Luby DiMeolo

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Luby DiMeolo
Date of birth(1903-10-27)October 27, 1903
Place of birth
Carnegie Tech
(assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career stats
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branchUnited States Navy seal U.S. Navy
Rank Lt. Commander
Battles/warsWorld War II

Albert A. "Luby" DiMeolo (October 27, 1903 – June 17, 1966) was an

Pittsburgh Pirates (later renamed the Steelers) of the National Football League. He coached the Pirates during their second season of 1934. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, but lived nearly his entire life in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, just west of Pittsburgh.[1]

DiMeolo was a

offensive line coach at New York University under head coach Chick Meehan and later Howard Cann.[3]

When the Pittsburgh Pirates joined the NFL in 1933, DiMeolo was rumored to be the leading candidate to become the team's initial player-coach.[4] He was passed over for the job in favor of Jap Douds, who lasted just a single season as the team's coach. DiMeolo replaced Douds for the team's second season. He led the Pirates to a disappointing 2–10 record in his first season, after which he was dismissed.

After leaving the Pirates, DiMeolo returned to the

Carnegie Tech.[1] He joined the navy during World War II and served as a physical instructor, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.[1]

After leaving the navy, DiMeolo worked in the Pennsylvania state Department of Commerce, before losing his position due to a change in the political party running the government. He was shortly thereafter named a U.S. Marshal for western Pennsylvania.[5] He served as Marshal until 1961, after which he worked for U.S. Steel.

DiMeolo was married to Amelia Ann Sciliano; the couple had no children. He died at the age of 62 of a heart attack which occurred shortly after he had completed a game of squash in 1966.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Pittsburgh Press
    . June 18, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  2. Miami Daily News
    . Associated Press. December 7, 1929. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Sell, Jack (March 9, 1939). "Dimeolo Latest Candidate for Pitt Coaching Position". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 20. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  4. Pittsburgh Press
    . p. 24. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  5. Pittsburgh Press
    . November 10, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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