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"Hollywood Tribute to Crazy Legs Through an NBA Legend"
Last updated 📅 2025-07-02
July 2, 1980 - The comedy classic movie "Airplane" debuts. According to film experts, the casting of Kareem Abdul-Jabaar was paying homage to the casting of football's Elroy "Crazy-Legs" Hirsch in the role of an airplane pilot in the 1957 film "Zero Hour!"
The movie Airplane, with Leslie Nielsen, was a parody of Zero Hour, even using parts of the screenplay verbatim. The funny part was that Zero Hour was a drama, not a loud, laugh-out-loud comedy like Airplane!
If you recall, Crazy Legs Hirsch was a former University of Wisconsin and Michigan standout who later joined the LA Rams as part of one of the most potent offenses of his era.
His unique running style caught the eye of a reporter, who gave him the unique nickname that stuck with him.
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