How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

John Wayne

Originally, John Wayne played football for the University of Southern California on scholarship starting in 1925. After a dramatic injury, he was forced to give up the sport and the scholarship along with it. He got work as a prop boy and background character in movies, where he met director John Ford. This led to some big movies in his career, like iconic film Stagecoach. 

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