2002 ESPN Vince Papale Segment
Originally airing during Monday Night Football in November of 2002, this ESPN segment on Vince Papale is what inspired the filmmakers to make the movie starring Mark Wahlberg. The segment aired as part of a tribute to the 25th anniversary of the movie Rocky, which told a similar inspirational sports story.
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 Vince Papale Interviews Mark Wahlberg This rare interview features the real
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asks Mark if he's always been a football
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taking the role. |
Invincible Trailer Mark Wahlberg stars as a Philadelphia
bartender who tries out for the Eagles NFL
football team as a 30-year-old walk on and
makes the team. The movie was inspired by
the real life story of Vince Papale. |