Pasquale "Pat" Bisceglia (June 23, 1930 - February 7, 2009) was an

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player. He was a first-team All-American

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at Notre Dame in 1955. Bisceglia grew up in

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, before enrolling at the

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. He played

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at the guard and

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positions for the

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team from 1953 to 1955 under head coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. Bisceglia was selected by the

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as a first-team guard on its

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. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1956, Bisceglia played two seasons of professional football for the

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. He later worked for approximately 35 years for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Division Forests and Parks. He retired in 1992 and died in 2009 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bisceglia, Pat 1930 births 2009 deaths American football guards Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Players of American football from Worcester, Massachusetts