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Gerry Bertier (/ ˈ ɡ ɛr i / GHERR-ee; August 20, 1953 – March 20, 1981) was a high school American football player and Paralympian. [1] He became known for his participation on the 1971 Virginia State Champion football T. C. Williams High School team, and their portrayal in the Disney film Remember the Titans .
The gym of the original T. C. Williams building was named after Gerry Bertier, a member of the Titans' 1971 state championship football team who was paralyzed in a car crash and died 10 years later in a second auto accident near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Gerry Bertier: 1953 1981 27 years American football player car 1980 Oldsmobile: Charlottesville, Virginia: He was on his way home from a business trip when he collided with a drunkard. John Berylson: 1953 2023 70 years American businessman and football club chairman SUV Range Rover Falmouth, Massachusetts
Remember the Titans debuted in September 2000, and soon became a favorite for its powerful story line — and introducing many viewers to a young Ryan Gosling. The movie is based on a true story ...
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.The screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard is loosely based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971.
March 20 – Gerry Bertier, American college football player (b. 1953) March 21 – Mark Donskoy, Russian Soviet film director (b. 1901) March 22. Jumbo Elliott, American track and field coach (b. 1915) John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (b. 1911) Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President ...
Gerry Bertier, 27, who was later portrayed in the 2000 film Remember the Titans, was killed in an automobile accident Irving Jaffee , 74, American speed skater, gold medalist in 5,000m and 10,000m in 1932 Winter Olympics.
Commenting on the scene in the movie in which his character kisses Gerry Bertier on the lips in the locker room, Bass has stated that the incident never happened. Bass has also observed that in the movie, "( Denzel Washington ) did come across as a disciplinarian , which Coach Boone was, he was a perfectionist, which Coach Boone tried to be ...