[DOC] [TLE] Brooklyn Born & Bred: Louis Gossett, Jr. | THE BLOG [PAR] He played for the legendary Abraham Lincoln varsity high school team  alma ... 
even turned down a scholarship to play for NYU's men's college basketball team. 
... Five years later, Gossett won the role of a career, starring in 1982's An Officer 
and a Gentleman. Gossett played drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley. [DOC] [TLE] Louis Gossett Jr. - Biography - IMDb [PAR] He made his professional acting debut at age 17, winning the Donaldson. ... He 
went to New York University on a basketball scholarship and was invited to try 
out for ... His role as the tough drill sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a 
Gentleman ... the chance to be his opening act in Las Vegas, but he turned it 
down, a move... [DOC] [TLE] A Black-and-white `Wiz`? Why? - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Jan 11, 1987 ... Two of the black actors who were turned down, Denise James and ... performed 
in other professional versions of ``The Wiz,`` including the movie. ... into roles 
traditionally played by others, and the more wide-reaching ... drill sergeant role in 
``An Officer and a Gentleman,`` for which he later won an Oscar. [DOC] [TLE] Louis Gossett Jr.  Random Roles  The A.V. Club [PAR] May 28, 2010 ... He partied with Sammy Davis Jr. and the Rat Pack while acting opposite ... drill 
sergeant in 1982's An Officer And A Gentleman, he'd racked up enough ... got a 
scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and was a celebrity. 
... I took the top down and turned on my favorite Sam Cooke R&B... [DOC] [TLE] Title http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg http://www.nypl.org ... [PAR] He organized the first branch of UNIA in June 1917 and began published the .... 
These institutions played a pivotal role in the development of Harlem's .... African 
Americans volunteered for the Armed Services and were rejected. ...... His 
portrayal of a tough drill instructor in the 1982 film"An Officer and a Gentleman" 
brought... [DOC] [TLE] What the Hell Happened to Debra Winger? | Lebeau's le Blog | Page 3 [PAR] Feb 2, 2013 ... Debra Winger  An Officer and a Gentleman  1982 ... who is subjected to trials 
by a drill instructor played by Louis Gossett, Jr. (who won ... I'm sorry, may he rest 
in peace, but he'd go to dailies and bring me a water pill. ..... Just about everyone 
in Hollywood turned down Silence of the Lambs at some point. [DOC] [TLE] an officer and a gentleman | Padre Steve's World...Musings of a ... [PAR] When I started down the road to becoming a chaplain back in 1987, Lieutenant 
Colonel ..... He was my version of Drill Sergeant Foley in An Officer and a 
Gentleman. ..... In December the Navy offered me a deal to play in the show on 
active duty and I took it, .... The film turned out to be a cult classic among many 
Marines. [DOC] [TLE] The Sober GentlemanLou Gossett Jr. | The Fix [PAR] Jun 3, 2016 ... He went to New York University on a basketball scholarship and was ... His later 
role as the tough drill sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) 
... the goal of the Shamba Centers will be to offer instruction in cultural ... but then 
we have to calm down and let our Higher Power be in charge. [DOC] [TLE] Marine Corps 1972-1974 in Personal Recollections of a Serious ... [PAR] He gets sort of conspiratorial - more like threatening, to me - and tells us that ... I 
could run wind sprints up and down a basketball court all day long, so I figured ... 
Sure, any Marine drill instructor can rip a rifle out of your hands in a split .... 
Remember the part in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" where... [DOC] [TLE] USNI Blog  Blog Archive  Supported vs. Supporting and the ... [PAR] Sep 30, 2015 ... The offer from Navy couldn't have come soon enough for Ronnie

Question: The drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", he turned down an offer to play pro basketball
Answer: Louis Gossett, Jr.