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Living the American Dream with The Nigerian Nightmare: We talk to Chiefs legend Christian Okoye!
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Christian Okoye's story is the stuff of Hollywood dreams...growing up poor in Nigeria, he was a gifted athlete in track & field...he moved to America at age 21 to train for the Olympics...at age 23, he decided to play football, having never played the game in his life...and a few short years later, he was drafted by the Chiefs, becoming one of the most feared players in NFL, being dubbed The Nigerian Nightmare and leading the NFL in rushing at age 28.
We got the talk to Christian this morning about all of that, as well as his big charity event this Sunday!
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Manage episode 414432354 series 1258251
Christian Okoye's story is the stuff of Hollywood dreams...growing up poor in Nigeria, he was a gifted athlete in track & field...he moved to America at age 21 to train for the Olympics...at age 23, he decided to play football, having never played the game in his life...and a few short years later, he was drafted by the Chiefs, becoming one of the most feared players in NFL, being dubbed The Nigerian Nightmare and leading the NFL in rushing at age 28.
We got the talk to Christian this morning about all of that, as well as his big charity event this Sunday!
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