Tony Sardisco
No. 70, 65, 64 | |
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Position: | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | December 5, 1932
Died: | May 28, 2006 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 73)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Tulane |
NFL draft: | 1956 / Round: 6 / Pick: 64 |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Anthony Guy Sardisco (December 5, 1932 – May 28, 2006) was an
College career
Sardisco played
Professional career
He played in the
His professional football career was then interrupted when he served in the
He returned to professional football with the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League in 1959.[2][1]
Sardisco returned to the states to help launch the
Coaching career
Following his playing career, Sardisco turned to coaching. He served as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater.
On February 7, 1968, it was announced that Sardisco was hired to coach defensive line for the Buffalo Bills. It was the first time the Bills had five full-time assistants since 1964.[6]
Sardisco was an assistant coach at Temple under George Makris in 1969.[7]
In 1970, Sardisco became the head football coach at Jesuit High School (now Loyola College Prep) in Shreveport, Louisiana. He subsequently became their athletics director and a psychology teacher in 1973, and remained as the athletics director at Jesuit High School for twelve more years.[1]
Legacy
He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982 and to the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He also was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[1][2]
He died at age 73 from a myocardial infarction at his home in Shreveport.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Former Tulane All-American Tony Sardisco Passes Away".
- ^ a b c d e "Tony Sardisco".
- ^ "1956 National Football League Draft | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".
- ^ "National Football League: NFL Draft History Full Draft". www.nfl.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.
- ^ "Tony Sardisco Career Stats". NFL.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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