http://www.sportspickle.com/news/68/jackie-still-thinks-hes-gonna-be-a-football-starJack, the Indiana high schoolfootballplayer who was brought to fame by John Mellencamp’s 1982 hit song “Jack & Diane,” stillclaims he’s gonna be afootballstar, despite being 43 years old and out of the game for two decades.
“Mellencamp said it best – ‘oh yeah, life goes on; long after the thrill of livin is gone,’” said Jack. “I’ve definitely done a lot of living since ’82.”
Jack was a 16-year old junior quarterback on his high school team in 1982 when Mellencamp penned the song about him and his girlfriend, Diane. He was set to take over as the starting quarterback in his senior season, 1983, and achievefootball greatness.
“Jack had a cannon for an arm,” said Jim Dalrymple, Jack’s high school coach. “His potential was limitless. We expected to win districts with him at the reigns in 1983 and take a run at states. But he just threw it all away.”
Less than six weeks after “Jack & Diane” hit No. 1 on the charts, Jack found out Diane was pregnant.
“Diane was the debutante of the backseat of my car,” said Jack. “Sometimes we’d run off behind a shady tree. I’d dribble off her Bobby Brooks and she’d let me do what I please. Life went on, but spending too much time in the backseat of my car and behind shady trees got her pregnant.”
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