He died on Jaged 38 due to a heart failure. He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. While playing for the Oilers, he joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League (WFL), playing a total of seven plays before a restraining order was served to him during a game, barring him from playing for two teams at the same time. Matuszak also played for various NFL teams his longest stint of six years having been spent with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, and later joining the Houston Oilers. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He was a therapist's dream.John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American professional football defensive lineman in the National Football League andĪlso an actor. He had a lot of childhood stuff to deal with," she told the LA Times in 1989. Get nostalgic reviving this iconic 1985 film, The Goonies, with this lovely Sloth Funko Pop Add him to your collection and make sure to collect them all. She said: "The man was in a lot of emotional pain. In a statement, they said: "We are not unmindful of the problems our son had in his battle against chronic pain and his resulting use of drugs, both prescription and otherwise."Īccording to his former girlfriend, Stephanie Cozart, John turned to drugs to cope with the trauma of losing not one, but two brothers at a young age to cystic fibrosis. His parents, Marv and Audrey Matuszak, believed that his chronic pain contributed to his untimely death from an accidental drug overdose in 1989 at the age of 38. A series of back injuries and subsequent surgery in the early '80s that saw him retired to the reserve list before he quit for good in 1983. His first injury happened in college when he suffered a shoulder separation while playing for the University of Missouri. From 1976 to 1981 he was with the Oakland Raiders, winning two Super Bowls with the team.īut the sport left him plagued by chronic pain. READ MORE Sweet moment Joe Swash realises wife Stacey is pregnant with fifth childīefore finding success in Hollywood, John built up a fanbase as a football player for the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins. At 6ft 9 and weighing 20st, John was an imposing presence and a hit with the ladies. Sloth was played by actor John Matuszak, who was a football player before moving into acting. At the head of the operation was Sloth - the badly-deformed son of evil Mama Fratelli who caused his injuries by dropping him on his head as a child, reports the Mirror. The much-loved '80s movie told the tale of a bunch of misfits who discover an ancient map that leads them to treasure. It took a staggering five hours to get actor John Matuszak completely transformed into the character, with a whole generation unaware of what John's real appearance. Fans of the iconic film The Goonies may have never realised what the actor who played Sloth actually looked like off-screen.
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