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2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Mario "Salami" Pettrino

TV Show/Movie Appeared: The White Shadow (1978-1981)
Actor/Actress: Timothy Van Patten
Position Portrayed: Bench
Played For:: Carver H.S.
Why you should vote:: For a guy named Salami, he owned it!
Why you should not vote:: Ever watch him in that Lee Van Cleef debacle; “The Master?
We can’t say we ever thought “Salami” (or the annoying kid in the “Master”) would ever become an acclaimed TV director, but that’s our fault for initially doubting him because he was named for lunch meat.

Actually, Salami may have been one of the coolest characters on 70’s television. He was a white basketball player who was friends with, and respected by his black teammates. Despite his nickname, “Salami”, was not a geek, and possibly the coolest white kid in a predominately black High School. Actually, let’s change that too definitely; as he was the kid from Carver who banged his sexy teacher. Game, Set, Match: Salami.