Steve Filipowicz

Steve Filipowicz
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	Filipowicz (bottom) with Fordham teammate George Cheverko, circa 1942
Date of birth	June 28, 1921
Place of birth	Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death	February 21, 1975 (aged 53)
Place of death	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Running back
US college	Fordham
NFL draft	1943 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
As player
1945–1946	New York Giants
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-American (1941);
Career stats
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;
Baseball career
	New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
	October 3, 1948, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average	.223
Home runs	2
RBI	26
Teams
	New York Giants (1944–1945); Cincinnati Reds (1948);

Stephen Charles "Flip" Filipowicz (June 28, 1921 – February 21, 1975) was a professional American football and baseball player. Filipowicz and Olympic great Jim Thorpe share the distinction of being the only two men to have played for the New York Giants of both baseball and football.^{[citation needed]}

Football

Filipowicz, a

Mount Saint Mary's University

. He resigned the following year to play baseball.

Baseball

After a successful season as an

Syracuse Chiefs of the International League and the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League

.

References

^ "Steve Filipowicz". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "Steve Filipowicz". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
Steve Filipowicz NFL Stats at databaseFootball.com

[1] "Steve Filipowicz". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[2] "Steve Filipowicz". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.