Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Father Was a Fullback (1949)

I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach! 1949-09-30 United States of America 84 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.

Cast

Fred MacMurray is George Cooper
George Cooper
Maureen O'Hara is Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn is Connie Cooper
Connie Cooper
Natalie Wood is Ellen Cooper
Ellen Cooper
Rudy Vallee is Mr. Jessup
Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter is Geraldine
Geraldine
Jim Backus is Professor Sullivan
Professor Sullivan
Richard Tyler is Joe Birch
Joe Birch
Buddy Martin is Cheerleader
Cheerleader
Frank Mills is Assistant Football Coach
Assistant Football Coach
Louise Lorimer is Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones