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shr2016 t1_j27z05l wrote

Maybe he's best known as Sloth to you young whipper-snappers...

Seriously though the Raiders of those years were fucking insane and he was the poster boy.

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voodooscuba t1_j28ymmv wrote

Let alone the fact that a lot of people that were familiar with John and his athletic career didn't actually know that was him inside that Sloth mask.

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DaisyDuckens t1_j2a0a1d wrote

I grew up in the Oakland area in the 1970s. Like some of the players attended the same church I attended (players didn’t make the big big money back then either. My dad went to real estate school with an ex-Raider as well). The Tooz was really kind and gentle towards me when I met him. He was enormous, but I wasn’t afraid of him because he was very sweet towards me. I only met him the one time.

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WhyNeaux t1_j299v8z wrote

Lyle Alzado was right on par for his aggressive style on the field. Those two were roid-rage induced beasts on the line.

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fourfourzero t1_j29bsmp wrote

Nothing better than 70's NFL. I can't believe there hasn't been a movie or at least a docu series about the lifestyles etc. It wasn't even a bad look till Lawrence Taylor took it to the N'th degree.

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gwaydms t1_j2a0ry7 wrote

After he retired Alzado admitted using steroids and said they caused his cancer. Idk if they actually did or not but he was one of the first NFL players I remember who admitted using them.

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j297d00 wrote

I like when people say shit like that while being self aware enough to realize people over 40 grew up on the goonies

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coyote-1 t1_j2a85v6 wrote

I never heard of the goonies

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j2akd9k wrote

I don’t love it, but suspect it’s largely about nostalgia for many, but I also recognize it as a cultural landmark for many of a certain age

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hatersaurusrex t1_j2bekpy wrote

So many players on that team were basically prison football movie caricatures - Ted Hendricks, Lester Hayes, Lyle Alzado, and of course Kenny "The Snake" Stabler leading the charge while ripping a Winston on the sidelines and tossing around his glorious mullet before heading back out to punch the Steelers in their collective dick.

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TallEnoughJones t1_j2aeu0t wrote

Thank you. Saying John Matuszak is best known for The Goonies is like saying OJ Simpson is best known for the Naked Gun movies.

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funkless1 t1_j2afk2y wrote

OJ was funnier than expected in Naked Gun. Might even say he killed at that role.

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DavoTB t1_j2a70pz wrote

The title actually inverts the matters for which John Matuszak was “best known.” The factoid of him playing “Sloth” in “The Goonies” is a “lesser-known” fact.

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Swiggy1957 t1_j2apv2b wrote

I didn't know it, but I DO remember him in in Caveman.

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Curtainmachine t1_j29y1ds wrote

I’m so glad to be a young whippersnapper again and not an out of touch middle aged man!

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