Archie J. Milano (May 26, 1918 – August 12, 1991) was an

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 ...

player and coach. He played professionally in the

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(NFL) for one game in 1945 with the

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. He attended Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania. Milano was the head coach for the 1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football team for the first two games of the season, before he was discharged from the Army in October. He was succeeded by

Bill Meek William Meridas Meek (August 14, 1920 – May 28, 1998)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University (1947� ...

. Milano was later head of special services and entertainment at

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. He died on August 12, 1991, at this him in

Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milano, Archie 1918 births 1991 deaths American football ends Detroit Lions players Fort Benning Doughboys football coaches Saint Francis Red Flash football players People from Long Island City, Queens Players of American football from Queens, New York Players of American football from Columbus, Georgia