Hunky Bear John Matuszak - Who Had Him?

A guy hears stories ...

I remember seeing that awful Ringo Starr movie, "Caveman," on HBO when I was a young gayling and getting turned on by John Matuszak' beefy body and huge legs.

Funny he never married.

He was only 38 when he died, but he looked 50.

I bet he was popular at Russian River Bear Week.

What's this about twinks?

R6 He was rumored to be into young twinky boys.

R8 Such a beautiful, meaty ass.

A friend of mine who lived in WeHo in the 1980s and was a big ol' slut back in the day told me Matuszak used to cruise Santa Monica Boulevard in his convertible and pull over and "offer rides" to the young studs he found attractive. My friend said Matuszak was particularly partial to blonde surfer types.

Sloth was a big old bottom?

He even played a gay character, a regular second fiddle, on a short-lived tv show I am too lazy to look up.

Now THAT’S a hot bear.

I wonder if he was HIV positive at the time of his death.

He would be 73 years old now- if he had lived.

Probably living in Palm Springs and still trolling around for young cock and ass.

Not sexy

r15 In Palm Springs, 73 IS "young cock and ass."

He was only 38 when he died but he looks mid to late 40s, at best.

That’s a good angle. Straight on, he’s less interesting. But 6’8” !! Damn!!

Drug overdose, not AIDS.

Wonder if this guy is one of Travis Kelce’s heroes.

DAMN I jacked off to him so many times as a young boy

Damn you Darvocet!

From a 1989 LA Times article...

"“Tooz was definitely an insecure guy. We used to go down to Polk Street (in San Francisco) so the gay guys could look at his build . . . this 52-inch chest, the 34-inch waist. He needed approval from the gays. We’d sit there and drink and they’d come up and say, ‘God, John!’ Not that he was gay.”

Writes Ken Stabler in his book, “Snake”:

“I don’t know how many times I’ve seen The Tooz walk into a bar, grab his shirt with both hands, rip it open to the waist and growl like a lion at the top of his lungs. That tended to get everyone’s attention.

“He particularly enjoyed stomping into the gay bars in San Francisco and scaring the . . . out of everyone in them. Eyes glaring and muscles bulging, he would let out that roar and it would rattle glasses on the bar and just freeze everyone solid. The Tooz did instant statues. He loved to see fear on peoples’ faces.”

[quote]"...Not that he was gay.”

Well, of course not.

sounds pretty gay to me

I'm not gay, I just love showing my body off to other men

R24 - Matt Damon

r22, I find the story both very hot and pathetic simultaneously. he really sounds like a hot mess.

I'm a 70s kid from Northern California. Along with the '49ers and the Oakland A's, they provided some great sports glory days.

I had no idea Matusak died so young. Stabler sounds like he was a willing wing man and participant in a repressed gay tag team from the deep south and Midwest.

As far as names go, does anybody remember the A's relief pitcher with the best name ever for pitching, porn and other pursuits? Rollie Fingers. Seriously!

R22 "Not that he was gay. He just loved fucking men."

"He needed approval from the gays"

R12 It was called Hollywood Beat, and it also starred sexy Jack Scalia.

It only lasted one season.

I, too, loved his big round bum in those Playgirl pics…I used to jack off imagining getting to fuck that gigantic ass!

Mmmmm, Darvocet.

That was some good shit.

Got prescribed some back in '98 for back pain associated with a car accident.

I just remembered being in an incredible daze watching Star Trek TMP for the first time on some cable channel.

r28, I grew up in the East Bay. Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter were my heroes. Am pissed that all of our teams left Oakland.

I wonder if Matuszak and Lyle Alzado ever got it on.

They both were druggies, they both were sex fiends, and they looked alike.

He wrote his own book, Cruisin' with the Tooz. He's got a woman in the car, next to him.

Featured in Man Crush Monday.

Fun fact: Betty White was also featured in that issue of Playgirl!

Hot sluts

R37 Well, he's in his "cruisin' Santa Monica Boulevard" convertible.

R36 Is Matuszak grabbing Williams' dick?

R37 Frau for brains.