Hal Giancanelli
Appearance
![]() Giancanelli on a 1954 Bowman football card | |
No. 27 | |
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Position: | Halfback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Farr, Colorado | May 21, 1929
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Abraham Lincoln (Los Angeles, California) |
College: | Loyola (CA) |
Undrafted: | 1953 |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR |
Harold Arthur Giancanelli (born May 21, 1929) is a former professional American football player who played Halfback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Prior to his NFL career, Giancanelli served in the Korean War.[1] After his NFL career, and a brief stop in the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he won the 1958 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Giancanelli returned to his alma mater and served as the head football coach at Lincoln High School.[2] From there he became the head football coach at El Camino Real High School[3] just prior to that school's opening in 1969.
References
[edit]- ^ "Korean War Educator: Topics - American Notables Who Served in the Korean War". www.koreanwar-educator.org. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ "Lincoln High School Notables". www.lincolnhs.org. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ Elling, Steve (January 27, 1988). "Giancanelli Resigns Post at El Camino Real". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
External links
[edit]Media related to Hal Giancanelli at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1929 births
- American football halfbacks
- Living people
- Loyola Lions football players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Players of American football from Los Angeles
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Sportspeople from Greeley, Colorado
- American football running back, 1920s birth stubs