20 Things You Somehow Missed In Forrest Gump

16. Forrest's Uniform Is Clean Because Nobody Can Catch Him

Forrest Gump Tom Hanks
Paramount

Forrest memorably attends the University of Alabama on a football scholarship, and is shown to have an aptitude for running fast, enough that none of the opposing team seems able to catch him.

This is slyly exemplified by Forrest's uniform, which hasn't got a spot of dirt on it, compared to just about every other player on the field whose duds are thoroughly smeared with mud.

Throughout the scene he's the only player with pearly-white pants no matter how rough and competitive a play gets, because as Coach Bryant (Sonny Shroyer) says, "He sure is fast!"

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