Milton John Piepul (September 14, 1918 – March 19, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played

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for the

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team. He was selected as a second-team

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on the

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and a third-team player on the 1940 team. He was drafted by the

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with the 95th pick in the

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and played for the Lions during the 1941 NFL season. Piepul served as the head football coach at American International College from 1971 to 1975 and as the school's athletic director from 1971 to 1986. Previously he was an assistant football coach at Dartmouth College,

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, and the

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References

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