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In the late '20s, John Wayne applied to the Academy and received a first alternate nomination. Unfortunately, the principal accepted. The following year, he was offered a nomination but declined because he had already completed a year of varsity football at USC.
In 1929, John Ford directed the movie Salute which was about two brothers, one the star football player from Army, and the other, his little brother, who played for Navy. Ford enlisted the entire USC football team as actors. John Wayne, in his first acting role, played the part of a midshipmen on the Navy football team.