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After college, he received an offer to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals football team.

Instead, he moved to Los Angeles and found work at the Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department as the Recreation Director for North Hollywood Park. In LA, Majors met many actors and industry professionals, including Dick Clayton, who had been James Dean's agent, and Clayton suggested he attend his acting school.

After one year of acting school, Clayton felt that Majors was ready to start his career.

At this time, he picked up the stage name Lee Majors as a tribute to childhood hero Johnny Majors who was a player and future coach for the University of Tennessee.

Majors also studied at Estelle Harmon's acting school at MGM.