Movies and TvShows featuring "football-hero" theme.

Leatherheads is a romantic comedy that takes place in the 1920s during the rise of professional American Football. It follows the story of a struggling football team and their charismatic leader who recruits a war hero to boost the team's popularity. Along the way, they navigate through love triangles, sponsorships, and the challenges of the game.

Good News is a musical comedy that follows the story of a college football star who falls in love with his French tutor. Together, they navigate the ups and downs of college life while chasing their dreams. With catchy songs and dance numbers, this classic musical is filled with romance, friendship, and plenty of laughs.

Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and raising him as their own son.

"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. "Dad" Wade, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton. This puts "Red" between a rock and a hard place.

A man tries to win the heart of a girl by deceiving her, but comedic chaos ensues.

Marjorie (Marjorie Beebe) is being wooed by the effete and broke Sir Herbert in this Mack Sennett production for Educational Pictures. Her mother wants Marjorie to marry this upper class twit, though the audience sure doesn't! Marjorie plans on pleasing her mother but soon meets a very handsome young man and is smitten...but he's just a 'lowly ice man' and mother doesn't approve. Ultimately, this all comes to a head during a college football game...and Marjorie discovers this new mystery man is actually an all-American quarterback.

Film serial from Universal.