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Title: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: GOLDMEMBER on September 07, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
Loved him in Boogie Nights, Smokie the Bandit and Cannonball run.

82 years. Great life!

I read he was a pro athlete before acting, what did he do?

RIP
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: New_Earth_Mud on September 07, 2018, 03:41:11 AM
Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on September 07, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
Loved him in Boogie Nights, Smokie the Bandit and Cannonball run.

82 years. Great life!

I read he was a pro athlete before acting, what did he do?

RIP




Fun Movies    RIP
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: buckzumhoff on September 07, 2018, 04:44:01 AM
Longest Yard.  Deliverance.
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: Norlorne Dr. on September 07, 2018, 10:44:40 AM
Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on September 07, 2018, 02:49:19 AM
Loved him in Boogie Nights, Smokie the Bandit and Cannonball run.

82 years. Great life!

I read he was a pro athlete before acting, what did he do?

RIP


From wikipedia:

During 10th grade at Palm Beach High School, Reynolds was named First Team All State and All Southern as a fullback, and received multiple scholarship offers. After graduating from Palm Beach High, he attended Florida State University on a football scholarship and played halfback. While at Florida State, Reynolds roomed with college football broadcaster and analyst Lee Corso, and also became a brother of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He hoped to be named to All-American teams and have a career in professional football, but he suffered a knee injury in the first game of his sophomore season, and later that year he lost his spleen and injured his other knee as a result of a car accident. These injuries hampered Reynolds' abilities on the field, and after being beaten in coverage for the game-winning touchdown in a 7-0 loss to North Carolina State on October 12, 1957, he decided to give up football.

Ending his college football career, Reynolds thought of becoming a police officer, but his father suggested he finish college and become a parole officer.
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: blue_gold_84 on September 07, 2018, 01:20:25 PM
Legendary man. RIP
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: Old Rusty on October 03, 2018, 07:12:48 PM
"Longest yard" was his best movie IMHO.     
Title: Re: RIP Burt Reynolds
Post by: Norlorne Dr. on October 13, 2018, 12:14:31 PM
Not his best work, but "Cop and a Half" had a few good laughs  :D :D