Joseph Vincent Maniaci (January 23, 1914 – June 20, 1996) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Fordham University and then in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Bears. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1936 NFL draft.[1] Maniaci served as the head football coach at Saint Louis University from 1948 to 1949, compiling a record of 6–13–1. The school dropped its varsity football program after the 1949 season.
 Maniaci pictured in The Archive 1949, Saint Louis yearbook | |||||||||||
| No. 34, 11 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
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| Born: | January 23, 1914 New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | June 20, 1996 (aged 82) Windsor, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | Hasbrouck Heights (NJ) | ||||||||||
| College: | Fordham | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1936 / round: 6 / pick: 49 | ||||||||||
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Maniaci grew up in Lodi, New Jersey and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School.[2] He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Maniaci died on June 20, 1996, at his home in Windsor, Ontario.[3][4]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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| Bainbridge Commodores (Independent) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
| 1943 | Bainbridge | 7–0 | 17 | ||||||
| 1944 | Bainbridge | 10–0 | 5 | ||||||
| Bainbridge: | 17–0 | ||||||||
| Saint Louis Billikens (Missouri Valley Conference) (1948–1949) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Saint Louis | 4–7 | 0–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1949 | Saint Louis | 2–6–1 | 0–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| Saint Louis: | 6–13–1 | 0–5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–13–1 | ||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "1936 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ Maglionico, Artie. The Brothers Maniaci: football greats Lodi History Highlights, Lodi Public Library, August 2008. Accessed May 13, 2016. "You can't reminisce about Lodi sports in the 30s without mentioning the town's most celebrated young athletes, the brothers Maniaci, Sam and Joe.... Both were stars at Hasbrouck Heights High School."
- ^ "Gridironstar dead at 82". Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. June 22, 1996. p. B3. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Maniaci, Joseph". Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. June 22, 1996. p. F14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
edit- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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