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His nickname as a kid was ‘Dewey

After a high school teacher encouraged him to try playing football, he found that he had a knack on the field, quickly excelling and earning a full scholarship to the top football college, University of Miami

He was born into a professional wrestling family in 1972

An injury ended his college football career, so he entered the ring with the WWE

Dwayne Johnson was born in the U.S

He also has some Irish ancestry from his father’s side

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, US.

Johnson spent some of his childhood growing up in New Zealand with his mother’s family

He attended Richmond Road Primary School in Grey Lynn.

He admits to being arrested multiple times for theft and fighting before the age of 17

Originally Johnson wanted to work for the FBI, so he studied criminology and physiology at a university in Miami, Florida.

He suffered from a knee injury and was unable to fight again until 1997, and this was his first appearance under his new name, The Rock.

In 2015 Johnson adapted two French bulldogs who were brothers and named them Hobbs and Brutus.

Johnson loves fishing! Amongst many hobbies, fishing is one of his favorite pastimes. In an interview in 2017, he said he raises his own bass on his farm.

He played for the Calgary Stampede of the CFL