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1946 All-Eastern Football Team
The 1946 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen at the end of the 1946 college football season as the best at each position from teams playing college football at schools in the Eastern United States. The organizations selecting All-Eastern teams in 1946 included the Associated Press (AP) and the International News Service (INS). All-Eastern selections Backs * Arnold Tucker, Army (AP-1; INS-1 b * Glenn Davis, Army (AP-1, INS-1 b * Skip Minisi, Penn (AP-1) * Doc Blanchard, Army (AP-1; INS-1 b * Levi Jackson, Yale (AP-2, INS-1 b * Lou Kusserow, Columbia (AP-2) * Joe Watts, Syracuse (AP-2) * Don Panciera, Boston College (AP-2, INS-2 b * Maderak, Penn State (INS-2 b * Kuleles, Boston College (INS-2 b * Mandarino, Syracuse (INS-2 b Ends * Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-1, INS-1) * Bill Swiacki, Columbia (AP-1; INS-1) * George Poole, Army (AP-2) * James Dieckelman, Holy Cross (AP-2) * Irving Mondschein, NYU (INS-2) * Monahan, Dartmouth (INS-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins. American football evolved in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Kusserow
Louis Joseph Kusserow (September 6, 1927 – June 30, 2001) was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1953. Kusserow attended and played football at Columbia University. He was drafted in the 1949 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions in Round 3, #22 overall. In 1949, he played in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees. The following year, he played in the National Football League for the New York Yanks. After his football career, he worked with NBC as an executive. In 1957, he appeared in an episode of ''To Tell the Truth'' as a decoy for baseball player Bobby Brown (third baseman). He was inducted into the Columbia University Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2001, Kusserow died of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancerous tumor worldwide and is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality among men. The prostate is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Bednarik
Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He has been ranked one of the hardest hitting tacklers in NFL history and was one of the league's last two-way players. His November 20, 1960 tackle of Frank Gifford in an Eagles game against the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium, known simply as The Hit, is widely considered one of the hardest tackles and most notable plays in NFL history. A Slovak American from the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, Bednarik played for the Philadelphia Eagles for his entire 13-year NFL career from 1949 through 1962. In 1967, in his first year of eligibility, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early life Bednarik was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on May 1, 1925. His parents emigrated from Široké, a village in eastern Slovakia, five years earlier, settling in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Barzilauskas
Francis Daniel Barzilauskas (June 13, 1920 – November 30, 1990) was an American football guard who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Yanks/New York Bulldogs and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Yanks with the third overall pick in the 1947 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross before transferring to Yale University. Barzilauskas attended Crosby High School in Waterbury, Connecticut. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References External linksJust Sports Stats* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barzilauskas, Fritz 1920 births 1990 deaths American football guards American people of Lithuanian descent Holy Cross Crusaders football players Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wydo
Frank Wydo (June 15, 1924February 17, 1979) was an American football tackle who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays .... External links * 1924 births 1979 deaths People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania Players of American football from Pennsylvania American football offensive linemen Cornell Big Red football players Pittsburgh Steelers players Philadelphia Eagles players {{offensive-lineman-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Mondschein
Irving "Moon" Mondschein (February 7, 1924 – June 5, 2015) was an American track and field athlete and football player. Personal life Mondschein, who was Jewish, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Boys High School, where he ran track. He also ran for the New York Pioneer Club. He entered the US Army in 1943. He became a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternal organization while attending New York University His son, Brian, was a world-class decathlete in the 1980s. His grandson, also named Brian, was an All-American pole vaulter at Virginia Tech. Decathlon, high jump, and football career He was AAU decathlon champion in 1944, and in 1946 and 1947. He won the 1944 Olympic Trials and would have been the top American representative had the Olympic Games been held that year. He was NCAA high jump champion in both 1947 and 1948, competing for New York University. As of 2015, he still held NYU's record in the outdoor high jump—6 feet, 7¾ inches. He also played footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Swiacki
William Adam Swiacki (October 2, 1922 – July 7, 1976) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as an end for Columbia University in 1946 and 1947 and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1947. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1948 to 1950 and for the Detroit Lions in 1951 and 1952. He was a member of the Lions' 1952 Detroit Lions season, 1952 team that won the NFL championship. Early years Swiacki was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, in 1922. He was of Polish descent College football and military service Swiacki began his college education at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played at the end position for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team in 1942. He then served as a second lieutenant and navigator on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, B-17 Flying Fortress in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he attended Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Foldberg
Henry Christian Foldberg Sr. (March 12, 1923 – March 7, 2001) was an American college and professional football player who became a college football coach. Foldberg played college football for Texas A&M University and the United States Military Academy, and thereafter, he played professionally for Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He later served as the head football coach of Wichita State University and Texas A&M University. Early years Foldberg was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Hank Foldberg Retrieved May 6, 2011. College career Foldberg attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where he played for the Texas A&M Aggies football team for a single season in 1942. 2010 Texas A&M Football Media Supplement', Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, pp. 129, 157, 163 (2010). Retrieved May 6, 2011. He received an appointment to the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Panciera
Donald Matthew Panciera (June 23, 1927 – February 9, 2012) was an American football quarterback, halfback, and defensive back in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League. He played for the New York Yankees (AAFC), the Detroit Lions, and the Chicago Cardinals. He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and the San Francisco Dons. High school football He was a two time first-team All-State quarterback honors for La Salle Academy in 1944 and 1945. He quarterbacked La Salle teams to some of the school's greatest seasons. As a senior in 1945 he led the Maroon to an undefeated season and a trip to New Orleans for a special high school bowl game at Tulane Stadium. College football He was a starting quarterback for Boston College and the University of San Francisco. Pro football Despite being selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th Round of the 1949 NFL Draft, Panciera joined the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Confere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Jackson
Levi (; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. Certain religious and political functions were reserved for the Levites. Origins The Torah suggests that the name ''Levi'' refers to Leah's hope for Jacob to '' join'' with her, implying a derivation from ''yillaweh'', meaning ''he will join'', but scholars suspect that it may simply mean ''priest'', either as a loan word from the Minaean ''lawi'u'', meaning ''priest'', or by referring to those people who were ''joined'' to the Ark of the Covenant. Another possibility is that the Levites originated as migrants and that the name Levites indicates their ''joining'' with either the Israelites in general or the earlier Israelite priesthood in particular. See also * Levite * Miscegenation * Tribe of Levi * Lévai (surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 College Football Season
The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season saw the return of many programs which had suspended play during World War II, and also the enrollment of many veterans returning from the war. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1946 were: # The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team compiled an 8–0–1 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. The Fighting Irish, led by consensus All-Americans Johnny Lujack at quarterback and George Connor at tackle, played a scoreless tie against No. 2 Army in a game billed as the "Game of the Century". Notre Dame also ranked first in the nation in total offense (4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
