| John Matuszak | |
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| Date of birth: | October 25, 1950 |
| Place of birth: |  Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Date of death: | June 17, 1989 (aged 38) |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive end |
| Jersey №: | 72 |
| College: | Tampa |
| NFL Draft: | 1973 / Round: 1/ Pick 1 |
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| As player: | |
| 1973 1974-1975 1976-1981 |
Houston Oilers Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
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Biography
Early life
Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin in 1950 to Audrey and Marvin Matuszak. Oak Creek is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marvin H Matuszak (born September 12, 1931 in South Bend Indiana) was an American football Linebacker in the NFL He was always big for his age, which became an advantage as a defensive lineman in football. A defensive lineman is any of the down positions on the defensive side of Canadian and American football. When he eventually turned pro, he stood 6 feet 8 inches (2. 03 meters) and weighed over 280 pounds (127 kilograms). He attended the University of Tampa where he was the star of their football team and a brother of the Theta Chi fraternity. The University of Tampa, or UT, is a private co-educational university in downtown Tampa Florida. Theta Chi Fraternity (ΘΧ is an international college fraternity. (Incidentally, the football program at the University of Tampa ended after the 1974 season. The University of Tampa, or UT, is a private co-educational university in downtown Tampa Florida. ) He also attended University of Missouri and Iowa Central Community College before going to Tampa. The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research Iowa Central Community College is a Community college located in Fort Dodge Iowa, with satellite campuses in Webster City and Storm Lake. [1]
Football career
Matuszak, drafted by the Houston Oilers of the NFL, was the first draft pick of 1973. The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville Tennessee. The 1973 National Football League Draft was held on January 30–31 1973 In addition to his contract with the Oilers, he joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played because of a restraining order that barred him from playing for two teams at the same time. The Shreveport Steamer, who began their franchise as the Houston Texans, was a professional football team in the World Football League. The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. The Oilers, displeased that he tried joining the WFL, traded him to the Kansas City Chiefs where he played until 1975. The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. Then he found himself with the Raiders in 1976. The 1976 NFL season was the 57th Regular season of the National Football League. He helped the Raiders win two Super Bowls (XI and XV) before retiring after the 1981 season. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Super Bowl XI was an American football game played on January 9, 1977 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California to decide the Super Bowl XV was an American football game played on January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana to The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd Regular season of the National Football League. He played a total of 123 games in nine seasons of professional football.
His football career was often overshadowed by his even more famous (or infamous) partying and seemingly endless use of drugs. In his autobiography, he stated that he took many painkillers as well as other narcotics while playing professional football. The term narcotic (ναρκωτικός is believed to have been coined by the Greek physician Galen to refer to agents that benumb or deaden causing loss Because of this, an article written for Sports Illustrated's website in January 2005 named him one of the top five all-time "bad boys" of the NFL. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. [1]
Acting
Matuszak became a fairly successful actor in the 1980s, making appearances in movies and on television, often portraying football players or gentle giants. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic His first major role was in the 1979 movie North Dallas Forty as a football player. The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode North Dallas Forty is a 1979 Dramatic Film written by Peter Gent and starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and He appeared in the movies Caveman (1981) and The Ice Pirates (1984), but is frequently remembered as deformed captive Sloth in The Goonies (1985), the make-up for which took five hours to apply. Caveman is a 1981 Slapstick Comedy film financed by George Harrison, written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. The Ice Pirates is a 1984 comedy / Science-fiction film. It was directed by Stewart Raffill (previously the director of the Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name "Goonies" redirects here For other uses see Goonies (disambiguation. Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films [2] Matuszak's character Sloth wears an Oakland Raiders shirt throughout the movie. He had numerous guest appearances in popular TV shows such as Perfect Strangers, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard, Hunter, The A-Team, First and Ten and Miami Vice. Perfect Strangers is an American Sitcom that ran for eight seasons from 1986 through 1993 on ABC. M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. The Dukes of Hazzard is an American Television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. Hunter is a police drama television series starring Fred Dryer which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991 The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special Forces Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC.
Death
His autobiography, Cruisin' with the Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn was published in 1987. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" The year 1987 in literature involved some significant events and new books Matuszak died of heart failure in Burbank, California in June 1989. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. He was still only 38 years old, and his early death has been blamed on his lifestyle, including the possible use of anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids, or anabolic-androgenic steroids ( AAS) are a class of Steroid hormones related to the hormone Testosterone.
However, his sister also died at an early age due to heart failure, which suggests that a genetic heart disorder may have caused his premature death.
References
- John Matuszak and Steve Delsohn. Cruisin' with the Tooz. 1987. ISBN 0-531-15055-0.
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