I don't recall Mark Harmon's marriage being much of a hurry up job. He married actress Pam Dawber ("Mork & Mindy" & "My Sister Sam") in 1987 when he was 35 or 36. They have two sons now ages 18 and 14. He was in a very ugly battle with his sister Kris over the custody of his nephew Sam (younger brother of the singing Nelson twins and actress Tracey Nelson) because of her aledged drug abuse.
Actually Mark did play football. He was quarterback for the UCLA Bruins (where he graduated cum laude in 1974, with degree in communications) and although he had the opportunity choose not to play professional ball.
The year after he was voted People magazines "Sexiest Man - 1986" he was the host of Saturday Night Live (episode 12.18 - 1987) and they did a skit where he was in his briefs and they tied him up and I remember thinking at the time how unattractive his body was without his clothes.
Many don't know that Mark was among on the first actors to play a person with AIDS. In 1982 he was a member of the original cast of "St Elsewhere" where as Dr. Robert Caldwell he became infected with the HIV virus.
Needless to say, I'm a fan!
thats an amazing and yet disturbing amount of mark harmon trivia....