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Father Was a Fullback
First aired on Sep 30, 1949
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Genres: Comedy

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Fred MacMurray | George Cooper
Maureen O'Hara | Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn | Connie Cooper
Natalie Wood | Ellen Cooper
Rudy Vallee | Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter | Geraldine
Featured Crew
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer
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Mary Loos | Screenplay
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Richard Sale | Screenplay
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John M. Stahl | Director
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Aleen Leslie | Screenplay
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Fred Kohlmar | Producer