Gene Hackman was a veteran actor in his 50s when 'Hoosiers' was released in 1986. Former Hickory Huskers and 'Hoosiers' ...

Outtakes: Was Norman Dale actually a good coach? Plus How much does crosschecking somebody in the head get you fined? Depends ...

Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high ...

Hackman’s fellow actors from the 1986 film remembered him as an actor who offered wise advice but hated rehearsing and ...

Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood –- said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town ...

You might think of him first as Lex Luthor or Popeye Doyle or Little Bill Daggett or even as the blind hermit who sets Peter Boyle’s thumb ablaze.

Gene Hackman tragically passed away Thursday morning at the age of 95 ... and Brad Long of the popular "Hoosiers" movie took ...

Gene Hackman, famed for his role in 'Hoosiers' as Coach Norman Dale, left a significant mark on sports cinema. The film, ...

The two-time Academy Award winner left an indelible mark on Hollywood, but here in Indiana, he will always be remembered as Coach Norman Dale, the tough yet inspiring leader of the underdog ...

To the people in the Henry County town that’s about a 40-minute drive east of Indianapolis, Hackman is more than an actor, ...