22/08/2026
๐ฉฐ Four action stars in an aerobics class, and the only professional athlete in the room is standing at the back.
Arnold is in the front row and half a beat behind everyone. Van Damme, next to
him, is hitting every count exactly โ which will surprise nobody. Stallone is in a
headband somewhere in the middle. And at the back, in the corner, is the one man here
who was actually paid to be an athlete.
Carl Weathers played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs. He went
undrafted in the 1970 NFL draft and joined the Oakland Raiders anyway, as a
linebacker. Two seasons in the NFL. Then three more seasons in the Canadian Football
League with the BC Lions.
Five professional seasons. Real ones, with real contracts and real injuries, before
a single frame of film.
And it started even earlier than that. As an eighth-grade student he earned an
athletic scholarship to St. Augustine High School โ at thirteen or fourteen years
old. He boxed, played football, did gymnastics, judo, soccer and wrestling. Not one
sport. Six.
So while a room full of movie tough guys tries to keep up with a step routine, the
man they should be watching is the one nobody is looking at.
๐ค Carl Weathers 1948โ2024
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๐ VERIFIED
โข Carl Weathers โ played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs;
undrafted in the 1970 NFL draft; joined the Oakland Raiders as a linebacker for two
seasons; then three seasons with the BC Lions in the CFL; as an eighth-grade student
earned an athletic scholarship to St. Augustine High School; competed in boxing,
football, gymnastics, judo, soccer and wrestling
โข Arnold Schwarzenegger โ b. 1947 ยท Sylvester Stallone โ b. 1946
โข Jean-Claude Van Damme โ b. 1960
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๐ค AI-generated image ยท fan tribute, not real