Tony Liscio
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Position (s): Offensive Tackle , Guard |
Jersey numbers: 72, 64 |
| born July 2, 1940 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania | |
| died on June 18, 2017 in Dallas , Texas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1963 - 1971 | |
| NFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 3 / Pick: 42 | |
| AFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 10 / Pick: 75 | |
| College : University of Tulsa | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 89 |
| as a starter | 83 |
| Fumble secured | 3 |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Anthony Fred Tony Liscio (born July 2, 1940 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA - † June 18, 2017 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American American football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys as an offensive tackle and guard .
Player career
College career
Tony Liscio already played American football in high school in his hometown, but was also active as a track and field athlete. After graduating from high school, he joined the University of Tulsa , where he played as a tackle on both the offensive line and the defensive line of college football . During his senior year in college, he was appointed to a defensive end position by the Tulsa Golden Hurricane . Because of his athletic achievements, he was voted All American and in the selection of the Missouri Valley Conference . He was also invited to the college all-star game and played with the college selection against the reigning NFL champion Green Bay Packers .
Professional career
In 1963 Tony Liscio was drafted by both an NFL team and an American Football League (AFL) team. The New York Jets trained by Weeb Ewbank drew him 75th in the AFL draft in the tenth round. Liscio, however, signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers, overseen by Vince Lombardi , who had pulled him 42nd in the third round . However, Liscio was never used by the Wisconsin team. Before the start of the 1963 season , the Packers fired him. In the course of the game round he was then signed by the Dallas Cowboys , who were trained by Tom Landry . Liscio was used by the cowboys as an offensive tackle and thus had the task of protecting their own quarterback and blocking the way into the opposing end zone for the team's running backs . In 1966 Liscio was able to reach the NFL final with his team for the first time . However, the Cowboys failed with 34:27 at the Green Bay Packers. The cowboys, led by quarterbacks Craig Morton and Don Meredith, were able to establish themselves as a top team.
In 1967 the Cowboys could win nine of 14 games in the regular season . The clear 52:14 win in the Divisional Play-off game against the Cleveland Browns , however, faced a 21:17 loss for the Liscio team against the Green Bay Packers in the NFL final. The game would go down in NFL history as the Ice Bowl .
Before the 1969 season , Don Meredith was replaced by Roger Staubach on the position of quarterback. Craig Morton and Staubach were instrumental in winning the NFC title in 1970 under the protection of their offensive line . This year Liscio was able to move into the Super Bowl for the first time with the Cowboys after a 17:10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game . In the following Super Bowl V , however, the Baltimore Colts , supervised by Don McCafferty , prevailed with 16:13. After the game, Liscio's career suffered a setback. He was given in exchange for Lance Alworth to the San Diego Chargers , but could not prevail in San Diego due to injury problems. He was therefore passed on to the Miami Dolphins against his consent by the Chargers , but then declared his career end.
In 1971 , numerous regulars of the Cowboys used in the offensive line suffered injuries during the season . In order to fill the resulting vacuum in the team's offense , Liscio was again committed by the cowboys. The Cowboys won eleven of 14 games that season in the 1971 regular season and thus moved into the play-offs . After a 14: 3 win over the San Francisco 49ers , Andrie's team managed a 24: 3 win in Super Bowl VI against the Miami Dolphins, trained by Don Shula . After the game, Liscio ended his career.
Honors
Tony Liscio was once elected an All Pro and sits in his college's hall of fame , the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame .
After the career
Tony Liscio was married and had three children. After his career he worked in the real estate industry. Liscio suffered a heart attack in 2012. In 2016 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . He died of this disease a year later. His brain has been released for medical research. His grave is not known.
Web links
- Statistics in college
- Tony Liscio in the Find a Grave database
- Tony Liscio in the University of Tulsa Athletics Hall of Fame
- obituary
- Tony Liscio in college
- Tony Liscio at the Dallas Cowboys
- Tony Liscio in the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
- Tony Liscio in the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (PDF; 4.82 MB)
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
- Peter Golenbock: Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era , Triumph Books, 2005, ISBN 1-61749-954-4
- Brian Jensen, Troy Aikman : Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone , 2005, ISBN 1-4616-3611-6
- Cliff Harris , Charlie Waters : Tales from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Cowboys Stories Ever Told , Simon and Schuster, 2016, ISBN 1-61321-912-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1966
- ↑ Statistics NFL final Dallas Cowboys versus Green Bay Packers 1966
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1967
- ↑ Statistics Ice Bowl
- ^ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1970
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1970
- ↑ Super Bowl V statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1971
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1971
- ↑ Super Bowl VI statistics
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Liscio, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liscio, Anthony Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th June 2017 |
| Place of death | Dallas , Texas , USA |