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    Elvis + Sports

    Did elvis enjoy watching/playing sports? Did he support a team? (bit of newbie when comes to elvis personally)

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    He wasn't crazy about it.
    I think he just liked karate,horse riding and that kind of stuff.
    You can see his style.No Football player knows how to dress so good!!!!
    He was an great musician,not an sportsman

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    It's well known that Elvis enjoyed football, especially the NFL. He also enjoyed playing football with friends in Memphis, plus he also attended some of the old Memphis Southmen games of the old World Football League.

    Not sure about other sports?
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    Elvis liked Football and if you call it a sport also Karate

    Elvis liked the Cleveland Browns when Jim Brown played for them and then in the 70's the Pittsburgh Steelers was his favorite team.

    Elvis didn't like Basketball or Baseball.

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    elvis liked football

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    Football was his first passion, and when he got out of highschool, even before he made it big time, he had a group of guys and they'd play touch football in Memphis..you can read about that stuff in Jerry Schilling's book too..then he got into the army and learned about karate and stuff, but he loved those two the most I think.
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    Elvis was crazy about NFL Football and Karate too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    Elvis liked Football and if you call it a sport also Karate

    Elvis liked the Cleveland Browns when Jim Brown played for them and then in the 70's the Pittsburgh Steelers was his favorite team.

    Elvis didn't like Basketball or Baseball.
    Brian,you took the words out of my mouth. But, didn't Elvis and Jim Brown meet? I remember a pic of them while jim was in a movie. can't recall the name of the film, but Jim was wearing a Cowboy hat?
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    there's also pics of him playing softball/baseball in Germany
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    http://www.tcb-world.com/gallery/sho...searchid=13040

    i play softball and that sure looks like a softball in his hand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by john carpenter View Post
    Brian,you took the words out of my mouth. But, didn't Elvis and Jim Brown meet? I remember a pic of them while jim was in a movie. can't recall the name of the film, but Jim was wearing a Cowboy hat?
    Yes they met. Jim also visited Elvis at Graceland. It was professional football that Elvis really liked. He used watch some of the Memphis Southmen games at the Liberty Bowl as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john carpenter View Post
    Brian,you took the words out of my mouth. But, didn't Elvis and Jim Brown meet? I remember a pic of them while jim was in a movie. can't recall the name of the film, but Jim was wearing a Cowboy hat?

    I've never seen the pic of them while Jim was wearing a cowboy hat but it could very well be the film 100 rifles that he was in with Burt Reynolds as the movie was a western.

    I have seen a picture of Elvis and Jim Brown on the set of Roustabout.

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    here's the pic of Elvis and Jim Brown think it was taken on the set of Roustabout
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...isjimbrown.jpg
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    here's the pic of Elvis and Jim Brown think it was taken on the set of Roustabout
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...isjimbrown.jpg
    http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/b...0/jimbrown.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    if you call it a sport also Karate
    I don't think it'd be all-too farfetched..!

    Elvis had a body fit for a champion, a lovely balance between muscle and slenderness (in his better days).

    He really looked a king and I think he could have been good at swimming and cycling also, though we are only to guess as to whether or not he would have enjoyed it, like discovering meaning in coffee residue.
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    I forgot to mention that Elvis also liked pro boxing. I know he was a big fan of Ali but I'm not sure what other fighters he liked.

    So the two sports Elvis liked were football and boxing

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    Elvis was HUGE football fan..Especially proffessional..NFL
    Elvis was also crazy about Karate,and he enjoyed Raquetball.
    HE also liked some of the water sports,Water Skiing,ect...
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