Lou Palatella

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Lou Palatella
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No. 68
Position:Guard
Personal information
Born: (1933-07-28) July 28, 1933 (age 88)
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:Vandergrift (PA)
College:Pittsburgh
NFL Draft:1955 / Round: 12 / Pick: 141
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Louis M. Palatella (born July 28, 1933) is a former American football player who played for San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).

Football career[]

Palatella played football for Vandegrift High School and college football at the University of Pittsburgh,[1][2] and then played as a guard and a linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers[3] for four seasons.[1][4]

Later career[]

After retiring from football, Palatella became a liquor distributor in Southern California. He owns a tequila company[4] and a bourbon distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, which his wife Marci and he opened in 2018.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Lou Palatella is married to Marci Palatella who was charged in connection to 2019 college admissions bribery scandal and is facing mail fraud charges for allegedly paying $575,000 to a nonprofit that allegedly assisted in her son’s SAT test and conspiring to bribe a University of Southern California athletic director to designate her son as a football recruit.[7][8] Following her arrest, Marci pled not guilty and was released on a $1,000,000 unsecured bond.[9] She would appear in court.[9] On August 24, 2021, Marci reversed course and agreed to plead guilty.[10][11] The next day, she officially pled guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud.[12] Marci has been recommended by the prosecution and defense to serve a sentence of six weeks in prison, a $250,000 fine, two years of supervised release, with a condition of home confinement for the first six months of supervised release, and 500 hours of community service.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lou Palatella NFL & AFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ^ https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/feds-bust-wife-of-former-vandergrift-high-nfl-player-in-college-admissions-scandal/
  3. ^ Phil Barber (March 12, 2019). "Healdsburg woman swept up in college admissions scandal". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California.
  4. ^ a b David Driscoll (June 16, 2013). "A Tequila Adventure". K&L Spirits Journal.
  5. ^ Jim Brooks (February 13, 2016). "NFL legend and his wife are bringing Bardstown its first craft distillery". Nelson County Gazette.
  6. ^ Billy Kobin (March 13, 2019). "'He can never know': Kentucky bourbon distillery owner charged in college cheating scam". Louisville Courier Journal.
  7. ^ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/22/college-admissions-scandal-bay-area-parents-additional-grand-jury-charges/
  8. ^ https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/03/15/lou-palatella-wife-charged-college-admissions-scandal/
  9. ^ a b Kobin, Billy (April 16, 2019). "Kentucky distillery owner will plead not guilty in college admissions scandal". Courier Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Parent in College Admissions Case Agrees to Plead Guilty". United States Attorney's Office:District of Massachusetts. August 24, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  11. ^ Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press (August 25, 2021). "Kentucky distillery owner to plead guilty in nationwide college admissions scandal case". Courier Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Investigations of College Admissions and Testing Bribery Scheme". U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
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