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2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Shooter McGavin

Shooter McGavin
  • TV Show/Movie Appeared: Happy Gilmore (1996)
  • Actor/Actress: Christopher McDonald
  • Why you should vote:: Despite being a goofy comedy, this is one of the better sports villains in history.
  • Why you should not vote:: Was he too unlikable to get votes?
  • Shooter McGavin was the perfect foil to Happy Gilmore. Where Gilmore (Adam Sandler) was a man of the people, Shooter was an arrogant elitist who represented the old school ideal if the sport. McGavin was a talented player on the golf tour, but his sliminess oozed throughout the picture and this was the prime example of the character you “loved to hate”. To this day, we know that we are not the only ones who see Christopher McDonald (who is constantly working in film and television) and can only see him as “Shooter McGavin”. That may be a testament to what this Hall of Fame is about.