Looking Back
Mr. T. Turns 60: A Look Back at His Rise to Fame, from Bodyguard to Superstar
Mr. T never let anything get him down. He might have sometimes had a "bad attitude" when he served in the military as a young man, then later in his breakout role on The A-Team, but his winning personality and desire to beat all the odds made him the most popular bodyguard on the planet. By Romi Stepovich
Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library
Mr. T. (Laurence Tureaud), Football Photo, Senior Year, Dunbar Vocational High School, 1970
Not only was Laurence (Mr. T.) a wrestling champion, he was cocaptain of the football team, #14. Here we see him strategizing for another aggressive play, most likely. His football prowess landed him a scholarship to Prairie View A&M University in Texas, where he majored in math for a year until he was expelled. He later enlisted in the Army.
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