claim: Brick Mansions is a remake.
evidence: Richard Joseph `` Dick '' Christy -LRB- November 24 , 1935 -- July 8 , 1966 -RRB- was a collegiate and professional football player .. collegiate. College football. football. American football. At St. James High School , Christy was twice named 1st Team All-Scholastic by the Philadelphia Bulletin -LRB- 1952 & 1953 -RRB- .. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. He also led St. James to the Philadelphia City Football Championship in 1953 .. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. The 191 lb Christy was a star halfback at North Carolina State University -LRB- NC State -RRB- from 1955 to 1957 , leading them to the 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference championship in his senior year .. North Carolina State University. North Carolina State Wolfpack football. Atlantic Coast Conference. Atlantic Coast Conference. With the league title on the line in the season 's final game , Dick Christy scored all 29 points in a 29-26 win over the University of South Carolina to clinch the championship for his Wolfpack .. University of South Carolina. South Carolina Gamecocks football. Christy scored the dramatic winning points on a field goal on the last play of the game .. At the conclusion of the 1957 season , Christy was 1st team All-ACC and was an AP and UP 1st team All-American .. All-American. 1957 College Football All-America Team. He was also honored as the 1957 ACC Player of the Year in football and as the 1957 -- 58 ACC Athlete of the Year for all sports .. football. American football. His number 40 jersey was retired in 1997 by NC State .. Christy was selected in the third round of the 1958 NFL Draft -LRB- 27th overall -RRB- by the Green Bay Packers .. 1958 NFL Draft. 1958 NFL Draft. Green Bay Packers. 1958 Green Bay Packers season. Hobbled in the College All-Star game in mid-August , he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers before the start of the season .. Pittsburgh Steelers. 1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season. College All-Star. Chicago College All-Star Game. All-Star. American Football League All-Star games. He later played in the new American Football League .. American Football League. American Football League. Christy was an AFL All-Star for the New York Titans in 1962 , renamed the Jets in 1963 .. AFL All-Star. AFL All-Star. All-Star. American Football League All-Star games. New York Titans. New York Titans ( football ). 1962 AFL season. Jets. New York Jets. He was cut by the Jets in September 1964 .. Jets. New York Jets. 1964 New York Jets season. Christy died in a one-vehicle automobile accident in 1966 at age 30 in Chester , Pennsylvania .. He was named to the ACC Silver Anniversary football team in 1978 .. football. American football. The Dick Christy Award was created by NC State to honor the football team 's most valuable players in games against South Carolina .. football. American football. In 2016 , Christy was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame .