Remember Dean Cain? He played Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Anyway, last night I was on youtube looking for random clips when I decided to search for some American Gladiators clips. I stumbled upon the celebrity version of one show which starred Dean Cain running the Gaunlet. Frankly, I knew nothing about Dean Cain other than the fact that he played Superman and hosts Ripley's Believe it or Not! Some interesting nuggets I found on wikipedia:
- His born name is Dean George Tanaka (yes, that's a Japanese name, he's 1/5 Japanese)
- He turned down 17 athletic scholarships to attend Princeton
- He was the captain of the volleyball team and made first-team All-American as defensive back on the football team
- He set the NCAA record for most interceptions per game in a single season and career
- He dated fellow Princeton student (and now fellow celebrity) Brooke Shields
- He signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent but suffered a career ending knee injury during training camp
Pretty fitting that Superman was such an impressive athelete...
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Amazing flip at the end!!!
I fell in love with Dean Cain in 1993 when I first saw him as Clark Kent. He's awesome. Kind of a bad actor but he makes up for it with his cutey-pie-ness.
He also grew up in Malibu with Sean Penn, Emilio Estevez, and Charlie Sheen. And while on L&C he dated Gabrielle Reece. He has a son now, Christopher who is the spitting image of his mommie. They are too cute: http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2007/07/03/dean-cain-takes-his-son-to-the-park/
Wow, a comment from someone I don't know!
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