Stan Olejniczak

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Stan Olejniczak
No. 30
Position:
Tackle
Personal information
Born:May 31, 1912
Neffs, Ohio, U.S.
Died:March 1979
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Bellaire (OH)
College:Pittsburgh
Career history
As a player:
  • Pittsburgh Pirates (1935
    )
As a coach:
  • Halezton Mountaineers (1936–1937) (Asst)
  • Halezton Mountaineers (1938–1942) (HC)
  • Pittsburgh Panthers (1943–1945) (Asst)
Career NFL statistics
Head coaching record
Career:39–9–1 (.806)
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Stanley Joseph Olejniczak (May 31, 1912 – March 1979) was an

Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Ohio.[1] He later changed his last name to "Olenn" after his football career.[2]

College career

Olejniczak lettered for the Pittsburgh Panthers in 1934.[3]

Professional career

Olejniczak played in twelve games, starting six, for the

Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1935 season.[1]

Coaching career

Olejniczak was an assistant coach under George Shotwell for the Halezton High School Mountaineers in Hazleton, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1937.[4][5] He was then head coach of the Mountaineers from 1938 to 1942, accumulating a 39-9-1 record.[4][5] He resigned in August 1943 after the school refused to grant him a leave of absence to remain coaching at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]

Olejniczak was later an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers under his changed surname of Olenn from 1943 to 1945.[4][6] He resigned from the team in January 1946 after he, along with assistant coaches Charles Hartwig and Bobby Hoel, refused to work under head coach Clark Shaughnessy.[6] Shaughnessy became head coach of the Maryland Terrapins in February 1946.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "STAN OLEJNICZAK". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Stanley Olejniczak (Stanley Olenn)". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Pitt Panthers Football" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. 2012. p. 172. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b c d "HAZLETON". Mount Carmel Item. August 20, 1943. p. 6. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Stallone, Steve (December 11, 2009). "Petrone announces resignation". standardspeaker.com. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Three Pitt Coaches Refuse to Work With Shaughnessy". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 31, 1946. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Shaughnessy Settles Pitt's Problem; Signs With Maryland". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. February 5, 1946. p. 6. Retrieved August 23, 2015.

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