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But he did turn down a chance to play pro football ( which of course was not the road to riches in the late 1930s) He had a scar on his face from tackling Jay Berwanger. >
>Ford also provided material for Chevy Chase on the early SNL episodes. I think NBC owes the Ford family some royalties!
The ironic thing about Chevy's portrayal of Ford as a physical klutz, of course, was that Ford was probably the most athletic president we'd had since maybe Teddy Roosevelt and then going back to Lincoln's wrestling or Washington swimming the Rappahannock.
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