Spiro Dellerba

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Spiro Dellerba
Position (s):
Linebacker 		Jersey number (s):
40
born on January 25, 1923 in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
died on August 19, 1968 in North Madison, Ohio
Career information
Active : 1947 - 1949
College : Ohio State University
Teams

Career statistics
Games (AAFC)     31
as a starter     4th
Touchdowns     1
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • AAFC Champion (1947)
  • Ashtabula County Football Hall of Fame

Spiro Dellerba (born January 25, 1923 in Ashtabula , Ohio , † August 19, 1968 in North Madison , Ohio) was an American American football and Canadian football player. He played as a linebacker in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts .

Player career

College career

Spiro Dellerba studied at Ohio State University and played college football with Dante Lavelli , Bill Willis and Lou Groza for the Ohio State Buckeyes , who were coached by Paul Brown . During World War II , he played American football for a military team.

Professional career

After the end of World War II, Spiro Dellerba joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats , a team in the Canadian Football League (CFL). In 1947 he was hired by Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns, a football team from the All-American Football Conference. Groza, Lavelli and Willis had been under contract there since 1946. The Browns used him as a running back . The team was able to win twelve of 14 games this year and moved with this performance in the AAFC final against the New York Yankees . With a 14: 3 victory for his team, Dellerba won the AAFC championship as a rookie . Dellerba moved after this game to the Baltimore Colts supervised by Cecil Isbell . With the Colts he played in defense as a linebacker. He did not win a title with the team from Baltimore . After the 1949 season, the AAFC had to stop playing due to financial problems and Dellerba ended his career.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Spiro Dellerba in the CFL
  2. ^ Annual statistics of the Cleveland Browns 1947
  3. ↑ Statistics AAFC final 1947

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personal data
SURNAME Dellerba, Spiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashtabula , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 1968
Place of death North Madison , Ohio