Phil C
02-11-2005, 03:32 PM
One was All-American which starred Tony Curtis. It was a good movie that I once saw on television years ago. Frank Gifford the great football player and sports announcer also had a part in the movie in the role of Stan.
Another one was The Rose Bowl Story starring Marshall Thompson. Another good football movie. Thompson is best known as the doctor in the tv series Daktari. He also starred as the assassin the movie The Tall Target based on a true event in Baltimore in 1861 before the Civil War when some conspirators tried to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Dick Powell plays the agent that protects the President and ironically his character was named John Kennedy. Also appearing himself in the Rose Bowl movie was Tom Harmon the great Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan who later was the broadcaster for the UCLA football games. Harmon played great football for Michigan for three years but Michigan could never beat Minnesota who were national champions two years while Harmon was at Michigan and also ironically Harmon was not popular with his teammates who insulted him when he was a senior by not electing him captain of the football team.
These two movies as I remember are great movies and I think they are not very long and were filmed in black and white which may be why you don't see them on the ESPN classics.
Another one was The Rose Bowl Story starring Marshall Thompson. Another good football movie. Thompson is best known as the doctor in the tv series Daktari. He also starred as the assassin the movie The Tall Target based on a true event in Baltimore in 1861 before the Civil War when some conspirators tried to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Dick Powell plays the agent that protects the President and ironically his character was named John Kennedy. Also appearing himself in the Rose Bowl movie was Tom Harmon the great Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan who later was the broadcaster for the UCLA football games. Harmon played great football for Michigan for three years but Michigan could never beat Minnesota who were national champions two years while Harmon was at Michigan and also ironically Harmon was not popular with his teammates who insulted him when he was a senior by not electing him captain of the football team.
These two movies as I remember are great movies and I think they are not very long and were filmed in black and white which may be why you don't see them on the ESPN classics.