Today I Found Out

That Time Actor Kurt Russel was a Surprisingly Good Professional Baseball Player (2020x95)

Date de diffusion: Avr 28, 2020

While the Russell family is mostly known for their acting today, according to Kurt Russel, "Baseball is really the family business that nobody knows about because our other business was sort of out there in the public and seen by a lot more people." For example, Kurt Russell's nephew, Matt Franco, was a major league baseball player from 1995 to 2003 and also played in Japan from 2004-2006. Long before that, Kurt's father, Bing Russell, who is perhaps best known for his role as deputy Clem Foster in Bonanza and Robert in The Magnificent Seven, for a period played in the minor leagues and went on to own and run the Portland Mavericks baseball team. Kurt inherited his father's love for the game of baseball and even though he was already a reasonably successful actor by the age of 20... If you'd like the text version of this or the references, you can find that here: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/09/kurt-russell-played-minor-league-baseball-until-an-injury-ended-his-career/