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    Family, Faith and Football

    Jan 14, 2022 5 minutes
    By JAMIE BURTON
    @Jamie_Burton_

    KURT WARNER NEEDED BELIEF to become the proud owner of a Super Bowl ring, two Super Bowl MVP awards and one of the NFL’s most unlikely success stories. At times, belief in himself and the belief of those around him was all he had as he worked in a grocery store, waiting for his NFL dream to come true.

    The events that led to his meteoric rise in the NFL, via a $5.50 per hour job and the Arena Football League (AFL), are played out in the new movie American Underdog, which arrived in theaters on Christmas Day.

    Shazam! star Zachary Levi has the honor of playing the Hall of Famer but his co-star Anna Paquin has an equally as important role.

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