Top Ten Movie Appearances By Athletes

So, I was flipping through the channels last night and saw that Blue Chips with Shaq was on. This got me thinking what the top movie appearances by athletes are. Here is my list:

10.Gheorghe Mureson- My Giant
A forgettable movie about Billy Crystal go to some old eastern block country to find a really tall guy. Apparently everyone taller than Billy Crystal was already working on something better, or in other words, no one wanted to make the movie.

9. Brett Favre in There's Something About Mary
In this movie, Brett plays another one of Mary's ex-boyfriends. We find out in the middle of the movie that she had a long term relationship with some guy named Brett. Would would have never thought that Mr. Packer himself would be that Brett and would eventually lose Mary's heart to a wimpy, whiny Ben Stiller

8. Kazaam with Shaq
Worst. Movie. Ever. Shaq plays a genie who has the ability to make it rain junk food. It was great as a kid, but I bet my parents were poking their eyes out when they took me to see it.

7. Dennis Rodman in Double Team
Stars alongside Jean Claude Van Dame in a crazy, beat the crap out of everyone action movie. He also had hair that was so bright that it stood out in front of the explosions.

6. Ken Griffy Jr. and Randy Johnson in Little Big League
Movie about a kid that becomes the owner and manager of the Minnesota Twins after his grandpa dies. He brings the team from obscurity to going to the playoffs. However, his team's hopes are dashed when Jr. makes a leaping grab on the wall to prevent a walk off home run. Griffy and Johnson had no lines, but it was great to watch two of the greatest players of the nineties in a movie.

5. Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball
This is a great spot for Lance. Meets Vince Vaughn's character in an airport bar and convinces him that you should never give up. Made me feel really warm and fuzzy inside.

4. Dan Marino in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
"LACES OUT DAN!" will always be part of every pickup game of football for all time. Great movie. Memorable lines. Role was classic.

3. OJ Simpson in The Naked Gun series
Stars alongside Leslie Neilson in three of the funniest movies ever. Although Simpson had no memorable lines, the movie still comes to mind before that whole killing thing a few years back.

2. Michael Jordan in Space Jam
This movie was awesome as a kid for several reasons. Other than having all of the Looney Tunes in it, it also starred some of the best basketball players of the mid-1990's. It had Mugsey Boges, Larry Johnson, Shawn Bradly, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing being transformed into aliens that wanted to capture MJ and have him as a freak show on another planet. Also had Bill Murray and the guy that played Newman on Seinfeld. Another great thing about the movie was that it blatantly made fun of how bad MJ was at baseball.

1. Kareem Abdul Jabar in AIRPLANE!
This is the most classic cameo of all time. Kareem is dead on when he tells the kid in the cockpit about how he busts his "rear end" up and down the court every night. This is one athletes role that I will never forget.