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Didn't play HS sports except for the varsity letter I earned in Chess. Stopped playing football after 8th grade.

Did martial arts (hapkido) from the age of 11 through high school. Got my 1st dan black belt around the end of my sophomore year of HS and my 2nd dan right before the end of senior year.

Had I stuck with football, I might have had a future. I was never all that fast, but I graduated HS at 6'4" and a lean 225#, and that was without weight training. I could have carried a lot more on my frame. 

HS football was how I got the nickname, Fearless

about 5'2 98 lbs as a freshman, loved football, I have a short achilles tendon on my left leg (no wheels) can't jump or ruan worth a dern.

so coaches put me at left guard offense and middle LB defense

playing in small school 11 man football Iowa in the late 70s - 53 in my graduating class

never started, quit after my jr season to work, younger guys behind me were bigger and stronger

best story is how I got the nickname, Fearless Phil

during two a days as a freshman I was the smallest kid on the roster,  upperclassmen and assistant coaches were taking wagers on when I would quit. (I found out about this tears later, maybe as a junior or senior)

as the practices passed and I kept coming back, the upperclassmen would hit me harder and harder to insure I wouldn't return for the nest practice.  possibly some hazing and abuse.  (I'm not complaining)  I wouldn't quit.  Many of my fellow freshmen did.

in the end, the upperclassmen named me fearless.  The name evolved from there.

I have no regrets.

I go to the Braves' baseball fantasy camp now at the ripe old age of 60-something and still do decently well against the 30 year olds.  That is a blast.  

may not be how the 30 year olds portray it, but I'll take your side.

Was a 4th string bean pole my senior year in HS. 

Had a great body strength index, because I was strong enough to match my 6'0" 140lbs frame in weights. 

Played FS. 

Chapin was a 2A school full of coaches kids', so playing time against my friends didn't happen. Loved the game, understood it well, and still learn today. 

First game we played Lugoff-Elgin, were winning big, so I got to play much of the 4th quarter.

First play, they threw a deep pass my direction, and I caught it over the shoulder for an INT.

Coaches blasted me for saying I got beat, but I was only playing the ball in the air.

I was more suited for basketball, and was a good passer, shooter, and loved getting rebounds as I usually seemed to float in the air while getting them. Very good defender because I had great hand to eye coordination.

However, I never tried for the HS team, because all my friends, small school of coaches kids, were already on the team.

I played a lot if rec league.

Today, I'm 6'3" 215 lbs at 40 yrs, and lost most of that athleticism, so I'm bitter about the spurt I had while in the Navy, but I'm doing alright for myself I guess.

Wish I had these measurables back in HS, but whatever.

I can recall the soccer team at our HS coming in from practice as we were dressing for basketball.  They would all be covered in mud.  This would be circa 1971.  I had no clue what soccer was at the time other than being muddy.  They all seemed to be having a great time.  They were not the good athletes in school though.

I think they actually started soccer before that in Europe or Argentina or somewhere, probably circa 1960, but it never caught on ...  football is king in most countries today.  They even have a very large church in Paris where they congregate to watch Notre Dame play.

Heh, already touched in this in the other thread, which may have prompted this one.  

Yes sir.