John Matuszak

John Daniel Matuszak (October 25, 1950 – June 17, 1989), nicknamed "Tooz", was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who later became an actor. Matuszak was selected by the Houston Oilers with the first overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft and spent most of his career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Matuszak retired in 1981 after winning his second Super Bowl. Matuszak also participated in the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition, where he placed ninth. As an actor, Matuszak played in both films and television, appearing first as O. W. Shaddock in North Dallas Forty (1979), followed by Tonda in Caveman (1981) and the deformed Sloth in The Goonies (1985). His biography, Cruisin' with the Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn, was published in 1987.