Shelly Novack Video | American Football Clips and Interviews

Sheldon Lennard "Shelly" Novack (January 10, 1944 - May 27, 1978) was an American football player and actor. Novack was an all-league and special mention Junior College All-American at Santa Monica City College (class of 1963), and 1 team All-American at Long Beach State in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, Novack was drafted as a wide receiver by the AFL's San Diego Chargers. After two seasons in San Diego, he met a producer playing football in a touch football league off season, he invited Novack to the studios which led to Novack embarking on an acting career. In April 1975, Novack commented to... MORE

Sheldon Lennard "Shelly" Novack (January 10, 1944 - May 27, 1978) was an American football player and actor. Novack was an all-league and special mention Junior College All-American at Santa Monica City College (class of 1963), and 1 team All-American at Long Beach State in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, Novack was drafted as a wide receiver by the AFL's San Diego Chargers. After two seasons in San Diego, he met a producer playing football in a touch football league off season, he invited Novack to the studios which led to Novack embarking on an acting career. In April 1975, Novack commented to talk show host Mike Douglas, "There were all these pretty girls around, so I stuck around." This was in response to a question Douglas asked Novack about his start in the film business. In 1977, Shelly Novack won the very first Toyota Grand Prix pro-celebrity race, and was on his way to becoming a professional Indy driver. Novack is remembered for his many guest roles on television shows such as Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, and Quincy, M.E. and was a regular on the Quinn Martin-produced TV shows The F.B.I (1973–74) and Most Wanted. Novack is also known for playing film LESS