John Alt was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, but grew up in the US. He attended Columbia Heights High School in Minnesota and played college football at Iowa. He entered the NFL Draft in 1984 and ...

âÄù AltâÄôs decision to play hockey at Minnesota was met with disagreement from his father, John Alt, who played football at the University of Iowa. âÄúWe recruited him to play hockey at [Minnesota] ...

Joe Alt's lineage is peppered with athletic prowess, which he shared in an interview with Hayley Elwood. His father, John Alt ... kind of fell in love with football," he continued.