Leonard "Iron Legs" Macaluso 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 wrestler. He played fullback for

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

from 1928 to 1930. Macaluso was the leading scorer among the major college teams in 1930 (145 points) and was one of two players (

Ben Ticknor Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American college football player. He was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense. He was captain of the 1930 team. Harvard did not ...

was the other) to be virtually unanimous choices as a first-team All-Eastern player. He was also selected as a first-team All-American in 1930 by the Associated Press, United Press, Colliers, International News Service (INS), ''New York Evening Post'', and ''New York Sun''." Macaluso later became a professional wrestler, competing under the name "Iron Legs" Macaluso.

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