Angelo Bertelli
| Angelo Bertelli | |
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey numbers: 65, 66 |
| born June 18, 1921 in West Springfield , Massachusetts | |
| died on June 26, 1999 in Clifton , New Jersey | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1946 - 1948 | |
| NFL Draft : 1944 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : Notre Dame | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TD - INT | 8-19 |
| Yards | 972 |
| Quarterback rating | 41.1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Angelo Bortolo Bertelli (born June 18, 1921 in West Springfield , Massachusetts , † June 26, 1999 in Clifton , New Jersey ) was an American football player .
He played halfback and later quarterback for the University of Notre Dame team in college football from 1941 to 1943, and received the Heisman Trophy for best player in 1943 , although he was his last due to his draft for military service with the United States Marine Corps Year in Notre Dame only participated in six of the ten season games. In the history of the Fighting Irish , which also won the national championship in the same year, he was the first Heisman winner. Even Johnny Lujack , the quarterback position occupied in the team of Notre Dame for the rest of the season in 1943, was awarded the Heisman Trophy 1947th
Angelo Bertelli was signed in the 1944 NFL Draft as number 1 by the Boston Yanks , for which he never played a game. Instead he played for the Los Angeles Dons in 1946 and for the Chicago Rockets in 1947/1948 before a knee injury led to the end of his professional career. In the following years he worked as an assistant trainer at Yale University in 1951/1952 and then ran a beverage chain. In addition, he coached junior teams and worked from 1956 to 1967 as a radio commentator on football games at Princeton University .
In 1972, Angelo Bertelli was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .
literature
- Bertelli, Angelo. Michael R. Steele: The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign 2002, ISBN 1-58-261286-2 , pp. 354/355 (also 1941: pp. 95–98; 1942: pp. 98–100; 1943: pp. 101–103)
Web links
- Heisman Trophy 1943 - 9th Award: Angelo Bertelli (English, with picture)
- College Football Hall of Fame - Angelo "Springfield Rifle" Bertelli (English, with picture)
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| SURNAME | Bertelli, Angelo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertelli, Angelo Bortolo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and winner of the 1943 Heisman Trophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Springfield, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1999 |
| Place of death | Clifton, New Jersey |