Today's bit player is a famous baseball player, but went against type by playing a football player in his one big acting role. Here he is in 1979's TV Movie Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, where he played wide receiver Kyle Jessop, the love interest of a cheerleader played by Ellen Bry.
Other than an uncredited appearance in the 1985 baseball movie The Slugger's Wife, his only other acting credit was in the 2015 movie Walt Before Mickey, where he played the father of a child actress.
It's former Yankees star Bucky Dent! His legendary hot streak of October 1978, with the playoff-winning home run against the Red Sox followed by an MVP performance in the World Series against the Dodgers, catapulted the young shortstop into instant fame, including the opportunity to appear in this TV movie.
Best known as a Yankee, he started and ended his career with other AL teams. Here are my first and last cards of this "Cowboys wide receiver".
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ReplyDeletelol, I guess 5' 11" would have been okay for a WR in the 80's. lol.
ReplyDeleteRockin' the sweet Adidas three-stripe track suit. Nice.
ReplyDeleteF'ing Dent! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis one was new to me.
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