 PM [ in reply to Re: Reading about Logan’s aspirations ]

played in the NFL.

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You can start with John Heisman


Jan 31, 2020, 7:56 PM

He founded drama clubs at several colleges where he coached including Clemson although most of his performances were in Asheville, NC during the summer while he was here. He performed everything from Shakespeare to whatever popular contemporary work was available.

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Jan 31, 2020, 9:26 PM

Roman Gabriel (NC State/Rams and Eagles) and Duane "The Rock" Johnson (Miami) are a couple more.

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Johnny Mac Brown was a star RB at Bammer in the 30s


Jan 31, 2020, 11:19 PM

and they played in the Rose Bowl. He was"discovered" and went on to a long career as a cowboy star.

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Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson


Jan 31, 2020, 9:28 PM

Starred in RECOVERY: UNPLUGGED

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Don Meredith and Fred Dryer come to mind. Most of are too


Jan 31, 2020, 9:37 PM

young to remember Johnny Mack Brown who was an all american from Alabama who became a big western star.

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Jan 31, 2020, 10:03 PM

Burt Reynolds (FSU WR) AKA "The Bandit" and other movies. "Hustle" with Catherine Deneuve - I would say he made it.

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Jan 31, 2020, 10:10 PM

Former Clemson player Jock McKissick is an actor right now ..,
Take a look at his IMDB ... quite a few roles...

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Well Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson


Jan 31, 2020, 10:22 PM

Is another. Also Bill Cosby (Temple), Nick Nolte (AZ St), and James Caan (Mich St), Tommy Lee Jones (Harvard) all played college football.

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Re: Well Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson


Jan 31, 2020, 10:26 PM

O J SIMPSON??

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Re: Well Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson


Jan 31, 2020, 10:29 PM

He was mentioned above. Didn’t want to duplicate

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Feb 1, 2020, 12:43 AM

I don’t recall a football player from State going into acting but I do remember a huge heavyweight wrestler from there named Tab Thacker. He was about 450 lbs. he won 4 ACC championships and only lost a handful of matches one of which was at Clemson to our heavyweight who was about half his weight. Incredibly exciting match.

Thacker went to Hollywood and was in several movies including some of the Police Academy sequels. He died at age 45 in 2007 from complications from Diabetes.

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Feb 1, 2020, 8:56 PM

I think that you are correct. The thought of him maybe being a wrestler occurred to me. Thacker sounds like the guy. Thanks

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Feb 1, 2020, 3:39 AM

Al Bundy!

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Haven't read the story about Logan wanting to be an actor


Feb 1, 2020, 8:52 AM

but best of luck to him in whatever he decides to do/pursue.

There is a lot of luck involved when it comes to making that acting gig your main source of income. Young, talented, "pretty" faces hanging around the Hollywood and the New York acting scene are a penny a dozen - just making it to the point where acting will pay the monthly bills in that crowded field of folks is a low probability proposition. I'm just glad Logan will have a Clemson degree to fall back on in case this whole acting thing doesn't work out.

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Feb 1, 2020, 9:29 AM

Swofford- played some football and has been "acting" as an impartial commissioner for years. Now its pretty weak acting but acting none the less

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