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12:57 pm
Fri January 13, 2012

Eddie George Trades Touchdowns For Togas

Credit Jeff Frazier / Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Eddie George, a former professional football player, plays the title role in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's production of Julius Caesar.

Jim Brown, Dennis Rodman and O.J. Simpson are all former professional athletes who've tried their hand at acting. Showbiz might seem like a natural path for guys with big egos and million-watt personalities, but Eddie George is a former NFL player who's taken a different path to the limelight.

He's joining a fraternity of actors that includes Charlton Heston and Orson Welles in playing William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

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