TB Hotel honoring the recent passing of Carl Weathers AKA Apollo Creed
Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 1, 2024) was an American actor, director and gridiron football linebacker. His roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development (2004, 2013), and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–2019). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Weathers played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs before playing professionally as a linebacker. He joined the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 1970 NFL Draft. After two seasons with the Raiders, he played a year with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
We placed this on the new bike/walk path connecting Franklin Community Park and Hazelwood Parks. Two Parks that among other things host youth soccer, which is an appropriate appropriate place for the Soccer Junkies to hide caches.