Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high school basketball Coach Norman Dale. The famed film follows the story ...

FILE - The Hoosier Gym, where many scenes from the movie "Hoosiers" was filmed in the mid-1980s plays host to dozens of high school games each year as fans still flock to the site, is shown Monday ...

The Athletic placed "Hoosiers" at No. 15 on its list of the top 100 sports movies, with “Rocky” taking first. On Rotten Tomatoes, "Hoosiers" is ranked as the No. 53 best sports movie with a ...

There are also behind-the-scenes photos from "Hoosiers" that were taken on a disposable camera by members of the cast, some of Anspaugh's student films when he was a student at IU in the 1960s and ...

The movie was ranked as the No. 1 sports film of all-time by The Associated Press in 2020. Hackman starred as Dale, a disgraced college coach who was given a second chance in an Indiana hamlet.

On Rotten Tomatoes, "Hoosiers" is ranked as the No. 53 best sports movie with a certified fresh score of 91%.

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,” the 1986 movie loosely based on ...