# Arnold Schwarzenegger and American football.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-american-football/556490 "2010-10-08T14:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-american-football/556490/1 "2010-10-08T14:27:57Z")

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Could Arnold Schwarzenegger play American football successfully? Maybe not an NFL player, but surely a college player.

Why, because the dude was strong and as a young man, looked like someone who was in shape, and thus in shape to play the game. A question is, would he be fast enough to play a position. It seems to be a matter of speed, strength and size.

He is 6’2" and is on average about 240 lbs. According to this website, he would be underweight for the position.

> **[Offensive Linemen: Big Men, Big Job](https://www.kidzworld.com/article/4824-offensive-linemen-big-men-big-job)**
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> Its a position that requires size, strength, guts and very little glory. Kidzworld looks at the training and drills required to be an offensive lineman in football.

If he knew the game, could he be an offensive or defensive lineman? Or was his muscles just for show? He was very strong. Could he push off an defensive lineman?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-american-football/556490/2 "2010-10-08T17:19:38Z")

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Duplicate thread. Closed.