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DJ Redfoo Playing Tennis

This DJ-rapper-dancer is now turned pro tennis player! Well, not quite. Redfoo made news by making a bid for the U.S. Open, entering under his legal name in singles and mixed doubles. Now how's that for a jack of all trades.

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Brad Pitt Playing Tennis

Who would have thought that the hunky, athletic star of Moneyball and Fight Club could look so… awkward as a junior in 1981 playing tennis at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri?

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Tina Fey Playing Tennis

Tina Fey was a member of the varsity tennis team as a senior at Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in 1988. Look at that concentration! The firm double-handed racket grip! What’s not to love?

Ellen Degeneres tennis team high school yearbook photo young Atlanta high school 1976

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Ellen DeGeneres Playing Tennis

Senior Ellen DeGeneres pulled a funny face reaching for a shot as a member of the varsity tennis team at Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas, in 1976. She still loves the sport and has played it on her talk show opposite everyone from Matthew Perry to tennis star Melanie Oudin.

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George Clooney in the Basketball Locker Room

George, is that you? The resemblance is unmistakable... That knowing smile and athletic build say it all. Here he is in all his high school glory in his senior year at Augusta High School, Augusta, Kentucky. This is one locker room candid we can celebrate.

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Mario Lopez with His Wrestling Trophies

At 12, Lopez won all county first place in wrestling! While his wrestling days are behind him, we're still guessing with those arms he could still place in first!

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Brad Pitt on the Basketball Team

Finally, proof that Brad Pitt's lovely locks have always out-shined his peers'. While we don't have evidence to support the theory that Brad was probably a killer basketball player, we'd like to think his athleticism isn't just an act. After all, even as a freshman at Kickapoo High School, Springfield, Missouri, Brad looked like a winner.

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Renée Zellweger on the Basketball Team

Can you spot eighth grader Renée Zellweger under that mop of blonde hair? Yup, that’s her, number 12, helping to hold up the basketball at Katy Junior High School in Katy, Texas, in 1983.

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Tom Cruise on the Wrestling Team

During his senior year at Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in 1980, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV—better known as Tom Cruise—injured his knee. Because he could no longer compete as a member of the wrestling team, he became interested in acting and auditioned for a school play. The rest is history.

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Sheryl Crow Hurdling

As a senior in 1980 at Kennett High School in Kennett, Missouri, Sheryl Crow gave it her all going over the hurdles. Crow was not only an all-state track athlete, but also a majorette.

Matthew McConaughey golf team high school yearbook photo young Longview High School 1988 before famous

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Matthew McConaughey Golfing

Looking every bit the natural, Matthew McConaughey judges a putt as a senior at Longview High School in Longview, Texas, in 1988. Still an avid outdoorsman, he seemed tan and fit back then, and he was clearly skilled at styling that big '80s hair!

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Jayma Mays with Basketball

In the back of Mays's 1997 senior yearbook from Grundy High School in Grundy, Virginia, a family ad featured this picture of a younger Jayma posing gleefully with her basketball.

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Jamie Foxx Playing Basketball

In 1986, Jamie Foxx—then still known by his birth name, Eric Bishop—was a senior at Terrell High School in Terrell, Texas, and a member of the varsity basketball team. Lucky number 13 was rockin’ the short shorts and the tucked-in tank!

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Gwyneth Paltrow on the Track Team

As a freshman in 1987 at the elite private Spence School in New York City, Gwyneth Paltrow flashed her pearly whites and her long, long legs.

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Gwen Stefani Swimming

Did you recognize this brunette bathing beauty with her signature platinum ’do? As a senior in 1987 at Loara High School in Anaheim, California, Gwen Stefani looked like a natural—even down to her hair color!

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Eva Mendes on the Volleyball Team

Eva Mendes looked cute as a button under a massive mane of hair as a member of the 1990 sophomore volleyball team at Hoover High School in Glendale, California.

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Britney Spears on the Basketball Team

In 1997, during her freshman year at Park Lane Academy in McComb, Mississippi, number 25 looks glammed-up enough to jump into her video for “…Baby One More Time.” Which she clearly was: The breakout hit single was released just a year later.