250+ IQ Coach Successfully Trained 12 Orphan To Be No.1 American Football

Usually I love recaps, but I think I gotta watch this for real, so many emotions .... Very inspiring...

I grew out in an orphanage. This movie is a testament to all adults especially ESPECIALLY All teachers that you are the ones that have power. Power to give even the most broken and down troden of children a chance to become great if only you use that power wisely and not pilfer the opportunity you have

Playing football back in the day 40+ years ago (cough) - We played a similar orphanage called Sacred Heart in Muenster Tx. I dont know if they even have a team now but back then they did. Their fan base was minimal, their field and facilities were in a sadden state needing plenty of tlc. The field had stickers (which we were used to as we were a small school and practiced in a sticker field). My dad would tease me saying to take it easy on those that were in their situation. My reply was "no pop! They suit up and play just like we do. They deserve our A game, as they will be bringing their A game. So I will play as hard as I can because on the field that is the ultimate respect." Before & after the game it was hand shakes, well wishes, good game type atmosphere. During the game it was an all out ass kickicking contest to see who would win. Though we never lost to Sacred Heart, I promise you they had some D1 talent and deserved the respect of all that suited up against them.

My friend Tom's mother Dorthy was at the Masonic Home during this time. She is hanging in there in her late 90's.

For those who asked in the comments, the movie was called, "12 Mighty Orphans". I'm not sure why no one would put the title of the movie on here.

This is the type of movie that one should show one's children. It is a beautiful story of young men who felt that they would never have a chance to be, become anything worthy of note who, because of a teacher who really cared about them and want them to succeed - invested his time, his intelligence and his love in them and showed the world what can be done when one believes in another and doesn't hold back. Thank you for your excellent narration and telling of the story. Good job.

Back when sports had heart, and wasn't ruled by money and greed.

Emotional good movie. Loves their strength and spirit, I'm glad they have such a good and patience teacher with a supportive wife. That's what the orphans probably needed, not just the feeling of being loved, but being trusted and belonged, that's what will heal their pains of losing their birth parents.

Not gonna lie this moved me to tears when I watched it. Thank you for recapping this one🤙

You can see why Martin Sheen wanted to get involved in the movie: an inspirational story of young people enduring the tragedy of being orphaned, using sport to transcend their traumas and hardship, to become an extended family and be the pride of their community and themselves

So many psychological testings and experiments have been done to prove without a shadow of a doubt that the "placebo effect" is most powerful. Whether telling a cancer patient an injection has a high cure rate & watching them recover completely or encouraging ppl, not just young minds, that they are SO capable and brilliant that they go on to achieve great things in their lives otherwise they wouldn't have. The mind with love and encouragement is capable of incredible achievement.

Actually they were second in Texas High School Football because the team that beat them in the Texas state championship was my grandfather’s team and he was the star running back because he lived and played at Amarillo and later played football at OU as the Running Back before graduating and serving in WW2 at Leyte Gulf. However, the 12 mighty orphans were definitely bad ass teenagers that overcame adversity and overwhelming odds to get to the State Championship.

I'm from Fort Worth. When this movie came out, people were raving. Also, it's funny to me that their first game they ever played was against Mineral Wells because the first game I ever attended was my high school's homecoming against Mineral Wells. Also, OF COURSE Poly has the snooty coach...

O man these is the biggest ,fun and emotional recap I have ever heard it's touch me and I feel it 😭😭

From FWHistorical : "Several students from the Masonic Home football team went on to have great success in life after leaving the school. Harrison Miller Moseley, class of 1938 valedictorian, attended TCU and went on to work with Albert Einstein on the Manhattan project, which created the world’s first atomic bomb. Dewitt Coulter, class of 1943, went on to play college football at west point and later in the NFL for the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Texas High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1970. In 2005, the Masonic Home closed its doors. Today, only a few artifacts remain of the place that helped shape the lives of so many Texas orphans for 121 years.

At 74, I realized, I had been a winner all my life, when I accepted in weakness confessed, was truly real strength. This is when we are who we are. And those who think they are strong are weak, and will always feel inferior and unreal. This movie defines real strength comes from recognizing weaknesses are disguised as real strength. Bravo 👏

Introduce more of this kind of story.. loved the recap ♥️

Best Recap ngl it made me in tears watching this :D

You are so underrated, your recaps are really good!

Heart touching story. Thanks for the recap.❤️