Celebrity Secret Pasts: A-Listers You Won’t Believe Were High School Football Stars
Ron Simmons
Ron Simmons may be best known as the wrestler Farooq, who is the first African American to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Interestingly, his success started on the football pitch. He played for Florida State University as a nose guard and even ranked ninth in the most valuable college football player vote in 1979.
The university later retired Simmons’ jersey number, a rare honor for any player. After college, he joined the famed Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
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