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American football player and actor (born )

Not to be confused with Fred Dyer.

American football player

John Frederick Dryer (born July 6, ) is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player.

He was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 years, participating in games starting in until his retirement in He recorded career sacks with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams.

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He is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game.

Following his retirement from football, Dryer had a successful career as a film and television actor, notably starring in the NBC television series Hunter, with his height of 6&#;ft 6&#;in (&#;m) and physique proving useful for action roles.

Early life

Fred Dryer was born and raised in Southern California. His parents were Charles F. Dryer and Genevieve Nell (née Clark) Dryer. He played football at Lawndale High School in Lawndale, California.

College career

Dryer attended El Camino Junior College before transferring to San Diego State University (SDSU).

Dryer was inducted to the El Camino Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in as a charter member^[1] and was the Athlete of the Year for his performance on the football field. Dryer was also a Junior CollegeAll-American.^[2]

During Dryer's junior and senior seasons at San Diego State, in which he lettered both seasons, the Aztecs had a combined record of 19–1–1.

They were the College Division National Champions in both seasons. In , the Aztecs topped both the Associated Press and United Press International polls as #1.

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In San Diego State was voted the champions by UPI and North Dakota State University topped the AP poll, and thus the two schools shared the College Division title.

Dryer was voted the outstanding defensive lineman on the team and as such was the recipient of the Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy.^[3]

One of Dryer's teammates was Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the first four films of the Rocky series.

In , the Aztecs allowed points a game on defense, which is still ninth in program history. In and , the Aztec run defense allowed just and yards per game, still fourth and fifth, respectively in school history after over half a century.^[4]

Dryer was named to the Little All-America team in since at the time the school was 1-AA.

Dryer played in the East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco, the Hula Bowl in Honolulu and the College All-Star Game in Chicago where the college stars played the world champion New York Jets.^[5]

In , Dryer was inducted into the San Diego State University Aztec Hall of Fame.^[6]

In , Dryer received college football's ultimate honor in being voted to the College Football Hall of Fame and is one of only three Aztecs in the collegiate Hall of Fame.

When voted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame in , he joined athletes such as Ted Williams, Dan Fouts, Dave Winfield, and Tony Gwynn in receiving the preeminent recognition for a San Diego athlete.^[7]

NFL career

Dryer was selected in the first round of the NFL/AFL draft by the New York Giants and won a starting job as a rookie.

He was the starting right defensive end from through Although the NFL did not officially recognize quarterback sacks until , teams did record their own sack data for the time. As such, he led the team in sacks each of those three seasons with 8½ in , 12 in and 8½ in He was among the defensive leaders in other categories as well. In , he tallied 58 tackles (39 solo), six passes deflected and forced two fumbles, recovering both.

The next season, Dryer was an alternate to the Pro Bowl but could not play due to a bruised hip. He was Second-team All-NFC after recording 59 tackles (43 solo) four pass deflections, three forced fumbles, while recovering two to go along with his 12 sacks. In , he again led the team with 8½ sacks, and totaled 52 tackles (33 solo). He deflected two passes, forced two more fumbles and recovered two for the third consecutive season.^[8]

After several run-ins with Giants management in , Dryer was traded to the New England Patriots in February for three draft choices (a first and a sixth in ; a second in ).^[9][10] The Giants used the first round pick to select defensive back Eldridge Small.

Because Dryer had not signed a contract for the season, he was eligible to become a free agent in May ^[11] He refused to report to the Patriots unless they signed him to a long-term contract making him the highest paid defensive lineman in pro football.^[12] The Patriots refused to meet his demands and instead dealt him to the Los Angeles Rams for a first round draft pick (which they ultimately used to select fullbackSam Cunningham) and backup defensive end Rick Cash, four days before Dryer would have become a free agent.^[12] This trade gave Dryer what he wanted all along—a move to a West Coast team—and he agreed to a multi-year contract with the Rams.^[12][13] In his first year with the Rams, he backed up left defensive end Jack Youngblood making only four starts but playing in every game despite a broken hand and broken nose.

His primary role in was to come in on likely passing downs and rush the passer. He had 40 tackles (17 solo) and 4½ sacks.

In , Dryer started all 14 games on the right side and became the only NFL player ever to have two safeties in the same game by tackling opposing passers in the end zone twice in the fourth quarter.

He ended the season with ten sacks, three forced fumbles with three recovered fumbles (all three were second on the top-ranked Rams defense).

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After the season, he was a Second-team All-NFC pick by Pro Football Weekly. He finished the season with 39 tackles (21 solo), three forced fumbles and three fumbles recovered.

In , he had 15 sacks, which co-led (with Youngblood) the league, and he was also voted the Rams Outstanding Defensive Lineman.

He was named NEA First-team and AP Second-team All-Pro and All-NFC. Statistically, he had another solid year versus the run, totaling 49 tackles (34 solo) and two forced fumbles.^[8]

Dryer scored his first NFL touchdown in on a yard interception return against Philadelphia. After scoring his touchdown against the Eagles, Dryer promised that if he ever scored another, he would set his hair on fire in the end zone.

Against the Eagles that day, he chose to celebrate by "rolling six", a touchdown celebration where the player scoring rolls the ball like an imaginary pair of dice with some of his teammates looking on. He ended with 12 sacks, behind only Jack Youngblood and was voted All-NFC. Additionally, Dryer played in the Pro Bowl. Statistically, Dryer was excellent against the run with 61 tackles (39 solo) and two passes deflection, two fumbles recovered to go along with the yard TD interception.

After , rule changes affecting the offensive line hindered Dryer because of his small frame.^[14] He had a tackle, five-sack season (33 solo) in He did deflect two passes and forced three fumbles to lead his team. In , Dryer adopted a new diet and was winning praises from NFL sportswriters for the start he had. He recorded 35 tackles (28 solo) and six sacks.

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He also knocked down four passes, recovered three fumbles and caused one fumble. The next season, was much of the same. Dryer was the starting right defensive end on the NFL's #1 defense. Personally, he had 51 tackles (33 solo) and forced two fumbles, recovered three, blocked a kick and blocked one pass as the Rams went and won their sixth straight division title.

In , Dryer would be named an honorable mention All-NFC after recording 49 tackles (31 solo), ten sacks, and three forced fumbles (with one recovery). Against the New York Giants on October 28 of that year, Dryer recorded a career-high five sacks. At last, the Rams would finally break through and reach the Super Bowl. Dryer played in Super Bowl XIV when the Rams met the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 20, The Rams led 19–17 against the defending champions, but the Steelers scored fourteen unanswered points to win the game in the fourth quarter 31– The following season, Dryer split the time at his right defensive end position with third-year player Reggie Doss.

They combined for 67 tackles (Dryer 31, 20 solo) and 12 sacks (Dryer 5½, Doss 6½).

Dryer ended his career with career sacks, although as mentioned the statistic was not recognized until after he retired. Dryer played on a tough Los Angeles Ram defense that allowed fewer points, fewer total yards, fewer rushing yards, and sacked more quarterbacks than any other defense during the s.^[8]

In January , Dryer made the cover of Interview magazine, published by Andy Warhol from the late s through the early s and was considered the very essence of "magazine chic".

In the NFL Alumni presented Dryer with its Career Achievement Award which is presented to former NFL players "For Getting to the Top of His Field".

Record game

Dryer's record-setting game on October 21, , at Los Angeles was a 24–7 win over Green Bay. Down 20–7 in the fourth quarter, the Packers found themselves deep in their own territory when Dryer came storming in from the right side of the defense and chased down Green Bay quarterback Scott Hunter, dropping him in the end zone for a safety.

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On the Packers' following possession near their own goal line, Dryer attacked again. He looped through the middle of the Packers' offensive line and dragged backup quarterback Jim Del Gaizo down for his second safety of the game, setting an NFL record.^[15] For his efforts, Dryer was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Week.^[16]

Acting career

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Prior to the start of his show business career, Dryer helped cover Super Bowl IX for SPORT magazine.

In response to the perceived grandiose and self-important nature of the NFL's championship match, then-editor Dick Schaap hired Dryer and Rams teammate Lance Rentzel for this journalistic assignment. Donning costumes inspired by The Front Page, "Scoops Brannigan" (Dryer) and "Cubby O'Switzer" (Rentzel) peppered players and coaches from both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings with questions that ranged from clichéd to downright absurd.^[17][18] He briefly served as a color analyst on CBS's NFL coverage in and ^[19]

In the early s, when producers/creators Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows were developing the soon-to-be hit sitcom Cheers, Dryer and two other actors were considered for the role of lead character Sam Malone.

Ted Danson ultimately won the role, but Dryer appeared in episodes as a sportscaster and Sam's former Red Sox teammate Dave Richards in the episodesSam at Eleven, Old Flames, Love Thy Neighbor, and 'I' On Sports. He appeared on CHiPs as Lt. John LeGarre in the Season 5 episode Force Seven, about a secret LAPD unit implemented for special situations.

Dryer's best-known acting role came in the s television crime drama Hunter, in which he co-starred with Stepfanie Kramer, followed by Darlanne Fluegel, then Lauren Lane. He starred in the action-thriller movie Death Before Dishonor as well as playing Mike Land in the TV series Land's End (21 episodes, –).

In , he portrayed Police Chief Masters in Diagnosis: Murder. He portrayed Sgt. Rock during his appearance on Justice League.^[20][21]

In January , Dryer was seen in a cable TV commercial for SMS research company,^[22] which obliquely makes reference to his NFL record of two safeties in a game from Dryer is also now a spokesman for the law service Injury Solutions.^[23]

He starred in the drag racing film Snake & Mongoose, which depicts the rivalry between drivers Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen and their groundbreaking accomplishments in the world of drag racing.^[24] Dryer played "Ed Donovan", McEwen's engine builder, who coined the nickname "Mongoose".^[25]

Dryer appeared in the NBC series Crisis in In , Dryer joined the ranks of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when he played the evil HYDRA leader, Octavian Bloom, in an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.^[26] On October 23, , he played a Vietnam veteran on the CBS show NCIS.^{[citation needed][27]}

Personal life

Dryer has had a long interest in nutrition.

In the late s Dryer was consuming 70 raw egg yolks a week.^[28][29] He has since excluded red meat from his diet and eats chicken and vegetables.^[30]

He married actress and Playboy centerfold Tracy Vaccaro in May ; the couple divorced in ^[31] Together, they have at least one daughter.

Dryer still resides in Los Angeles and has his own production company (Fred Dryer Productions).^[31]

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