Jack Zilly
No. 42, 56, 88 | |||||||
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Position: | End, defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. | November 11, 1921||||||
Died: | December 18, 2009 Narragansett, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 88)||||||
Career information | |||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1945 / Round: 4 / Pick: 32 (by the Cleveland Rams)[1] | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
John Lynus Zilly
Zilly played right end for
national championship team in 1943. During World War II, he served two years in the Navy, fighting in the Pacific. After the war, he returned to Notre Dame to help guide that team to another national championship in 1946. While Zilly was a sixth round draft pick for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference, he did not play for that team.[5] Instead as a fourth round draft pick for the then-Cleveland Rams in 1945, he played six seasons in the NFL for the L. A. Rams and the 1952 Eagles. While in California, Zilly also appeared in five movies, the best-known being Twelve O'Clock High
.
When his playing career ended, Zilly coached at
After leaving football, Zilly owned and ran a successful real-estate company until his retirement.
Zilly died on December 18, 2009, in Narragansett, Rhode Island.[5]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Rhode Island Rams (Yankee Conference) (1963–1969) | |||||||||
1963 | Rhode Island | 4–5 | 2–3 | 3rd | |||||
1964 | Rhode Island | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1965 | Rhode Island | 2–7 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1966 | Rhode Island | 1–7–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th | |||||
1967 | Rhode Island | 6–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1968 | Rhode Island | 3–6 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1969 | Rhode Island | 2–7 | 1–4 | T–15th | |||||
Rhode Island: | 21–41–2 | 10–23–2 | |||||||
Total: | 21–41–2 |
References
- ^ "1945 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jack Zilly". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Rams All-Time Roster Varrichione-Zontini" (PDF). stlouisrams.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Philadelphia Eagles All-Time Roster" (PDF). philadelphiaeagles.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Former Notre Dame player Zilly dies at 88 Chicago Tribune, Associated Press story. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ "Philadelphia Can-Am Bowl I". Tampa Sports History. Retrieved 2009-12-23.