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Sports Figures Portrayed in Movies
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Sports Figures Portrayed in Movies

Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta

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AP; United Artists/ZUMAPRESS.com

Won Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane

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Brad Mangin/SI; Handout

Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Will Smith as Muhammad Ali

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Neil Leifer/SI; Handout

Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Denzel Washington as <br> Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

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FPG/Getty Images; AZOFF FILMS/ZUMAPRESS.com

Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig

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UPI/Bettmann/Corbis; RKO Radio Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Chris Hemsworth as <br> James Hunt

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Monitor Picture Library/Photoshot/Getty Images; Jaap Buitendijk/Universal Pictures

Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda

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Getty Images; Jaap Buitendijk/Universal Pictures

Chadwick Boseman as<br> Jackie Robinson

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Allan Grant/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; "42" trailer screen grab

Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey

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Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images; "42" trailer screen grab

Lucas Black as Pee Wee Reese

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MLB Photos via Getty Images; "42" trailer screen grab

Philip Seymour Hoffman as <br> Art Howe

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Justin Sullivan/Reuters; Columbia Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg

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Eric Risberg/AP; Columbia Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward

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Chris Polk/AP; Jojo Whilden/ZUMAPRESS.com

Quinton Aaron as <br> Michael Oher

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Jim Cowsert/Icon SMI; Katy Winn/AP

Michael Sheen as Brian Clough

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Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images; Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Rob Brown as Ernie Davis

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TSN/Zuma Press/Icon SMI; John Zich/zrImages/Corbis

Dennis Quaid as <br> Ben Schwartzwalder

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Universal Pictures/ZUMApress.com

Mark Wahlberg as <br> Vince Papale

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Edwin Mahan/Getty Images; Walt Disney Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Greg Kinnear as Dick Vermeil

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John Iacono/SI; Handout

Matthew McConaughey as <br> Jack Lengyel

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Legendary Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Josh Lucas as Don Haskins

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Bettmann/CORBIS; Frank Connor/ZUMAPRESS.com

Russell Crowe as <br> James J. Braddock

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Handout; AP

Shia LaBeouf as <br> Francis Ouimet

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FPG/Getty Images; Fairway Films/ZUMAPRESS.com

Jamie Maclachlan as <br> Roger Bannister

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AP

Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks

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Heinz Kluetmeier/SI; Handout

Barry Pepper as Dale Earnhardt

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George Tiedemann, Bob Donnan/SI

Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard

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Keystone/Getty Images; Universal Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris

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Jon Freilich/AP; Walt Disney Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Tom Berenger as <br> Paul "Bear" Bryant

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Handouts

Barry Pepper as Roger Maris

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Neil Leifer/SI; Home Box Office/ZUMAPRESS.com

Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle

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John G. Zimmerman/SI; Home Box Office/ZUMAPRESS.com

Jared Leto and Billy Crudup as <br> Steve Prefontaine

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Neil Leifer/SI; Buena Vista Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb

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Pictorial Parade/Getty Images; Handout

Sean Astin as <br> Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger

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AP

John Goodman as Babe Ruth

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FPG/Getty Images; Universal Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com
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John Durant Collection/SI; Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

<bold>John Cusack as Buck Weaver </bold> <bold>Charlie Sheen as Happy Felsch </bold> <bold>David Strathairn as Eddie Cicotte </bold> <bold>D.B. Sweeney as Shoeless Joe Jackson </bold> <bold>Michael Rooker as Chick Gandil </bold> <bold>Don Harvey as Swede Risberg </bold> <bold>James Read as Lefty Williams </bold> <bold>Perry Lang as Fred McMullin </bold>

Ben Cross as Harold Abrahams

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Central Press/Getty Images; 20th Century Fox/ZUMAPRESS.com

Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell

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Getty Images; 20th Century Fox/ZUMAPRESS.com

Billy Dee Williams as &lt;br&gt; Gale Sayers

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Minneapolis Star Tribune/Zuma Press/Icon SMI

James Caan as Brian Piccolo

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Cliff Welch/Icon SMI; Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com

Anthony Perkins as &lt;br&gt; Jimmy Piersall

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Hulton Archive/Getty Images; John Springer Collection/Corbis

Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander

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AP

Dan Dailey as Dizzy Dean

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Charles Colon/TSN/Icon SMI

Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe

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Panworld Sports/Icon SMI; Bettmann/CORBIS

James Stewart as &lt;br&gt; Monty Stratton

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Bettmann/CORBIS; Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

William Bendix as Babe Ruth

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Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Errol Flynn as James J. Corbett

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Bettmann/CORBIS/ Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com

Pat O'Brien as Knute Rockne

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Bettmann/Corbis

Ronald Reagan as George Gipp

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AP; Bettmann/Corbis
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