 Matuszak in 1987 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | October 25, 1950 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | June 17, 1989 (aged 38) Burbank, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 272 lb (123 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Oak Creek (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||
| College: | Fort Dodge JC (1969), Missouri (1970), Tampa (1971–1972) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 1 / pick: 1 | ||||||||||
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John Daniel Matuszak (October 25, 1950 – June 17, 1989), nicknamed "Tooz", was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who later became an actor.
Matuszak was the first overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981. He participated in the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition, where he placed ninth. As an actor, Matuszak played in both films and television, appearing first as O. W. Shaddock in North Dallas Forty (1979) followed by Tonda in Caveman (1981) and the deformed Sloth in The Goonies (1985). His biography, Cruisin' with the Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn, was published in 1987.