Brian Bosworth

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Brian Bosworth
Brian Bosworth.jpg
Bosworth 2009
Position (s):
Linebacker 		Jersey number (s):
55
born March 9, 1965 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma
Career information
Active : 1987 - 1989
Supplemental Draft : 1987 / Round: 1st
College : Oklahoma
Teams
Career statistics
Tackles     160
Sacks     4.0
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes
College Football Hall of Fame

Brian Keith Bosworth ( nicknamed "The Boz"; * 9. March 1965 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) is a former American American football poker players and actors .

Life

Brian Bosworther was already an outstanding player in college and won the Dick Butkus Award twice as a linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners , which honors the best college linebacker of the season. No other player has managed that since then. He was best known for his extravagant hairstyles and his disrespectful manner, whereby he did not avoid public disputes.

For the professional league National Football League (NFL) he was drafted in 1987 by the Seattle Seahawks . Since Bosworth wanted to keep his jersey number from college, the number 44, but this was not available in the NFL for linebackers, he was officially signed as fullback . The NFL initially let this go, but put an end to the process and Boworth was forced to move to number 55. Bosworth then sued the NFL, but failed. In 2015, the NFL finally allowed linebackers to wear 40s numbers. This rule change is known as the "Brian Bosworth Rule". His contract was a record for a newcomer to the NFL as well as the Seahawks overall, at $ 11 million for 10 years. He played as a linebacker in defense from 1987 to 1989. Since he seriously injured his shoulder after three seasons and had to give up professional sport, the impression remained that he was not worth the money. He appears at number 6 in the list of the biggest losers in US sport since 1979, which was published by the sports broadcaster ESPN in 2004. Contrary to this impression, however, he played very well in his three years.

In 1991, Bosworth made his actor debut and appeared in the action film Stone Cold . Appearances in various series and film productions followed. In 1996 he took on a leading role in the action thriller One Tough Bastard . He made smaller appearances a. a. in Three Kings (1999) and Game Without Rules (2005).

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com: Dick Butkus Award Winners
  2. ^ Paul Lukas: Behind the NFL numbers. ESPN, accessed August 28, 2016 (English): “Brian Bosworth wore No. 44 at Oklahoma and wanted to keep wearing it when he went pro. But 44 is off-limits for NFL linebackers, so when the Seahawks drafted Boz, they claimed they'd occasionally use him as a fullback. They got away with this at first, but the NFL soon put the kibosh on it, and Bosworth had to switch to No. 55. "
  3. ^ Curtis Crabtree: NFL passes "Brian Bosworth rule," linebackers can now wear jerseys numbered 40-49. NBC Sports, March 25, 2015, accessed August 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Seattle Seahawks 1987 Stats, History, Awards and More
  5. ↑ ESPN25: The 25 Biggest Sports Flops
personal data
SURNAME Bosworth, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosworth, Brian Keith (full name); The Boz (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma City , Oklahoma