Joe Onosai

Joseph Onosai, born in 1965, is a former strongman competitor and American football player who reached the finals of the World's Strongest Man twice, in 1994 and 1995. He starred as a fullback at University Laboratory School in Honolulu, helped his school win its first league and Prep Bowl championship in 1982, and played offensive line at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, earning honorable-mention All-American honours as a senior. The Dallas Cowboys picked him in the sixth round of the 1987 draft, but a serious neck injury in training camp and a diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis ended his football career within weeks. He rebuilt his strength and later competed in strongman, specialising in the power lift. Since 2011 he has been a pastor.