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John Daniel "Tooz" Matuszak (October 25, 1950 – June 17, 1989) was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who later became an actor. He was the first draft pick of 1973 and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981. Matuszak participated in the 1978 World`s Strongest Man competition, where he placed ninth. As an actor, he is probably most remembered as deformed Sloth in the 1985 movie The Goonies.

His autobiography, Cruisin` with the Tooz, written with Steve Delsohn was published in 1987. On June 17, 1989, Matuszak died of heart failure in Burbank, California. He was 38 years old. His death was caused by an overdose of dextropropoxyphene although some cocaine was found in his system; pneumonia was also thought to be a contributing cause of his demise.