Vince Papale was a special teams player and wide receiver with the Eagles from 1976 to 1978. The play he scores a touchdown in the film, on the other hand, is loosely based on a real play. Apart from this marriage, there is no information available on the other marriages of Sharon Papale. Both Vince and his wife Janet have been inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Caamano says, Mark told us at the time that hed do anything for Vince., Papale and his friends were also filmed at Maxs, a bar where they used to hang out in Prospect Park. Papale recovered the fumble but did not score on the play. Allowed HTML tags: