10 Actors Who Play The Game Onscreen

Pooch Hall is coming to 106 & Park tonight!

Pooch Hall Is on 106 & Park Tonight! - Pooch Hall plays a football player on television, but did you know that he was once an avid boxer?Find out a little bit more about Pooch Hall tonight when he stops by 106 & Park at 6P/5C!(Photo: PictureGroup)

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Pooch Hall Is on 106 & Park Tonight! - Pooch Hall plays a football player on television, but did you know that he was once an avid boxer?Find out a little bit more about Pooch Hall tonight when he stops by 106 & Park at 6P/5C!(Photo: PictureGroup)

The Express - Ernie Davis is one of the greatest football players to ever grace the gridiron. Ernie was a star football player at Syracuse University and one of the first Black winners of the 1961 Heisman trophy. Unfortunately, this No. 1, first round draft pick never played in a professional game because he came down with lukemia. The Express shows the rise and life of the Elmira native from childhood until his untimely death.   (Photo: Relativity Media)

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Rob Brown - Ernie Davis was one of the best college football players in history and the first African-American to win the coveted Heisman Trophy in 1961. Rob Brown portrayed the college great in the 2008 movie, The Express.(Photo: Relativity Media)

Carl Weathers - Carl Weathers has been in a lot of films and he's had an amazingly long career, but we all know him and love him as the slick-talking, bad-to-the-bone boxer, Apollo Creed, from the first four installments of the Rocky movies.(Photo: United Artists)

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Carl Weathers - Carl Weathers has been in a lot of films and he's had an amazingly long career, but we all know him and love him as the slick-talking, bad-to-the-bone boxer, Apollo Creed, from the first four installments of the Rocky movies.(Photo: United Artists)

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Derek Luke - Derek Luke portrayed baller Bobby Joe Hill in the 2006 film Glory Road, which told the story of the 1965-1966 Texas Western College basketball team. The Texas Western team was the first team in NCAA history to have an all-Black starting line-up.(Photo: Walt Disney Pictures)

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Quinton Aaron - In 2009, Quinton Aaron portrayed Baltimore Ravens player Michael Oher in The Blind Side. The movie told the story of Oher's journey from homelessness to the NFL with the help and support of his adoptive family, the Tuohys.(Photo: Alcon Entertainment)

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Quinton Aaron - In 2009, Quinton Aaron portrayed Baltimore Ravens player Michael Oher in The Blind Side. The movie told the story of Oher's journey from homelessness to the NFL with the help and support of his adoptive family, the Tuohys.(Photo: Alcon Entertainment)

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Rick Fox - He Got Game gave Ray Allen some shine as an actor, but it also made one thing clear; Rick Fox had talent off of the hardwood. Rick Fox's role as Chick Deagan was one of his first tastes of Hollywood, but it definitely wasn't his last.(Photo: The CW/Scott Humbert/Landov)

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50 Cent - 50 Cent lost an incredible amount of weight to play Deon in 2011's All Things Fall Apart. 50 played an athlete fighting cancer and did everything in his power to fit the part perfectly. Nothing but props to 50!(Courtesy: Cheetah Vision)

Brian White - Brian White's role as pro football player Jamal Webber in The Game Plan was art imitating life, since the actor actually played in the NFL long before he was a Hollywood box office draw.(Photo: Walt Disney Pictures)

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Brian White - Brian White's role as pro football player Jamal Webber in The Game Plan was art imitating life, since the actor actually played in the NFL long before he was a Hollywood box office draw.(Photo: Walt Disney Pictures)

Herman Boone - Denzel Washington played Herman Boone in Remember the Titans. Boone was the football coach at a school in Virginia that was experiencing a good deal of racial tension. Boone managed to mentor both the Black players and the white players about the importance of teamwork, tolerance and understanding. (Photo: Jerry Bruckheimer Films)

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Donald Faison - Remember The Titans is a historical sports drama starring Denzel Washington as head coach Herman Boone. Donald Faison plays the slick-talking and extremely talented football player, Petey Jones. Faison has been around for a minute and he still gives all of himself to every role that he takes on. Respect.(Photo: Jerry Bruckheimer Films)