John Amos, a cinema icon and one-time Kansas City Chiefs running back, has died at 84 years old. "I was born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey," Amos said in a team feature.

John Amos, the actor known for ... While he graduated with a degree in social work, he scored tryouts with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Denver Broncos and the Canadian Football League’s British ...

John Amos and Esther Rolle as James and Florida Evans in 'Good Times.' ... had tryouts with the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs of what was then the American Football League, ...

John also enjoyed a brief career in football at Colorado State University and, later, with the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL. John’s family made headlines in recent years when his daughter ...

John Amos is known for starring as the family patriarch James Evans Sr on the hit 1970s ... He also spent a portion of the 1967 offseason for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

John Amos and Esther Rolle as James and Florida Evans in 'Good Times.' ... had tryouts with the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs of what was then the American Football League, ...

John Amos once said that his dream was to play professional football. ... Amos signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs. That didn’t last either, as he was released from the team.

John Amos, the Emmy-nominated ... Amos briefly had a contract with the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs before his acting career took off, but an injury ended his football dreams.

John Amos, the actor known for his role as the family patriarch on the hit sitcom “Good Times” and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed original miniseries “Roots,” has died, according to a ...

Amos would later recall that Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram told him while cutting the future actor from his brief time with the team, “You are not a football player, you are a young man ...