USC quarterback Sam Darnold was doing an interview on “The Dan Patrick Show” in November when he was faced with a series of leading questions.
"Who's the best athlete in your family?" Patrick asked.
Darnold replied that it would have to be his grandfather, Dick Hammer.
"He went to USC, didn't he?” Patrick asked.
“He was a stud,” Darnold said. Hammer in fact was an Olympian in volleyball and a former USC basketball player, a firefighter who, while in his 60s, is said to have destroyed Darnold’s father in a game of one-on-one hoops.
Patrick went on: “Was he an actor?