Mario Giannelli

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Personal information

Date of birth:

December 24, 1920

Place of birth:

Everett, Massachusetts

Date of death:

July 2, 2003 (aged 82)

Place of death:

Chelsea, Massachusetts

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

265 lb (120 kg)

Career information

College:

NFL Draft:

1945 / Round: 20 / Pick: 201
(By the Boston Yanks)

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics as of 1951

Player stats at PFR

Mario M. Giannelli (December 24, 1920 – July 2, 2003), nicknamed "Yo-Yo",^[1]^[2] was an American football guard in the National Football League. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles for four seasons from 1948–1951. He was drafted by the Boston Yanks in the twentieth round of the 1945 NFL Draft, but did not play for them. He played college football at Boston College.

College career

Giannelli played college football at Boston College in 1942, 1946 and 1947. In 1942, he played on the team that made it to the 1943 Orange Bowl. Giannelli's college career was broken up by World War II, and he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. While in the Army, he was a champion boxer.^[1] He returned to football in 1946, and in 1948 he was selected to the College All-Star Game.^[3]

Gianelli was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.^[3]

Giannelli was drafted by the Boston Yanks in the twentieth round (201st overall) of the 1945 NFL Draft, but did not play for them. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1948, and played in the 1948 and 1949 NFL Championship Games.^[1] He was re-signed on June 30, 1951,^[2] but was traded to the Green Bay Packers on April 25, 1952 in exchange for guard Buddy Burris.^[4] He retired from football on July 29, 1952 and returned to his hometown of Everett, Massachusetts.^[5]

Giannelli died on July 2, 2003 in Chelsea, Massachusetts at the age of 82.^[1]

1 2 3 4 "Former Eagle Giannelli dies at 82". The Tuscaloosa News. July 4, 2003. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
1 2 "Two Guards Sign Contracts With Eagles". Reading Eagle. July 1, 1951. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
1 2 "Mario Giannelli". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
↑ "Packers Get Three Men From Browns in Trade". The Milwaukee Journal. April 29, 1952. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
↑ "Packers Buy Bears' Bray". The Milwaukee Sentinel. July 30, 1952. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

Philadelphia Eagles 1948 NFL champions

11 Tommy Thompson 15 Steve Van Buren 27 Al Johnson 30 Bosh Pritchard 32 Jack Myers 33 Russ Craft 35 Pete Pihos 36 Joe Muha 37 Ernie Steele 39 Bill Mackrides 40 Les Palmer 41 Gil Steinke 43 Jim Parmer 44 Ben Kish 45 Noble Doss 49 Pat McHugh 51 Frank Szymanski 52 Vic Lindskog 53 Alex Wojciechowicz 61 Duke Maronic 64 Mario Giannelli 65 Cliff Patton 66 Baptiste Manzini 67 John Magee 70 Al Wistert 71 Otis Douglas 73 Fred Hartman 74 Walt Barnes 75 George Savitsky 76 Bucko Kilroy 79 Vic Sears 80 Neill Armstrong 81 Dick Humbert 83 Jack Ferrante 86 Hal Prescott 88 Jay MacDowell 89 John Green

Head Coach: Greasy Neale Assistant Coaches: Larry Cabrelli Charley Ewart John Kellison

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