8 Things You Didn't Know About Apollo Crews

By John Bills /

5. He Went To A Military High School

Crews truly got into sports during high school, and surprisingly enough it was football (as in football, not American football) that grabbed his talents first. Crews also played American football and took part in various track and field events. It wasn't just any old type of high school, however. Crews attended a military high school, and by his own admission the various sports he took part in gave him a way of avoiding the military life. I'm no expert, but military high schools sound pretty darn intense, with the usual trappings of high school education on top of the early morning physical drills and obsession with rank. No thank you, no sir. Anyway, on the subject of football...