Big John Studd. A basketball star in his youth, Big John Studd entered professional wrestling under the tutelage of fellow giant Killer Kowalski in the mid-70s. A legitimate 7-foot-1, Studd had the mass of an NFL linebacker with hands like baked hams.
Peyton Manning to retire a champion. Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos addresses the media during Super Bowl XLVIII media availability on January 30, 2014, in Jersey City, New Jersey. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Peyton Manning surveyed the landscape of his brilliant career and called one last audible. He's retiring a champion.
Manning, who played at Tennessee from 1994 through 1997, becomes the most recent SEC player to reach the College Football Hall of Fame and the second player who was on the field in the 1990s. He joins Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who played from 1993 through 1996 and was enshrined in 2013.