John Scafide
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Nickname(s) | Baby Grand |
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Born: | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S. | June 21, 1911
Died: | October 24, 1979 Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 68)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Guard/Tackle |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
College | Tulane |
High school | Saint Stanislaus College |
Career history | |
As player | |
1930–32 | Tulane |
1933 | Boston Redskins |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career stats | |
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John Andrew "Baby Grand" Scafide (June 21, 1911 – October 24, 1979) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Boston Redskins.[1] He played college football at Tulane University. Scafide served 16 years as mayor of his native Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.[2]
Early years[]
John Scafide was born on June 21, 1911 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; one of 13 children born to Italian immigrants.[3] He attended high school at Saint Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, playing for the "Rock-a-Chaws."[3]
Football[]
College[]
Scafide was an All-Southern guard for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University,[4] a member of its team which made an appearance in the 1932 Rose Bowl. He was inducted into the Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.[5]
Mayor[]
Scafide served as mayor of Bay St. Louis from Bay from 1953 to 1969.[2]
References[]
- ^ "John Scafide". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Tulane Star Scafide Dies".
- ^ a b "Legends Are Born (1929-1958)". Archived from the original on 2018-11-17.
- ^ Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
- ^ "Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame".
- 1911 births
- 1979 deaths
- People from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
- American football offensive tackles
- Boston Redskins players
- All-Southern college football players
- Tulane Green Wave football players
- American people of Italian descent
- American football guards
- American football tackles
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs