John Scafide
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Nickname(s) | Baby Grand |
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Date of birth | June 21, 1911 |
Place of birth | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S. |
Date of death | October 24, 1979 | (aged 68)
Place of death | Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. |
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Position(s) | Guard/Tackle |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
US college | Tulane |
High school | Saint Stanislaus College |
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1930–32 | Tulane |
1933 | Boston Redskins |
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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 (NFL) 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 life
[edit]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
[edit]College
[edit]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
[edit]Scafide served as mayor of Bay St. Louis from Bay from 1953 to 1969.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Scafide". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Tulane Star Scafide Dies".
- ^ a b "Legends Are Born (1929-1958)". Archived from the original on November 17, 2018.
- ^ 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