WWE legend looks totally unrecognisable with film-star haircut and classy moustache in throwback photo

A WWE legend looks a completely different man as he attends university in the 1980s.

The icon, now 56, can be seen with a full head of hair and a moustache.

A WWE legend looks unrecognisable in his college photoUniversity of Georgia

GettyHe was an elite American football player before taking to wrestling[/caption]

He also has completely shaved sideburns in a sign of the times.

Born in Oklahoma, this figure became a promising American football star, winning a scholarship at the University of Georgia.

From there, he would be drafted by the LA Rams, where he spent a season in 1990.

Later, he would spend two years at the Atlanta Falcons between 1992 and 1994.

He says that his NFL career ended when he “tore his lower abdomen off his pelvis”.

During his NFL rehab, he would begin power lifting and MMA training, where he was spotted by wrestlers Sting and Lex Luger.

The ex-NFL player would debut in WCW in 1997, going a year without defeat.

It was there that he became legendary wrestler Goldberg, with a rather different appearance – bald with a beard.

GettyGoldberg (pictured in 1998) would ultimately be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame[/caption]

Goldberg pictured in 2019Getty Images – Getty

Following WCW’s demise in 2002, Goldberg would spend a year at All Japan Pro Wrestling before joining WWE in 2003.

He retired from wrestling in 2004 before returning 12 years later, aged 49.

It was then that Goldberg would enjoy his best stint in WWE, as he became Universal Champion.

In 2018, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

He would be labelled one of the greatest wrestlers of all time by fellow bald-headed legend Stone Cold Steve Austin.