Don Campora
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| Position: | Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 30, 1927 Trenton, Utah, U.S. |
| Died: | June 5, 1978 (aged 50) San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 268 lb (122 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Pacific (CA) |
| NFL draft: | 1950 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23 |
| Career history | |
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Don Carlo Campora (August 30, 1927 – June 5, 1978) was an American
1950 NFL Draft
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Campora was a native of Stockton, where he attended high school. He worked as an assistant football coach at Arizona State University in 1951 under Larry Siemering, who coached Campora at Pacific. Campora served as a line coach at Stockton College (now known as a San Joaquin Delta College) from 1955 to 1957. He joined the coaching staff as his alma mater, Pacific, as line coach in December 1957.[1]
Campora's tongue-in-cheek nickname was "Tiny". He was a teacher at Calaveras High School in San Andreas, California, in the 1970s.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tigers (NCAA College Division independent) (1964–1965) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Pacific | 1–9 | |||||||
| 1965 | Pacific | 1–8 | |||||||
| Pacific: | 2–17 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–17 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Moved Up From Mustangs; Campora is COP Line Coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. December 13, 1957. p. 12. Retrieved August 9, 2016 – via Google News.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Don Campora at Find a Grave