Profile
Woody Strode
Football Player and Actor
Male
Born
Jul 28, 1914
Hometown
Los Angeles, Cali...
Died
Dec 31, 1994
Death Place
Glendora, California
Other Names
Strode, Woodrow W...
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode was a decathlete and football star who went on to become a pioneering black American film actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. He served in… Read More
Romance
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Tina StrodeMarried 1982 - 1995
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Princess Luukialuana "Luana" Kalaeloa StrodeMarried
Family
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Woody Strode
d.1994
children
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Woodrow Wilson Kalaeloa StrodeSon
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Junelehua Kalaeloa StrodeDaughter
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Passi Di Morte Perduti Nel Buio (Aka: Death Steps In The Dark) PaperblogGoogle News - Aug 31, 2011
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Even Sports Do Not Escape The Scourge Of Racism UsariseupGoogle News - Aug 30, 2011
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Nether Regions 08.23.11: 7 Women 411mania.ComGoogle News - Aug 23, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1914
Birth
Born on July 25, 1914.
TWENTIES
1936
21 Years Old
Strode posed for a nude portrait, part of Hubert Stowitts's acclaimed exhibition of athletic portraits shown at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (although the inclusion of black and Jewish athletes caused the Nazis to close the exhibit).
1939
24 Years Old
Strode, Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson starred on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team, in which they made up three of the four backfield players. Along with Ray Bartlett, there were four African-Americans playing for the Bruins, when only a few dozen at all played on other college football teams. They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a 0–0 tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line.
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1941
26 Years Old
Strode made his screen debut in 1941 in Sundown, but became more active in the 1950s, eventually in roles of increasing depth.
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THIRTIES
1946
31 Years Old
Strode and fellow UCLA alumnus Kenny Washington were two of the first African-Americans to play in major college programs and later the modern National Football League, playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946.
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1948
33 Years Old
He played two seasons with the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union in Canada where he was a member of Calgary's 1948 Grey Cup Championship team before retiring due to injury in 1949.
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1949
34 Years Old
Following the end of his football career in 1949, he returned to wrestling part-time between acting jobs until 1962, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George.
In 1952, Strode wrestled almost every week from August 12, 1952-December 10, 1952 in different cities in California.
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FORTIES
1956
41 Years Old
In 1956, Strode scored impressive wins over Nick Nickovich on June 28, 1956 in Long Beach,California, and Felipe Mendoza on September 13, 1956 in Los Angeles.
In his 1962, debut in Buffalo, New York, Strode defeated Dominick Bravo in 37 seconds on February 16th.(source:Ring Magazine, May 1962, page 37).
1963
48 Years Old
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In 1963, he was cast opposite Jock Mahoney's Tarzan as both the dying leader of an unnamed Asian country and that leader's unsavory brother, Khan, in Tarzan's Three Challenges.
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FIFTIES
1966
51 Years Old
In 1966, he landed a major starring role in The Professionals, a major box-office success which established him as a recognizable star.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1980
65 Years Old
They were married until her death in 1980.
1982
67 Years Old
In 1982, he wed Tina Tompson, and they remained married until his death.
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1994
80 Years Old
Strode died of lung cancer on December 31, 1994, in Glendora, California, aged 80.
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