Arnold Galiffa
Appearance
No. 16 | |
Date of birth | January 29, 1927 |
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Place of birth | Donora, Pennsylvania |
Date of death | September 5, 1978 | (aged 51)
Place of death | Glenview, Cook County, Illinois |
Career information | |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | QB |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 193 lb (88 kg) |
US college | Army |
NFL draft | 1950 / round: 18 / pick: 225 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1953 | New York Giants |
1954 | San Francisco 49ers |
1955 | BC Lions |
1956 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career stats | |
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Arnold Anthony "Arnie" Galiffa (January 29, 1927 – September 5, 1978)[1] was a quarterback for the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He won 11 varsity letters at West Point and served with distinction as an officer in the Korean War.
References
- ^ "Arnold Galiffa, Army Football Star". The Washington Post. September 7, 1978. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
External links
- Media related to Arnold Galiffa at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1978 deaths
- All-American college football players
- American football quarterbacks
- American military personnel of Italian descent
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- Army Black Knights football players
- Army Black Knights men's basketball players
- BC Lions players
- New York Giants players
- People from Donora, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Toronto Argonauts players
- United States Army officers