It doesn't matter what team you're on, if you invented the term and action of 'sacking' a quarterback, you're the greatest player of your franchise, period. That just so happens to be the case for David D. 'Deacon' Jones and the Los Angeles Rams. Deacon Jones played in an era of football where quarterback sacks where not an official stat and being correctly accounted for. Fortunately, because of Jones' ruthless tenacity to get to the quarterback every play and punish the quarterback, it forced the league to ackowledge what he was doand nw he's considered the prototype for what a defensive end should be.
Jones didn't only excel on the football field, he also was a quality baseball and basketball player during his youth. Following his college football career at Mississippi Valley University, Deacon Jones was selected 186th overall in the fourteenth round of the 1961 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. Jones played eleven seasons out of the fourteen years of his career with Rams where he would rack up an unofficial number of 173.5 sacks throughout his career. To this day, that is the third-highest amount of sacks achieved by a player ever. The 8x Pro Bowler passed away from natural causes after suffering from both lung cancer and heart disease at the age of 74 in 2013. Jones' legacy will live forever for eventing the sack and being the gracious human being he was.
Not all celebrities have fame and fortune, some are just famous – and in a ton of debt. They came from rags to riches, then went back to rags. Whether they’ve filed bankruptcy, ended up in court, or just can’t stop spending, celebrities mismanage their money just like everyone else. They just hide it well.
50 Cent coined the term “wanksta,” then “partied like it was his birthday” until he filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015. The rapper was said to be anywhere between $10 million and $50 million in debt. In 2016, a federal bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut approved a plan for the founder of G-Unit to pay his debts back. He was able to get his bankruptcy discharged in February of the following year.
Following a 45-year-long career in Hollywood, acting in more than 70 films, actor Gary Busey found himself in more debt than he was worth. In 2012, it was reported that Busey owed between $500,000 and $1 million worth of debt, but only had $50,000 to his name. The 74-year-old actor owed money to hospitals, banks, the L.A. Waterworks District, and even a storage company. He filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy that same year. Despite his longstanding career in Hollywood, Busey's net worth is now only $500,000.
Burt Reynolds is still worth five million dollars, but his battles with debt date back more than 20 years. Between bad investments and a pricey divorce from actress Loni Anderson, the 1970s superstar had to deal with over $10 million in debt and decided to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996. While testifying in a 1994 custody hearing, the South Florida native said he spent $40 million getting through his divorce.
The former Hollywood bad boy, Charlie Sheen owes the IRS nearly $5 million. But that's not all. In 2016, his net worth was reportedly still as high as $150 million, but he was nonetheless $12 million in debt at the time – including mortgages, legal fees, and taxes. That same year, Debt.com reported Sheen owed nearly $300,000 on an American Express card alone.