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My Take
Brian Bosworth is one of my favorite cautionary tales that refused to stay a cautionary tale. The Boz arrived in the NFL as the loudest personality of his era, and when injury cut his career to three seasons, the easy story was a flameout. Instead he reinvented himself on screen, leaning into the same outsized persona that made him famous. I respect athletes who treat fame as raw material rather than a finish line. Two Butkus Awards prove the talent was real; the second act proves the resilience was too. That combination earns my genuine admiration.
Overview
Brian Keith Bosworth (born March 9, 1965) is an American actor and former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. Nicknamed "the Boz", he played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning two Dick Butkus Awards and winning the 1986 Orange Bowl.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brian Bosworth
- Name (Japanese)
- ブライアン・ボズワース
- Reading
- ぶらいあん・ぼずわーす
- Born
- March 9, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- MacArthur High School
- University
- University of Oklahoma
Awards & achievements
- 1985 Butkus Award
- 1986 Butkus Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Bosworth
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.