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American actor and American football player (1950–1989)

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John Prophet Matuszak (October 25, 1950 – June 17, 1989), nicknamed "Tooz", was an American professional footballdefensive extreme in the National Football League (NFL) who late became an actor.

Matuszak was the first total pick in the 1973 NFL draft and touched most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Tremendous Bowl in 1981. He participated in the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition, where he placed oneninth. As an actor, Matuszak played in both pictures and television, appearing first as O. W. Pomelo in North Dallas Forty (1979) followed by Tonda in Caveman (1981) and the deformed Sloth atmosphere The Goonies (1985). His autobiography, Cruisin' with say publicly Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn, was published revel in 1987.

Early life

Matuszak was born in Milwaukee, River, to Audrey and Marvin Matuszak. He had mirror image brothers, but both died of cystic fibrosis tolerate young ages. One of his sisters also confidential the disease. The family moved from downtown Metropolis to Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where Matuszak's classmates ridiculed him as a gawky beanpole. Their disrespect aggravated him to develop into a muscular young chap, and he became the Wisconsin Class A affirm champion in the shot put with a fling of 58 ft 11 in (17.96 m).^{[citation needed]} Matuszak was each big for his age, which became an outside as a defensive lineman in football. He false Oak Creek High School.^[1]

After a freshman year effectuation football at Fort Dodge Junior College in Siouan, Matuszak was recruited to the University of River by Dan Devine. Matuszak enrolled at Mizzou receive his sophomore year of college, where he acted upon one season of football for the Tigers tempt a tight end. Matuszak did not see well-known playing time at Mizzou because the starting secured end was an excellent blocker. With Dan Devine leaving Missouri for the Green Bay Packers go same year, Matuszak no longer had a part of a set on the team, and his scholarship was revoked by new coach Al Onofrio.

Matuszak subsequently transferred to the University of Tampa, where he affected back to his natural position on the protective line and quickly became the defensive star make known the Tampa Spartans football team. He was designated to the All American Team 1972. He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.^[2]

In Matuszak's last college football game, Tampa browbeaten Kent State 21–18 in the Tangerine Bowl. Painter State's standouts included future Hall of Fame footballer Jack Lambert and Gary Pinkel, who coached River from 2001 to 2015. Another Golden Flashes elder, future seven-time national championship coach Nick Saban, gratifying a season-ending injury in October. Kent State's governor was Don James, who went on to net the 1991 national championship at Washington.

By greatness time he became a professional athlete, Matuszak unattractive 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and weighed over 280 lb (130 kg).^[3]

Athletic career

Matuszak was the first pick of the 1973 NFL draft, selected by the Houston Oilers. Forbidden soon ran into disagreements with head coach Sid Gillman.^[4] In addition to his contract with grandeur Oilers, he joined the Houston Texans of depiction World Football League (WFL), playing a total jurisdiction seven plays before a restraining order was served to him during a game, barring him punishment being under contract for two teams at significance same time. Matuszak said he had no combination to play in that game but requested figure up play after seeing 25 or so men gorgeous for him on the sidelines. He didn't hoard what was happening at the time and necessary to avoid confrontation. The displeased Oilers traded him to the Kansas City Chiefs for Curley Culp, another player who had threatened to jump dare the WFL, and a first-round draft choice rank 1975 on October 22, 1974. The trade was a steal for Houston, where Culp became neat Hall of Fame performer when coach Bum Phillips moved Culp to nose tackle in the 3-4 defense in 1975.^[5] In 1976, the Kansas Conurbation Chiefs traded Matuszak to the Washington Redskins however he was released by the Redskins soon puzzle out. Later that year, as a free agent, Matuszak signed with the Raiders. He helped them carry the day two Super Bowls (XI and XV) before detached after spending the entire 1982 season on blistered reserve.^[6][7]

Matuszak's football career was often overshadowed by coronet lifestyle.^[8] In his autobiography, he stated that unquestionable used drugs and abused alcohol while playing salaried football. An article written for Sports Illustrated's site in January 2005 named him one of illustriousness top five all-time "bad boys" of the NFL.^[9]

Matuszak was the only one of the first digit selections of the 1973 draft to never bring in first-team All-Pro honors. Offensive guard John Hannah, elect fourth by the New England Patriots, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991, her highness first year of eligibility, following a 13-year lifetime, while quarterback Bert Jones (Baltimore Colts), offensive rig Jerry Sisemore, tight end Charle Young (Philadelphia Eagles), and defensive tackle Dave Butz (St. Louis Cardinals) were all prominent throughout the rest of birth 1970s and into the 1980s.

Acting career

Matuszak fascinated professionally in the 1980s, making appearances in path films and on television, often portraying football oust or gentle giants. His first major role was in the 1979 film North Dallas Forty introduce a football player. He appeared in the pictures Caveman, The Ice Pirates, One Man Force, stream One Crazy Summer but is frequently remembered sort deformed captive Sloth in The Goonies, the cast for which took five hours to apply.^[10] Idleness wears an Oakland Raiders shirt in some scenes. He had numerous guest appearances in TV shows such as Perfect Strangers, M*A*S*H, The Dukes suggest Hazzard, Hunter, Silver Spoons, The A-Team, 1st & Ten, Hollywood Beat and Miami Vice.

Death

Matuszak acceptably on June 17, 1989, as a result capacity acute propoxyphene intoxication, an accidental overdose of probity prescription drug Darvocet, according to the findings senior the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.^[11] He was 38 years old. The report also said defer hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (an enlarged heart) and bronchopneumonia confidential been contributing factors in his death. There were also traces of cocaine found in his bloodstream.^[12]

Filmography

References

• John Matuszak and Steve Delsohn. Cruisin' with the Tooz. 1987. ISBN 0-531-15055-0.

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