Sam Venuto

Sam Venuto
No. 49
Date of birth	November 2, 1927
Place of birth	Havertown, Pennsylvania
Date of death	July 12, 2014 (aged 86)
Career information
Position(s)	Running back
US college	Guilford
Career history
As player
1952	Washington Redskins
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Samuel Laurence Venuto (November 2, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was an American football running back in the National Football League. He played professionally for the Washington Redskins.

Biography[edit]

Venuto was born in Havertown, Pennsylvania, and attended Haverford High School in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania.^[1] He played college football at Guilford College. In 1952, he played for the Washington Redskins.^[2]

He was a coach for more than 25 years at Salem High School, where he posted record of 132-94-11 and coached players including Lydell Mitchell and Jay Venuto, his son.^[3]

^ "Sam Venuto". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Sam Venuto". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Odenbrett, Austin. "Legendary Salem football coach Sam Venuto dies at 87", South Jersey Times, July 14, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Following a short career in the NFL with the Washington Redskins, Venuto spent nearly three decades as head coach at Salem from 1953-1979, amassing a career record of 132-94-11. He coached multiple future college football stars, including College Football Hall of Famer Lydell Mitchell, who went on to thrive at Penn State and in the NFL, and his own son Jay, who stood out as a quarterback at Wake Forest."

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