Actor-director George Clooney is among the most instantly-recognizable movie stars of his generation (via IMDb). In addition to his numerous starring roles in film and TV, the Emmy and Academy Award-winning actor is the nephew of classic Hollywood singer and actress Rosemary Clooney. Clooney's also the son of Rosemary's brother, Nick Clooney, a noted Cincinnati, Ohio-area TV personality. With a family like that, it seems natural that Clooney made his name acting on screens large and small.
In addition to his on-screen talent, though, in high school Clooney, who was born in Kentucky in 1961, was not only a talented athlete, but a sports fan. As the actor himself recalled in a 2018 interview with TNT (available to watch now on Youtube) he only got good grades in school to earn free tickets to see one of his favorite Cincinnati-based sports teams play their games. Based on that interview, if one specific moment in Clooney's life had gone differently, we may now know the "ER" star for a whole other reason entirely.
In that 2018 interview with TNT, Clooney also noted (via Youtube) he was in his teenage years when MLB's Cincinnati Red were in their heyday, a period of time in which the team was known as the Big Red Machine. That lineup together from 1970 through 1976 included a pre-betting scandal Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan (pictured), and Ken Griffey. During the period the team won two World Series, five division titles, and four National League pennants, as Britannica notes.
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