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How Lynn Swann Inspired A Disney Movie

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Lynn Swann was one of the key cogs to the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty in the 1970s and a Pro Football Hall of Famer. Inevitably, though, one of the things that always comes up when talking about Swann is his background in studying ballet, which he did from the age of four until his senior year of high school. However, it was something that he apparently didn’t want to be known among his classmates until he confessed to Peter Barsocchini, his teammate on the Junipero Serra high school basketball team.

Barsochini later went on to have success in Hollywood, with his biggest hit coming in the form of a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical, which centered on high schooler Troy Bolton trying to balance his love of his basketball with a newfound love of musical theater.