Aldo Forte
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Position: | Guard/Tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | January 20, 1918||||||||
Died: | August 29, 2007 Palm City, Florida, U.S. | (aged 89)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Chicago (IL) Fenger Academy | ||||||||
College: | Montana | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1939 / round: 21 / pick: 191 | ||||||||
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Aldo John Forte (January 20, 1918 – August 29, 2007) was a guard and an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, and the Green Bay Packers.[1] Forte played collegiate ball at the University of Montana before being drafted into the NFL by the Chicago Bears in the 21st round of the 1939 NFL draft.[2] He played professionally for five seasons before retiring in 1947.[3]
After retiring, Forte served as a longtime offensive line coach for the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1965.[4] He died in Palm City, Florida in 2007.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Packers.com - Aldo Forte". Packers.com. Retrieved October 7, 2008. [dead link ]
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Aldo Forte Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
- ^ "Aldo Forte athletic career, photos, articles, and videos | Fanbase". Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ "Former Lions' Player and Coach Aldo Forte Dies". detroitlions.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ "Aldo Forte Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2007 deaths
- Players of American football from Chicago
- American football offensive guards
- Montana Grizzlies football players
- Chicago Bears players
- Detroit Lions players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Detroit Lions coaches
- People from Palm City, Florida
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs