Jackie Still Thinks He's Gonna Be a Football Star
Sportspickle.com
Jack, the Indiana high school football player who was brought to fame by John Mellencamp’s 1982 hit song “Jack & Diane,” still claims he’s gonna be a football star, despite being 43 years old and out of the game for two decades.
“Mellencamp said it best – ‘oh yeah, life goes on; long after the thrill of livin is gone,’” said Jack. “I’ve definitely done a lot of living since ’82.”
Jack was a 16-year old junior quarterback on his high school team in 1982 when Mellencamp penned the song about him and his girlfriend, Diane. He was set to take over as the starting quarterback in his senior season, 1983, and achieve football greatness.
“Jack had a cannon for an arm,” said Jim Dalrymple, Jack’s high school coach. “His potential was limitless. We expected to win districts with him at the reigns in 1983 and take a run at states. But he just threw it all away.”
Less than six weeks after “Jack & Diane” hit No. 1 on the charts, Jack found out Diane was pregnant.
“Diane was the debutante of the backseat of my car,” said Jack. “Sometimes we’d run off behind a shady tree. I’d dribble off her Bobby Brooks and she’d let me do what I please. Life went on, but spending too much time in the backseat of my car and behind shady trees got her pregnant.”
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Pretty funny stuff. The whole article just reminded me of Uncle Rico, who was the only redeemable part of that awful movie. Strangely enough I saw Uncle Rico on a 'Dateline: NBC' story one time because he knew some actress in the 80s that got murdered. He was great in that too.
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