However, he completed the primaries and went on to win two gold medals. During the preliminaries at the 1986 Olympics he hit his head on the springboard and suffered a concussion. Louganis won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the tower and spring board events at the 19 Summer Olympics. At the age of sixteen he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal earning the silver medal in the tower event. Sadly, John Matuszak died of AIDS at the age of 38.Gregory Efthimios Louganis, born in El Cajon, CA is an Olympic gold medal diver. In his case, acting "took," and Matuszak became a successful film and TV performer after his 1982 retirement from professional sports, playing character roles in fantasy films like Ice Pirates (1984) and Goonies (1986) and making regular appearances on the TV series Hollywood Beat and First and Ten. Like many of his calling, Matuszak decided to try the movies, beginning with a good part in the football-oriented North Dallas Forty (1979). Actually, that's an understatement: as Houston's number one pick in the 1973 NFL draft, as a wildly unpredictable defensive lineman for the Raiders, and as a veteran of two Super Bowls, Matuszak was a FOOTBALL PLAYER. During his first professional "life," Wisconsin-born John Matuszak was a football player. “John Matuszak is dead from early steroid use. Hard-driving athlete who lived life in the fast lane. Competed in the 1978 World's Strongest Man Competition weighing 308 lbs. Autobiography: "Cruisin' With The Tooz."Former defensive end for the Los Angeles Raiders.
Profile: Birth name John Daniel Matuszak Nickname Tooz Height 6' 8" (2.03 m) Trivia Ex-football player turned actor. PG December 1982 – Athlete (Photography by Jacky Winter)
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