TV episodes with sports stars in them...
 

Saw an episode tonight of the old Dennis the Menace show with Sandy Koufax in it. Thought it was cool. Seems to be a lot of shows with baseball stars in them. Anyone remember any others??

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I always enjoyed Jim Brown and his run with Black exploitation films.

I remember many...but they firt two I can recall are Hank Aaron on Happy Days doing an ad for Cunningham Hardware Store and Joe Namath on the Brady Bunch....so many others

Brady bunch don drysdale…Seinfeld jeter and tartabull

Hill st blues Ed marinara. 🤪

Seinfeld- Keith Hernandez

I enjoyed Bo Jackson in the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire

Don't forget about Roger McDowell...the JFK parody was classic!

I think it was Trammell and Whitaker on Magnum PI.

Always thought his role was a bit saucy...

Baddum tiss

The Simpsons with Straw, Boggs, Clemens and a whole host of others. I think Sax was in it too.

Wasn't Paul O'Neill on Seinfeld too?

Bob Uecker on all the Mr. Belvedere episodes.




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Wade Boggs' Cheers episode was a classic

https://youtu.be/LKXry1yR5AA

He also appeared on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. So did Ryan Howard and Chase Utley.

Ryan Howard also on The Office.
Don Drysdale was on a bunch. The Flying Nun. Leave it to Beaver. The Rifleman. The Brady Bunch.

As for pre-war/television. Rube Waddell wrestled alligators in the circus.

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Of course Chuck Connors was a former baseball player but he also had a buddy from the Dodgers on one episode with him!! This guy really looked like a typical "Bad Guy" western character on this show!
https://www.riflemanconnors.com/duke...etired_gun.htm

Reggie Jackson, Mike Witt, and Brian Downing were in an episode on The Jefferson's.

Yep....so good in the 80's

I went down that rabbit hole. Here are some. Selective credits on some of them. I will list more later today.

Bob Seagren – 21 credits including Adam-12, Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, Fame and Dynasty
Jesse Owens – The Advocates, Ed Sullivan Show
Rafer Johnson – The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Lassie, Daniel Boone, Tarzan, Police Story, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man
Buster Crabbe – B.J. and the Bear
Nadia Comaneci – Touched by an Angel
Bart Connor – Highway to Heaven, Diff’rent Strokes, Touched by an Angel (with his wife Nadia C)
Mary Lou Retton – Knots Landing, Baywatch
Bill Russell (basketball) – Miami Vice, The White Shadow, Love, American Style, It Takes a Thief
Bubba Smith – The White Shadow, The Odd Couple, B.J and the Bear, Good Times, Charlies Angels
Chet Walker – The White Shadow
Mickey Mantle – Remington Steele, The White Shadow, Mr. Belvedere
Artis Gilmore – The White Shadow
Sparky Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati, Arli$$, The White Shadow
Elgin Baylor – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The White Shadow
Mike Warren – Hill Street Blues, etc. Star basketball player at UCLA
‘Sweet Lou” Dunbar (Harlem Globetrotters) – The White Shadow
Curly Neal – Love Boat, The White Shadow
Geese Ausbie – The White Shadow
Rosie Grier – The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Daniel Boone, Kojak, CHiPs, The Love Boat
Ben Davidson – Police Woman, Eight is Enough, CHiPs, Happy Days, Charlie’s Angels
Hank Aaron – Happy Days, McGyver, Touched by an Angel, Arli$$
Cathy Rigby – Police Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, CHiPs
Merlin Olsen – Little House on the Prairie, CHiPs, Petticoat Junction, Kung Fu
Phil Rizzuto – ChiPs, Mission: Impossible, Seinfeld (all voice only)
Tommy Lasorda – Hart to Hart, CHiPs, Simon & Simon, Silver Spoons, Everybody Loves Raymond
Robbie Knievel – ChiPs
Fred Dryer – Hunter, Laverne & Shirley, Lou Grant, Cheers, NCIS
Fred Williamson – Ironside, Star Trek, The Rookies, CHiPs
Jim Brown – ChiPs, Police Story, Knight Rider, T.J. Hooker, The A-Team
Bruce Jenner – The Fall Guy, CHiPs, Silver Spoons, Murder She Wrote

I decided to do my second post on this. Something to read with your morning coffee.

Arli$$ - This was a show about an agent so of course there were many athletes who appeared on the show. The four major sports are easy, but there are also pro wrestlers, pro bull riders, surfers, tennis, billiards/pool, Olympics (soccer, swimming, ice hockey, skiing, figure skating, beach volleyball, track and field, basketball), NASCAR and boxing. I have also listed some athlete adjacent – owners, pro and college coaches/managers, boxing promoter. I did skip some of the well known announcers as the list is so long.

Quentin Richardson, Maurice Greene, Kordell Stewart, Billy Beane, Elton Brand, Barry Zito, Ray Lewis, Yogi Berra, Darius Miles, Reggie Miller, Deion Sanders, Jack LaLanne, Tara Lipinski, John Salley, Bill Goldberg, Ted Leonsis (owner Wizards and Capitals), Jerry Stackhouse, Damione Lewis, Zach Thomas, Gary Carter, Warrick Dunn, Jay Buhner, Tim Salmon, Duante Culpepper, Sugar Shane Mosley, Marion Jones, Dara Torres, Lennox Lewis, James Worthy, Tony Siragusa, Kelly Slater, Ty Murray, Mark Cuban (owner Mavericks), Rick Fox, Wade Phillips, Amy Alcott, Rafael Palmeiro, Rollie Fingers, Ernie Banks, Jeffrey Lurie (owner Eagles), Joe Morgan, Wade Boggs, Carl Lewis, Scott Erickson, Prince Naseem Hamed, Stu Lantz, Davey Johnson, Steve Deberg, Wally Szczerbiak, Tim Couch, Mike Holmgren, Kurt Rambis, Rick Steiner, Randy Moss, Jerry Buss (owner Lakers), Dick Vitale, Chick Hearn, Don King, John Madden, Charles Barkley, Billie Jean King, Tony Hawk, Randy Savage, Jesse Ventura, Cammi Granato, Terrell Davis, Jack Buck, Doninik Hasek, Mitch Richmond, Robert Kraft (Patriots owner), Ivan Rodriguez, Ryan Leaf, Charles Woodson, Ken Norton, Jr. Tony LaRussa, Jerry Tarkanian, Bobby Bonilla, Picabo Street, Willie McGinest, Gary Payton, Barry Switzer, Dale Earnhardt, Matt Williams, Oksana Baiul, Jeff Gordon, Magic Johnson, Richard Petty, Orlando Pace, Alexi Lalas, Mia Hamm, Kenny Anderson, Lisa Leslie, Bret Favre, Ted Turner, Elizabeth Manley (skater), Ann Meyers(-Drysdale), Alonzo Mourning, Tracy Austin, Danny Tartabull, Jim Palmer, John McEnroe, Luc Robitaille, Tracy McGrady, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry West, Al Leiter, Jeremy Giambi, John Starks, Pete Sampras, Dwayne Schintzius, Ryan Klesko, Doug Flutie, Jason Sehorn, Glenn Rice, Willie Roaf, Cheryl Miller, Donyell Marshall, Cortez Kennedy, Jim Leyritz, David Justice, Pete Incaviglia, Jose Lima, Denny Neagle, Kevin Greene, Baron Davis, Juwan Howard, Gabrielle Reece, Tonya Harding, Rick Majerus, Jimmy Johnson, Jack Howell, Tim McCarver, Will Clark, John Franco, Warren Moon, Steve Garvey, Alex Karras, Jessie Armstead, Keith Van Horn, Eric Dickerson, Chamique Holdsclaw, Laila Ali, George Brett, Marcus Allen, Cobi Jones, Michael Irvin, Ken Caminiti, Bill Walsh, Desmond Howard, Liz Masakayan, Brent Barry, Ricky Bottalico, Kobe Bryant, Jerome Bettis, Michael Andretti, Jim Fregosi, Cecil Fielder, Marshall Faulk, Roy Jones, Jr., Tony Gonzalez, Ken Griffey, Jr., Jamal Anderson, Lincoln Kennedy, Andre Rison, Oscar De La Hoya, Curt Schilling, Joe Theismann, Jerry Colangelo (GM Phoenix Suns, HOF), Shaquille O’Neal, Ozzie Smith, George Steinbrenner, III, Dave Winfield, Jeanette Lee, David Wells, Katarina Witt, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Jason Giambi, Barry Larkin, Eric Karros, Bruce Smith, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Jerry Jones, Jeremy Roenick,

How about when the Dodgers appeared on Mr. Ed?

Check out video from the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr45CHOuA

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and that Munsters episode with Leo Durocher ...Herman at bat..stops play and asks " Oh Leo, where do you want it " ?

Reggie Jackson on the “Love Boat”, George and Ken Brett on “Fantasy Island”, Roger Maris ( i.e. Roger Marble) on the Flintstones.

Duke Snider was on Father Knows Best. Wes Parker and Joe Namath were on The Brady Bunch.

Alex Karras on Webster and I know Dick Butkis was in a bunch of TV shows over the years.

Bill

Don't forget that Crazylegs Hirsch was also on at the end.

This was the best with athletes. Watch it at least once a week for a laugh. Roseboro climbing up the batting cage is a classic.

Durocher was also on the Beverley Hillbillies. Loved how they called him Mr. Dee-rocher.

The Dennis the Menace episode also made reference to Hack Wilson.

Jerry Quarry on "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Land of the Giants"; Muhammad Ali on "Different Strokes"; Evel Knievel on "The Bionic Woman"; Wayne Gretzky on "The Young & The Restless."

Nick Swisher on "How I Met Your Mother"

Not TV but Crazylegs Hirsch was in Zero Hour! as a pilot and his appearance was directly parodied in Airplane! by Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

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John McEnroe - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Joe Namath had his own show in 1969, With Ali , Dave Debusshere, Don Clendennon, Emerson Boozer and Howard Cosell.

And Fred Dryer was the lead in Hunter. Not sure if that was mentioned yet.

Ellis Valentine, Steve Garvey, Ken Brett, George Brett & Fred Lynn on Fantasy Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHb9FLb_kTU

Tony Lema won The Open Championship in 1964 and appeared in an episode of "Hazel" in January 1965. Sadly, he died when his plane crashed on a golf course in Lansing, Michigan in 1966.

Jimmy Piersall on “ What’s My Line” and “ The Lucy Show”.

Lance Parrish on Different Strokes

Joe Torre was in an episode of "Castle".

Mike

Really good one. How did I forget about him in that show

Was Joe DiMaggio on "What's My Line"?

Frank Gifford was on a episode of Hazel also looking to buy a bowling alley.

Of course we all know John Beradino was the star of General Hospital but was on many TV shows before that. I liked seeing him in two Untouchable episodes.

He sure was. He appears at 17:34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJkOLwP894

Stacy Peralta on Charlie's Angels :)

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He’s also on an episode of Psych

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5UNeByuJE

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Willie mays on Donna reed show

Mike Piazza on Baywatch