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"Tooz" Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the
National Football League who later became an actor. He was the first
draft pick of 1973 and played most of his career with the Oakland
Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981.
Matuszak participated in the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition,
where he placed ninth. As an actor, he is probably most remembered as
deformed Sloth in the 1985 movie The Goonies and Tonda in Caveman.
Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 1950 to Audrey and Marvin
Matuszak. He was always big for his age, which became an advantage as a
defensive lineman in football. When he eventually turned pro, he stood 6
feet 8 inches and weighed over 280 pounds. He attended the University of
Tampa where he was the star of their football team and a brother of the
Theta Chi fraternity. He also attended University of Missouri and Iowa
Central Community College before going to Tampa.
