Regarding sport, Gene Hackman is best known for her emblematic role in the film, “Hoosiers”, but the legendary actor also had links with the Nfl. Hackman, who died at the age of 95in fact served as a narrator for four different episodes of “America’s Game: The Super bowl Champions. “”
In 2006, the NFL decided to celebrate the previous 40 champions of the League Super Bowl by creating a documentary on each team. Each documentary had a narrator of celebrities and Hackman agreed to be the voice actor for four of the teams:
- 1981 49ers (Super Bowl XVI champions)
- 1984 49ers (Super Bowl XIX champions)
- 1987 Redskins (Super Bowl XXII champions)
- 1989 49ers (Super Bowl XXIV champions)
The other narrators in the series included Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Tom Selleck, Laurence Fishburne. The NFL historian, Kevin Gallagher, shared some clips from each episodes of Hackman on social networks.
Fans of San Francisco probably recognize Hackman’s voice more than anyone since he told three of their five episodes.
Hackman also had another unique equality with the NFL: there were good friends with Jack del Rio.
After Del Rio was hired to be Jaguars’ head coach in 2003, a job he held until 2011, Hackman became a fan of the team and regularly presents himself to matches and training in Jacksonville.
Not only was Hackman a friend with an NFL coach, but he actually played a moving football coach. The actor played coach Jimmy McGInty in “The Replacements”, where he was head coach of Washington’s fictitious sentries.
During his legendary acting career, Hackman was nominated for five Oscars with two victories. You Can learn more about his death here.
