Celebrities who are secretly incredible athletes

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We all heard about athletes who managed to make the perilous transition to play sports to play movie roles.Dwayne The Rock Johnson, was considered one of the best professional wrestlers of all time beforeWe had on the edge of our seats in packaged fugs against action. And whileRhonda Ricite Can be known as the Wrestler Champion and MMA Fighter who also won a Judo bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she also recently made a splash on the screen.

What is less well known, however, are all the celebrities that once dominated a sports field. Some of them are always in competition, while for others, it's just a memory. But many of them found the discipline they had sports chosen to help them succeed in Hollywood. So, read it to discover which of your favorite celebrities are secretly from the star athletes. And for more celebrity trivia, check17 celebrities that you had no idea was so big.

1
Elsa Hosk: basketball

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The magnificent secret model of Victoria used to play basketball for the women's professional league in Sweden.

"I took a two-year break [of modeling] because I was a professional basketball player in Sweden," Hosksaid to Fashionista. "It's nothing like the WNBA, I mean that basketball is not so big in Sweden. But it was always very difficult. We probably worked as eight times a week, then it was games the Weekend. It took a lot of time, he was really serious and [I realized] I wanted to explore the world and meet people and not be attached. "

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Geena Davis: Archery

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Geena Davis Once placed 24 hours on 300 women who have tried a semi-final layer in the American Olympic arc team to participate in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Although it does not do the team, it Participated as a wild card entry in the Sydney International Golden Arrow contest. To hear another good story about Davis, check30 horrible celebrities jobs had before they become famous.

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Mark Harmon: Football

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Before he was the Leroy Jethro Gibbs agent on the CBS dramaNcHarmon was a departure quarterback from the UCLA Bruins football team of 1972-1973.

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UZO ADUBA: track and field

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ADUBA's performance as a prisoner inOrange is the new black won his widespread acclamation. But it is also an eager runner that came closer to break speed records during the team of the Boston College Trail.

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Terry Crews: Football

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Youngest fans of the Flair Comedic teams onBrooklyn NEW NEW NEW May not know that it was once a defender of the NFL and a supporter of Los Angeles Rams, San Diego loaders and Washington Redskins. And for more fun celebrity facts, here is25 celebrities living in surprisingly modest houses.

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Chris Pratt: Wrestling

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Given how stable it is, it may not be so much surprised thatChris Pratt Was a high school stars wrestler who placed fifth in a state competition during his last year.

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Josh Duhamel: Football

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As a quarterback of the College of the Minot State University in North Dakota, he played so well that the university unfinds him in his fame hall. For more blowing knowledge, here is here50 Crazy Ceb Facts You will not believe to be true.

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Tommy Lee Jones: Football

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As the offensive Lineman for the Harvard College Football Team, he was a crucial part of their undoubted season in 1968.

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Jason Statham: Diving

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As a competitive diver, he represented Great Britain in the Commonwealth Games of 1990 and almost made the Olympic Games. here isVideo Proof!

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Jamie Foxx: Football

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Before winning the Oscar for the best actor for his representation of the legend of musicRay charlesFoxx was an incredible football quarterback at Terrell High School, Texas, who was the first player in the school's history to spend more than 1,000 meters. In fact, it was so good that he had once aspired to play for the Dallas cowboys. For the Scoop inside the beloved football team, checkThat's what it looks like to try for the cheerleading team of Dallas Cowboys.

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Malcom Gladwell: Long distance race

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Malcom Gladwell is approved primarily as an author in Bestial whose new surveys of scientific research have made it possible to understand how and why human beings are as they are. But it was also used to being a star runner and, while he no longer turns, he always considers himself a "junkie crown".

"I just like the purity of [Run]," GladwellRecountWorld runners."I like the fact that it does not have rules and refunctions, owners and teams, uniforms and fancy equipment, and all the other things that weighed so much modern sport. I like the way in which international is ... more and more, there are so many obstacles to people who do what they want to do. Running, there is really no impediment. Some children In the highlands of Kenya can run on a playground even with children in the County of Orange, California. It's fantastic and rare. I find very beautiful, and it makes sport more powerful. "

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Hugh Jackman: Rugby

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Growing up in Australia, Jackman was a huge fan of rugby and her time on the ground was then inspiring for one of her most emblematic characters.

"By playing rugby, my rage would come out, rage that I identify myself as a rage of Wolverine", "JackmanRecountPeople In 2015. "I would be somewhere in a back in rugby, get tapping in the face and I'm just going into a white rage." And for more of our favorite star of action, checkTips from Hugh Jackman for unbreakable wedding.

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Kate Middleton: Field Hockey, Tennis and Cross-Country

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She could be a bit concerned about royal duties today, but back in the boarding school, she ran from the country and played tennis and field hockey. Back in 2007, she crossed months of training to lead a team of rowing a whole woman on the other side of the English channel, but finished having to go out by Queen's orders. She is still an incredible skier, however, and the word in the street is even better than wills.

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Justin Timberlake: Golf

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The pop icon first started playing golf at the age of 12 and he is still a greedy golfer with a 6 handicap.

"There are not many places where I can go where I do not want to be watching," Timberlakesaid golf.com. "But the golf course is one of them. It's my refuge. That's where I have a chance to be alone in the world."

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Pippa Middleton: long distance running

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She may not have married a royal, but the sport is an area where Pippa managed to fly over his elder sister. In June 2015, she ran the Safaricom marathon in Kenya, finishing the distance of 26.2 miles into 3:56:33. What makes it even more impressive is that it was cool from cycling 54 km from London to Brighton to raise public awareness of the British Heart Foundation only one week ago.

"I decided that a marathon was a" lifestyle "that required a ticking and this year was my time - despite this being one of the most difficult in the world, with increasing temperatures to more than 30 degrees Celsius [86 degrees Fahrenheit], at an altitude of 5,550 feet and with the possibility of hitting lions or rhinoceros ", Middletonmarathon written inHELLO!, "It was hard, harder than anything I had been confronted before and required every inch of my energy, endurance and obstinacy."

For what it goes,The obstinacy is one of four personality traits that researchers say will prolong your life, so she's on the right track!

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George Clooney: Baseball

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Clooney was an elite baseball player in the high school, who was so good that he decided to try to come back to the Red Cincinnati in 1977. Unfortunately, he did not make the team, but it was not Not for a lack of love of the game.

"I really thought that all my life, tried, that I was going to be a professional baseball player," recently said Clooney to Letterman. For more history, check11 Things of mind George Clooney just revealed to David Letterman.

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Sheryl Crow: track and field

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Back to high school, Crow was a stars rider who went to the state championships won medals in 75-meter hedges. Nowadays, she cites tennis as her favorite sport.

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Jason Lee: skateboarding

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Before becoming a comedy legend, Lee was a professional skate that helped popularize kicking and pushing - it's to be associated with sport. It is now co-owner of stereo skateboards, a company that distributes skateboard bridges.

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Mahershala Ali: basketball

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TheCards house The actor went to Saint Mary's College of California on a basketball scholarship, but lost his enthusiasm for the nature of the sports cutthroat at the time of graduation.

"Honestly, I'm a little bad basketball at the end of my time there,"says in a university interview. "I had seen the guys from the team to chew, spit down and I was personally threatened with being shipped to the University of Denver. All in the name of victories and productivity."

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Tom Selleck: basketball

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Before Sowereck and his mustache gained glory onMagnum P.I.He played the Basketball College at the University of Southern California, where it was accepted on a basketball scholarship.

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Ed O'Neill: Football

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TheModern family The actor went to the University of Ohio State on a football scholarship, but left after its second year due to a little too long and a complicated relationship with its coach. In 1969, it was signed as a free agent of the United Nations for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was cut off from the team two weeks in training.

22
Kurt Russell: Baseball

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Back in the 70's, Russell played Baseball from the Minor League for Portland Mavericks, Walla Walla Islands and Kings El Paso Sun Kings.

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Channing Tatum: Football

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Tatum attended Glenville State College on a football scholarship, but ended up falling.

"I just tired of playing:" heTit ESPN. "I was only playing to keep this scholarship. I was interested in other things and miss home."

He returned to his hometown of Tampa, Florida, where he started his career as an exotic dancer and the rest is in history.

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Jon Stewart: Soccer

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Long before it is liked that the host of the daily show, Stewart played football at William & Mary College, where he accumulated a total of 10 goals and 12 passes, including the winning goal of a Victory match against Connecticut University. Before hurting his knee, he also played on an American team who won the silver medal at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Brazil, who were nicknamed "The Jewish Olympics".

According toan article ozy.com, Stewart also used his mordant spirit to score on the ground. Once, when an opposing player made an anti-Semitic remark on the size of his nose, Stewart would have answered that size had never been a problem for him.

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