Brian Mann
Encyclopedia
Brian Mann is a former American football
quarterback
for the Los Angeles Avengers
in the Arena Football League.
in Westwood, Massachusetts
, and was a good student and a three-sport captain in football
, basketball
, and baseball
. In football, he led his team to two consecutive state titles and set school records.
and was a four-year letterman in football
. As a senior, he passed for a school single-season record 2,913 yards, was the team MVP, and was an All-Ivy League
selection. He is often compared to Jay Fiedler who played for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.
While at Dartmouth he was a member of the prestigious football fraternity Gamma Delta Chi.
for quarterback roles such as Adam Sandler
's double in the remake of The Longest Yard and the role as the quarterback in Invincible
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for the Los Angeles Avengers
Los Angeles Avengers
The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...
in the Arena Football League.
High school years
Brian Mann attended Xaverian Brothers High SchoolXaverian Brothers High School
Xaverian Brothers High School , founded in 1963 by the Xaverian Brothers, is a private, Catholic secondary school for boys on a campus in Westwood, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston....
in Westwood, Massachusetts
Westwood, Massachusetts
Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,618 at the 2010 census. In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Westwood 13th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States. Boston Magazine listed Gay Street in Westwood on its...
, and was a good student and a three-sport captain in football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. In football, he led his team to two consecutive state titles and set school records.
College career
Mann attended Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and was a four-year letterman in football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
. As a senior, he passed for a school single-season record 2,913 yards, was the team MVP, and was an All-Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
selection. He is often compared to Jay Fiedler who played for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.
While at Dartmouth he was a member of the prestigious football fraternity Gamma Delta Chi.
Movie career
Through his career as a professional quarterback, Brian has landed roles as a body doubleBody double
A body double is a general term for someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character in any recorded visual medium, in shots where the character's body is shown but the face is either not visible or shown indistinctly, or in shots where the image of the credited actor's face is joined,...
for quarterback roles such as Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
's double in the remake of The Longest Yard and the role as the quarterback in Invincible
Invincible (2006 film)
Invincible is a 2006 family film directed by Ericson Core set in 1976. It is based on the true story of Vince Papale, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976–78. Mark Wahlberg portrays Papale and Greg Kinnear plays Papale's coach, Dick Vermeil...
.