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1969
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1969
3L:
’66-68
2 33 #89 Theodore “Kick’em-in-the-Head-Ted” Hendricks, aka “the Mad Stork”
Height/Weight: 6’7″/240 lbs (only 218 in College)

2020 CFB 150th Anniversary All-Time Top 150 (#85, ESPN)
and Top 50 (#22, 247Sports)
2020 All-time All-Florida High School 1st Team (at LB, The Atlantic)
2019 All-Time All-American Honorable Mention (CBS Sports)
2019 NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Top 100 (NFL Network
and #71 by USA Today)
2019 Las Vegus/Oakland/L.A. Raiders All-Time Top 100 (#17, USA Today)
2019 Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts All-Time Top 100 (#33, Indy Star)
2019 AP/NFL Network NFL’s 100 Greatest Characters (#48)
2019 USA Today’s Top 53 All-Time Superbowl Players
2019 Hispanic Heritage Month Yearly Honoree (College HOF)^
2019 Fabulous 50: Florida Colleges’ all-time greatest
football players (#17, Tampa Bay Times)
2017 Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts All-Time by pos. (#3 OLB, SBNation)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#3, 247Sports)
2017 NFL Top 300 All-time chosen in 12-selections per
Draft Round with 25 total rounds (5th Rd., #50 Overall, SI)
2017 Greatest Athlete to Ever Wear #83 (USA Today)
2015 FWAA 75th Anniversary All-American 1st Team
2015 MaxPreps All-Time Top 25 HS All-Americans (#9)
2013 Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts All-Time Top 50 (#42, SBNation)
2012 Named an ACC Legend
2010 The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (#82, NFL Network)
2009 Greatest Athlete to Ever Wear #83 (SI)
2008 Bronko Nagurski Legends Award
2008 USA Today CFB Encyclopedia 250 All-Time College Players
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2007 Florida High School All-Century Team (1 of 33, FL. HS Athletic Assn)
2006 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
2003 Senior Bowl Hall of Fame
2002 “Ted Hendricks Award” for Top College DE named in his honor
1999 All-Time Top Pro Players (#64 of 100 – Sporting News;
2nd Team OLB [48 total players] – Street & Smith)
1997 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1997 Hurricanes Jersey #89 Retired by Miami
1996 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Hall of Champions
1994 NFL’s 75th Anniversary Team
1990 Pro Football Hall of Fame
1990 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1990 NFL All-Decade First Team 1980’s
1990 Street & Smith’s 50th Anniv. (since 1940) “Dream 1st Team” (at DE)
1989 Finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame
1989 National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame^
1987 College Football Hall of Fame
1980 NFL All-Decade First Team 1970’s
1976 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1971, 1974, 1980, 1982 NFL All-Pro First Team
1972-73, 1976-78 All-Pro Second Team
1976 & 1981 All-AFC First Team
1983 All-AFC Second Team
1971-74, 1980-83 Pro Bowls
1969 Coaches’ All-America Game
1969 Senior Bowl
1969 Lions American Bowl College All-Star Game
1968 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game (1st Game as LB)
1968 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, NEA, Coaches, Sporting
News, Time, Walter Camp, Football Writers, Football News, Central Press)
1968 College Lineman of the Year (UPI)
1968 Heisman Trophy Finalist (5th)
1968 University of Miami Team MVP
1968 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1967 Bluebonnet Bowl Most Valuable Lineman of the Game
1967 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Time, NEA, Coaches,
Walter Camp, Football Writers, Football News, Central Press)
1967 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Street & Smith)
1966 All-American 2nd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assoc.)
1965 Silver Knight Award (Miami-Dade County’s top scholar-athlete)
1964 Scholastic Coach Magazine HS All-American (Hialeah HS)
also Played Baseball at the U

LB/DE Baltimore Colts (1969-73)
Baltimore Colts (1974 Camp/Traded to Packers)
Green Bay Packers (1974)
Jacksonville Express (1975, DNP WFL)
[WFL went bankrupt & NFL declared him a Lim.FA]
Green Bay Packers (1975 Camp/Traded to Raiders)
Oakland Raiders (1975-81)
Los Angeles Raiders (1982-83)
Los Angeles Raiders (1984 Camp)

Currently Vice President of the Hall of Fame
Players Assn. working on behalf of ex-players.

Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, FL. is named
in his honor.

^Hendricks’ mother was a Guatemalan-born woman of
Italian descent named Angela Bonatti Lazzari, and Ted
is considered the NFL’s 1st Guatemala-born player.
He has received the Order of the Quetzal, the highest
National award for civilians, by his native Guatemala.

^^During his pro career as a special-teamer, Hendricks
blocked 10 punts and 25 FGs/PATs, believed to be
all-time NFL records. In 1974, he had 7 combined blocks
to lead the NFL and set the record for most blocks in a
season. Once, he blocked a punt but was called offsides
and the extra yards put the opponents into field goal
territory. So, Hendricks went ahead and blocked the
field goal. He even had a punt deflection that went
1 yard beyond the line of scrimmage, meaning it was a
1-yard punt – not a blocked punt.
2019: Named #1 Best-ever Kick and Punt Blocker by NFL
Football Journal
. The article named a total of 69
kick/punt blockers, but none of the others were former
‘Canes. However, included in their “other notables” catagory
were proCanes Calais Campbell, Mike Barnes & Bubba McDowell.

1969
3L:
’66-68
FA FA #15 David Olivo
Height/Weight: 6’2”/215 lbs
QB/FB St. Louis Cardinals (1969-71 PS)
St. Louis Cardinals (1972 Camp)
1969
3L:
’66-68
FA FA #32 John Acuff
Height/Weight: 6’0”/208 lbs
HB/FB New Orleans Saints (1969 Camp)
1969
3L:
’66-68
FA FA #63 Jerry Pierce
Height/Weight: 6’1”/225 lbs

1968 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

NT
1969
3L:
’66-68
FA FA #58 Bob Czipulis
Height/Weight: 6’1″/225 lbs

1968 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

LB
1969
3L:
’66-68
FA FA #51 John Barnett
Height/Weight: 6’3″/221 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

LB
1969
0L
FA FA # Jim Urczyk
Height/Weight: 6’2″/235 lbs

1995 Central Missouri State Fall of Fame
1968 Little All-American First Team (AP)
{Central Missouri State’s 1st-ever Football All-American)
1966 Transfer from UM to Central Missouri St. (at CMS ’66-68)
1965 Freshman Team at Miami

OT
1969
0L
FA FA # Bruce C. Sturges, “the Toe”
Height/Weight: 5’7″/160 lbs

1966 Entered U.S. Marines (Vietnam War Era)
1965 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1964 Hurricane Freshman Team
1963 All-City of Miami in HS Baseball as OF
(Hialeah HS teammate of Ted Hendricks)

K Camp Lejeune^ Bulldogs (1966 USMC)
Quantico Leathernecks (1968 USMC)

^Died on March 6, 2017 (age: 72) from throat cancer

1968
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1968
3L:’65-67
2 34 #76 Bob Tatarek
Height/Weight: 6’4″/270 lbs

1984 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1968 All-American Honorable Mention (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

DT Buffalo Bills (1968-72)
Detroit Lions (1972)
Detroit Lions (1973 IR)
Detroit Lions (1974 Camp)
Jacksonville Sharks (1974 WFL)
Birmingham Americans (1974 WFL)
Birmingham Vulcans (1975 WFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
2 54 #81 Jim Cox
Height/Weight: 6’3″/230 lbs

2010 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1967 University of Miami Team MVP
1966 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

WR/TE Miami Dolphins (1968)
Miami Dolphins (1969 IR)
Miami Dolphins (1970 Camp)
New Orleans Saints (1971 Camp)
1968
3L:’65-67
7 166 #88 Steve Smith
Height/Weight: 6’3″/242 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

TE Cincinnati Bengals (Drafted, 1968 Camp)
Orlando Panthers (1968 ContFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
8 198 #31 Jerry Daanen
Height/Weight: 6’0″/193 lbs
FL/WR/DB St. Louis Cardinals (Drafted, 1968-70)
St. Louis Cardinals (1971 Camp)
1968
2L:’66-67
8 205 #76 Hank Urbanowicz
Height/Weight: 6’3″/252 lbs

1966 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Southern Missouri J.C.
also played Baseball (1B) at Miami

DT/OT/OG Minnesota Vikings (Drafted, 1968 Camp)
Alabama Hawks (1968-69 ContFL)
St. Louis Cardinals (1970 Camp)
1968
3L:’65-67
10 253 #79 Joe Mirto
Height/Weight: 6’2″/265 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

OT/OG/TE Miami Dolphins (Drafted, 1968 PS)
Miami Dolphins (1969 PS and/or IR, or Camp only?)
Miami Dolphins (1970 Camp)
1968
3L:’65-67
15 388 #53 Ken Corbin
Height/Weight: 6’1”/225 lbs

1966 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1966 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

LB Miami Dolphins (Drafted – DNS)
Toronto Argonauts (1968 CFL)
Alabama Hawks (1969 ContFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
15 401 #69 William “Bill” Chambless Jr.
Height/Weight: 6’2″/240 lbs

1967 Pre-Season All-American

OG Kansas City Chiefs (Drafted – DNS)
Toronto Argonauts (1968 Camp CFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
15 408 #12 Joe Mira
Height/Weight: 6’1”/185 lbs
FL/WB/DB
HB/TB
Cincinnati Bengals (Drafted, 1968 Camp)
1968
2L:’66-67
FA FA #26 Jimmy “the Mad Fly” Dye
Height/Weight: 5’10″/175 lbs

1966 JUCO Transfer to UM from Missouri Southern J.C. (at UM 1966-67)

FS Ottawa Rough Riders (1968 Camp CFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1968-69 CFL)
Alabama Hawks (1969 ContFL)
Toronto Argonauts – 2nd Stint (1972 CFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1973 Camp/Traded to Winnipeg)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1973 CFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #28 Rich Robinson
Height/Weight: 5’11”/177 lbs

1969 All-CFL 1st Team

DB British Columbia Lions (1968-72 CFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #38 Don Russo
Height/Weight: 5’11″/180 lbs
WR San Diego Chargers (1968 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (1968 Camp)
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #80 Phil Smith
Height/Weight: 6’3″/220 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

DE St. Louis Cardinals (1968 Camp)
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #65 Dave Dice
Height/Weight: 6’0″/240 lbs
G Ohio Valley (Wheeling) Ironmen (1968-69 ContFL)
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #33 Doug McGee
Height/Weight: 6’1″/210 lbs

1966 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

FB Montreal Alouettes (1968 Camp CFL)
1968
2L:’66-67
FA FA #48 Ray Harris
Height/Weight: 5’10″/188 lbs

1966 Ferrum College (JUCO) Transfer to Miami (at UM ’66-67)

K^ Roanoke Buckskins (1969 ACFL)

^Was 2-yr., 5’10” 175-lb. JUCO OG/K

1968
0L
FA FA # Donald Darwin “Pete” Dimock
Height/Weight: 240 lbs

Boys Home of Virginia’s Donald “Pete” Dimick Memorial Scholarship is the
highest award given annually to a Boys Home student excelling in sports^
1965-67 Miami Football Varsity-eligible
1964 JUCO Transfer to UM from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, OK.

DE/OL/K Tulsa Thunderbirds (1968 TFL)

^Lived at and played HS football for Boys Home of Virginia
and elected to the school’s Sports Hall of Fame.

^^Died of heart failure on July 27, 1981 at 37 years of age.

1968
1L:’66
FA FA #92 Paul Hartsel
Height/Weight: 6’1″/207 lbs

2009 NJCAA (JUCO) Hall of Fame
2005 Fort Scott (KS) CC Hall of Fame
1966 JUCO Transfer from Ft. Scott C.C. to Miami
1965 JUCO All-American First Team (JC Grid Wire)
1965 JUCO All-American Honorable Mention (at OG, NJCAA)
1965 JUCO Academic All-American
1964 JUCO All-American First Team (at OG, NJCAA)

DE/OG
1968
3L:’65-67
FA FA #82 Larry LaPointe
Height/Weight: 6’1″/215 lbs

1967 All-American Blocking Team
1963 High School All-Southern

TE
1968
0L
FA FA # (Dashin’) Don Clancy
Height/Weight: 6’2″/180 lbs

2009 Rockland County (NY) Track & Field Hall of Fame
1965 Left Miami, Entered U.S. Army
1964 Played on UM Varsity Football Team
1963 Scholarship for UM Freshman Team
also ran Track at Miami
(As FR, tied UM school record in 100-yd. dash [9.6 sec.]
& set Frosh record for single-game receiving yards [146 yds.])

HB/WB US Army Service in Vietnam (1965-67)

^Died died in 1993 at age 49 after battling heart
problems, a blood disorder and brain tumors

1968
0L
FA FA # Stan Denham
Height/Weight:

1968 Member of Alpha Epsilon Delta (Scholarship-based org. for
students in medicine & associated sciences)
1967 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
1966 Transfer from Miami to Samford (played DT at Samford)
1965 Miami Varsity Football Team
1964 JUCO Transfer to UM from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, OK.

DT Post-grad: US Navy (starting in Vietnam War Era),
Eventually promoted to Captain

^Died on Sept. 29, 2000 (aged 55) in Chesapeake City, VA.

1967
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1967
3L:’64-66
1 24 #71 Eugene “Swede” Trosch, aka “Big Gene”
Height/Weight: 6’7″/277 lbs

1967 Senior Bowl
1966 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game (South Team MVP)
1966 All-American Honorable Mention (Newspaper Ent. Assn.)
1966 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

^Died on Sept. 7, 2010 (aged 65) in McCalla, AL

DL/OT Kansas City Chiefs (Drafted, 1967)
Kansas City Chiefs (1968 IR)
Kansas City Chiefs (1969)
Kansas City Chiefs (1970 Camp)
New Orleans Saints (1971 Camp)
Cincinnati Bengals (1971 Camp)
Detroit Wheels (1974 WFL)
Birmingham Americans (1974 WFL)
1967
2L:’65-66
6 140 #77 Mike Haggerty
Height/Weight: 6’4″/255 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)
1964 Transfer to Miami from Detroit (Mercy) Univ.
[which would drop football]

^Died on Nov. 28, 2002 at the age of 57

OT/OG Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted, 1967-70)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1971 Camp/Traded to Patriots)
New England Patriots (1971)
New England Patriots (1972 Camp)
Detroit Lions (1972 Camp)
Washington Redskins (1973 Camp)
Detroit Lions – 2nd Stint (1973)
Detroit Lions (1974 Camp)
Jacksonville Sharks (1974 WFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1975 Camp CFL)
Jacksonville Express (1975 WFL)
1967
2L:’65-66
10 241 #27 Tom Beier
Height/Weight: 5’11″/198 lbs

1990 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1966 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, UPI, Coaches, Football
Writers, Football News, Walter Camp, N.Y. Daily News, Newspaper
Ent. Assoc.; 2nd Team- Central Press)
1966 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1966 University of Miami Team MVP
1966 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1965 Transfer to Miami from Detroit (Mercy) University
[which had dropped football]

S Miami Dolphins (Drafted, 1967)
Miami Dolphins (DNP 1968 – Vietnam War Era
Military Service in U.S. Army)
Miami Dolphins (1969)
Miami Dolphins (1970 Camp/Traded to 49ers)
San Francisco 49ers (1970 Camp)
1967
3L:’64-66
16 418 #47 Fred Cassidy
Height/Weight: 6’2″/213 lbs
HB Green Bay Packers (Drafted, 1967 Camp)
British Columbia Lions (1968 Camp CFL)
1967
2L:’64-65
17 430 #17 Bob Biletnikoff
Height/Weight: 6’1″/195 lbs

1990 Erie (PA.) Sports Hall of Fame
1966 Passed on SR. Yr. Football after ’65 MLB Draft
also Played Baseball (OF) at the U

^Died on Nov. 12, 2018 in Crestview, FL at age 74

QB New York Jets (Drafted – DNS)^^

Kansas City Athletics (1965 34th Round MLB Draft – DNS)
New York Yankees (1966 1st Round MLB Draft, 17th overall)
Signed by Yankees; OF, B:L, T:L; 4 yrs. in minors (A to AAA)
^^Could have returned to QB with the N.Y. Jets (who still
retained his rights in the late 1960s), but instead finished
his degree at Miami in marketing and management.

1967
2L:’65-66
FA FA #21 Jim Wahnee^
Height/Weight: 5’10″/185 lbs

1966 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1965 JUCO Transfer to UM from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, OK.

DB Ottawa Rough Riders (1967-68 Camps CFL)

^Wahnee is 50% Comanche/50% Delaware Indian.

1967
3L:’64-66
FA FA #66 John Tucek
Height/Weight: 6’0″/216 lbs

1966 All-Florida Honorable Mention (AP)

NT
1967
2L:’65-66
FA FA #67 Nelson “the Mad Dog” Salemi
Height/Weight: 5’10″/203 lbs

1964 JUCO Transfer from Hutchinson (KN.) J.C. to Miami
1963 JUCO All-American First Team (at C, NJCAA)

NT/C ^Died on Apr. 28, 2009 at the age of 65 after
a 14-month battle against pancreatic cancer
1966
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1966
3L:’63-65
5 44 #40 Pete “Rooster” Banaszak
Height/Weight: 5’11″/210 lbs

2019 100 Best Raiders of All-Time (#64, USA Today)
1990 National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame
1983 University of Miami Hall of Fame
also on Miami Baseball Team as Catcher

HB/FB Oakland Raiders (1966-78)
Oakland Raiders (1979 Camp/Retired in May)
1966
3L:’63-65
5 45 #32 Russ C. Smith
Height/Weight: 6’1″/225 lbs

^Died on April 1, 2001 at the age 56

HB/FB
PR/KR
Atlanta Falcons (FA, 1966 Camp)
San Diego Chargers (Drafted – DNS immediately, 1966 PS)
San Diego Chargers (1967-70)
San Diego Chargers (1971 Camp)
Portland Storm (1974 WFL)
1966
3L:’63-65
6 42 #80 Ed Weisacosky
Height/Weight: 6’0″/228 lbs

2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1981 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1965 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
(Selected MVP for South Team)
1965 All-American First Team (AP)
1965 All-American Second Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1965 University of Miami Team MVP

LB/DE
TE/OG
Miami Dolphins (Drafted 6/42, initially DNS)
San Francisco 49ers (FA, 1966 IR)
San Francisco 49ers (1967 Camp/Traded to Giants)
New York Giants (1967)
New York Giants (1968 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (Drafted 6/42 in ’66, 1968-70)
Miami Dolphins (1971 Camp)
New England Patriots (1971-72)

^Died on Nov. 24, 2019 at the age of 75

1966
2L:’64-65
19 166 #86^ Tom Coughlin
Height/Weight: 6’4″/215 lbs

^Believed to be last ‘Cane to play in
College without a face mask

WR Denver Broncos (Drafted – DNS)
Atlanta Falcons (FA, 1966 Camp)
Akron Vulcans (1967 ContFL)
1966
3L:’63-65
FA FA #50 John James “Broom” Matlock III
Height/Weight: 6’4″/255 lbs

2006 All-Time WFL 2nd Team (WFL Encyclopedia)
1975 All-WFL 1st Team

^Died on Jan. 13, 2012 at the age of 67

C/OT New York Jets (1966 PS)
Jersey Jets (1966 ACFL)
New York Jets (1967)
Cincinnati Bengals (Expansion Draft Pick, 1968)
Cincinnati Bengals (1969 Camp)
Oakland Raiders (1969 Camp)
Orlando Panthers (1969 ContFL)
Oakland Raiders – 2nd Camp (1970 Camp)
Atlanta Falcons (1970-71)
Atlanta Falcons (1972 Camp)
Buffalo Bills (1972)
Buffalo Bills (1973/Sold to Bears)
Chicago Bears (1973)
Birmingham Americans (1974 WFL)
Birmingham Vulcans (1975 WFL)
Washington Redskins (1976 Camp)
1966
2L:’64-65
FA FA #23 Young Andrew “Andy” Sixkiller^
Height/Weight: 5’10.5″/175 lbs

1965 All-American Honorable Mention
1964 JUCO Transfer to UM from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, OK.

FS/PR/KR Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)

^Sixkiller is a full blooded Cherokee Indian
whose given 1st name is “Young.” His cousin
Sonny Sixkiller was Univ. of Washington’s QB in the
early 1970s who later played in the WFL in 1974-75.

1966
3L:’63-65
FA FA #41 Robert “Randy” Barth
Height/Weight: 6’1″/220 lbs
RB Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)
1966
2L:’64-65
FA FA #26 Don Curtright
Height/Weight: 5’11″/200 lbs
DB/K Denver Broncos (1966 Camp)
1966
2L:’64-65
FA FA #24 Art Zachary
Height/Weight: 6’5″/216 lbs

1971 All-ACFL 1st Team
1963 Played at Miami but didn’t Letter
1962 Miami Freshmen Team

SS/P Ottawa Rough Riders (1966 Camp CFL)
Richmond Rebels (1966 ContFL)
Norfolk Neptunes (1967-68 ContFL)
Denver Broncos (1969 Camp)
Norfolk Neptunes (1969 ContFL)
Norfolk Neptunes (1970-71 ACFL)
1966
2L:’64-65
FA FA #72 Jim Nock
Height/Weight: 6’2″/240 lbs

1963 Played at Miami, but didn’t Letter
1962 Miami Freshmen Team

C/T Quad Cities Raiders (1967 PFLA)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1969 Camp)
1966
3L:’63-65
FA FA #73 Ed Kraszewski
Height/Weight: 6’2″/222 lbs

1962 Miami Freshmen Team

OT Ottawa Rough Riders (1966 Camp CFL)
1966
2L:’64-65
FA FA #63 LeeRoy Lewis
Height/Weight: 6’1″/212 lbs
DL Ottawa Rough Riders (1966 Camp CFL)
1966
0L
FA FA # Billy Burroughs
Height/Weight: 6’3″/228 lbs

Transferred from Miami to Florida State
1962 Miami JV Team as Redshirt-FR.
1961 Miami Freshmen Team

LB/C Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)

^”Billy Burroughs, an ex-Devil (St. Pete HS) gridder, is
playing center and linebacker for Miami’s red shirt unit
and is looking forward to a varsity berth next season.”
Tampa Bay Times, Dec. 11, 1962

1965
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1965
2L:’63-64
3 37 #81 Fred “Redwood” Brown
Height/Weight: 6’5″/237 lbs

1965 Senior Bowl
1963 JUCO Transfer to Miami from American River J.C.

LB/TE/DE Los Angeles Rams (Drafted, 1965)
Los Angeles Rams (1966 Camp/Traded)
Philadelphia Eagles (1966 IR)
Philadelphia Eagles (1967-69)
Philadelphia Eagles (1970 Camp)
1965
3L:’62,’64-65
12 162 #82 Bob Werl
Height/Weight: 6’3″/248 lbs

1961-65 at Miami (Redshirted in ’64)

^Died on March 27, 1988, aged 45, in Pittsburgh, PA.

OG/DE/TE Los Angeles Rams (Drafted 12th/162nd future in ’65 – DNS)
New York Jets (1965 4th Round, 28th overall in
AFL Futures Only Draft – DNS immediately)
New York Jets (1966)
New York Jets (1967 Camp)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1968 Camp)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1969 Camp CFL)
1965
0L
18 247 # Rich “Bullhorn” Kotite, aka “Richie the K”
Height/Weight: 6’3″/235 lbs

1962 Transferred from Miami to Wagner College
1961 Miami Freshmen Team

TE New York Jets (1965 Drafted #9, 69th overall
in Special AFL Futures Only Draft – DNS)
Minnesota Vikings (Drafted 18/247 as Future, 1966 Camp)
New York Giants (1967)
Westchester (NY) Bulls (1967 ACFL)
New York Giants (1968 Camp)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1968)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1969 Camp)
Minnesota Vikings – 2nd Stint (1969 Camp)
New York Giants – 2nd Stint (1969-72)

Philadelphia Eagles HC (1991-94)
New York Jets HC (1995-96)

1965
2L:’63-64
FA FA #76 Robert J. “Bob” Brown
Height/Weight: 6’2″/250 lbs

1964 University of Miami Team MVP
1962 Injured as Soph at Miami
1961 Miami Freshmen Team

DL/OT Toronto Argonauts (1965 Camp CFL)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1965-68 CFL)
British Columbia Lions (1968-70 CFL)

^Died on June 27, 2022 (age 79) at Deep Creek, MD

1965
1L:’64
FA FA #67 Fred Hubbs
Height/Weight: 6’2″/253 lbs

1963 JUCO Transfer to UM from San Diego City College
(at SDCC 1961-62)

OG/OT/TE Washington Redskins (1965 Camp)
Richmond Rebels (1965 ContFL)
Washington Redskins – 2nd Camp (1966 Camp)
Richmond Rebels – 2nd Stint (1966 ContFL)
New Orleans Saints (1967 Camp)
Toronto Argonauts (1968 Camp CFL)
British Columbia Lions (1968 CFL)
Alabama Hawks (1968-69 ContFL)
Toronto Argonauts – 2nd Stint (1969 CFL)
1965
3L:’62-64
FA FA #55 Tony Saladino
Height/Weight: 6’2″/228 lbs

1964 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

LB/C Ottawa Rough Riders (1965 Camp CFL)
Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)

^Died of Prostate Cancer on Mar. 22, 2002 (aged 59)

1965
0L
FA FA #88 Bert Carl
Height/Weight: 6’2″/249 lbs
DL Wilmington (Del.) Clippers (1965-67 ACFL)
Harrisburg Capitol Colts (1968 ACFL)
1965
3L:’62-64
FA FA #21 Jack Sims
Height/Weight: 5’10″/184 lbs

1964 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

HB/WB Indianapolis Capitols (1968 ContFL)
1965
1L:’64
FA FA #15 Fred Bertani
Height/Weight: 6’1″/188 lbs

Also played Baseball (C) at Miami

DB/QB San Francisco 49ers (1965 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)
1965
0L
FA FA #41 Drayton Lieb
Height/Weight: 6’0″/190 lbs

1962-64 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1961 Miami Freshmen Team

TE/RB Burkburnett Kings (1966 TFL)
1965
0L
FA FA # Paul Popovic
Height/Weight: 6’0″/180 lbs

Also on Baseball Team (C) at Miami^

^Played on UM’s 1st-ever Freshman Baseball Team in 1962;
UM also added Tennis, Track and Golf Freshman Teams in ’62.
Prior to 1962, UM Frosh in these sports were ineligible, but
had no Freshman Team – unlike ‘Cane Football Freshman/J.V.
Teams which were around since the U’s beginning in 1926.

QB/DB Post-college: Signed by MLB’s Cleveland Indians (Pre-Draft)
With Salinas Indians, California League (Level A, 1965),
then Dubuque Packers, Midwest League (Level A, 1966)
Position: Catcher; B:R, T:R

^^Died June 4, 2018 (aged 75)

1965
1L:’62
NA NA # T. Kendall “Ken” Hunt
Height/Weight:

2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award Pepperdine University
1979 Rec’d. MBA from Pepperdine University
1965 Rec’d. UM BBA in Marketing/Advertising (Math Minor)
1965 Student Body President at Univ. of Miami

RB/FB Retired: Accidentally shot in Lower Leg (1963, needed 18 surgeries)

Post-grad: Member of the Univ. of Miami Alumni Board of Directors
Former Member of the Univ. of Miami President’s Council
Former Member Board of Overseers for the UM School of Business
Former Member Univ. of Miami Board of Trustees

^In Dec., 2014, Hunt donated $1.5 million to UM, at the time the
largest individual gift made to ‘Cane athletics by a former player

1965
0L
FA FA #24 Ted Saussele
Height/Weight:

1963 All-Big Eight Honorable Mention (AP)
1961 Transferred from Miami to Missouri (at the U 1959-60)
1958 Prep All-American (Scholastic Coach Magazine)
1958 Florida HS Player of the Year (Orlando Sentinel)

HB/DB
FB/WR
1964
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1964
3L:’61-63
2 15 #74 Dan Conners
Height/Weight: 6’1″/240 lbs

2019 100 Best Raiders of All-Time (#30, USA Today)
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1977 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1970 All-Time AFL 2nd Team (Pro HOF)
1969 All-AFL 1st Team (NY Daily News)
1969 All-AFL 2nd Team (AP, Sporting News)
1968 All-AFL 1st Team (UPI, Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly,
NY Daily News)
1968 All-AFL 2nd Team (AP, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1968 AFL All-Star Game
1967 All-AFL 1st Team (Newspaper Ent. Assoc.)
1967 All-AFL 2nd Team (AP, UPI, Sporting News, NY Daily News)
1966-67 AFL All-Star Games
1964 Senior Bowl
1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1963 All-American First Team (Sporting News)
1963 All-American Third Team (Kodak/Coaches)
1963 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)

LB/T Chicago Bears (Drafted 5 Rd., 70th Overall – DNS)
Oakland Raiders (Drafted 2/15, 1964-1974)
Oakland Raiders (1975 Camp)

^Died on Apr. 28, 2019 (aged 77) in San Luis Obispo, CA.

1964
3L:’61-63
2
18
15
137
#10 George “the Matador” Mira Sr.
Height/Weight: 6’0″/192 lbs

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#58, 247Sports)
2005 Named an ACC Legend
2005 Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame
2000 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Hall of Champions
1998 Unofficial All-Time WFL (1 of 3 QBs)
1997 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1997 Hurricanes Jersey #10 Retired by Miami
1997 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1974 WFL World Bowl I MVP
1973 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1964 Coaches All-America Game MVP
1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game (So. Team MVP)
1963 All-American Second Team (AP)
1963 Heisman Trophy Finalist (#10)
1963 University of Miami Team MVP
1963 Sports Illustrated Cover/Feature Article (d. 9/23/63)
1963 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1962 Gotham Bowl MVP
1962 All-American 1st Team (AP, Football Writers; 2nd
Team- Kodak/Coaches, Sporting News; Honorable Mention-
Newspaper Ent. Assn.)^^
1962 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1962 Heisman Trophy Finalist (#5)
1962 Florida’s Amateur Athlete of the Year (AP)
1961 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1961 Preseason All-South Independent Candidate (Street & Smith)

QB Denver Broncos (Drafted 18/137 – DNS)
San Francisco 49ers (Drafted 2nd/15th, 1964-68)
San Francisco 49ers (1969 Camp/Traded to Eagles)
Philadelphia Eagles (1969)
Philadelphia Eagles (1970 Camp)
Baltimore Colts (1970 PS; Earned Super Bowl Ring)
Baltimore Colts (1971 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (1971)
Miami Dolphins (1972 Camp)
Montreal Alouettes (1972-73 CFL)
Birmingham Americans (1974 WFL)
Birmingham Vulcans (1975 Camp/Traded to Jacksonville WFL)
Jacksonville Express (1975 WFL)
Toronto Argonauts (Player/Asst. Coach, 1977 CFL)

George Mira Field in Key West, FL. is named in Mira’s honor.

^After leading the Key West Conchs to state HS championships
in baseball in 1958 and 1959 as their star pitcher (31-2 as
a starter; future Baltimore Oriole John “Boog” Powell was
their star slugger), Mira was offered a $13,000 signing bonus
coming out of Key West HS by the Orioles (pre-MLB draft) – DNS.
Instead he decided to attend Miami where ‘Cane Baseball Coach
Ron Frazier wanted to use him as a Pitcher, but UM
Football HC Andy Gustafson wouldn’t allow it.

^^Oregon State’s Heisman-winning QB Terry Baker was
considered the “Consensus All-American QB” in 1962,
but Mira made two additional All-American Teams in ’62
besides the 5 listed on the left according to Sports
Illustrated
. Terry Baker also played basketball for the
Beavers; LSU HB Jerry Stovall was Heisman runner-up in 1962.

1964
2L:’61-62
FA FA #62 Bob “Utch” Strieter
Height/Weight: 5’11″/240 lbs

2017 Indiana Football Hall of Fame
1963 Varsity-eligible & on Miami’s Roster
1960 Miami Freshman Team

OG/DE Toronto Argonauts (1964 CFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1965 Camp CFL)
Toronto Rifles (1965 ContFL)
1964
3L:’61-63
FA FA #35 John Bennett
Height/Weight: 6’2″/215 lbs
RB/QB/WR Buffalo Bills (1964 Camp)
Philadelphia Bulldogs (1965 ContFL)
Wilmington Comets (1965 NAFL)
1964
2L:’62-63
FA FA #87 Hoyt “Bill” Sparks
Height/Weight: 6’1″/215 lbs

1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1963 All-Florida Second Team (AP)
1960 Miami Freshman Team

WR/TE Minnesota Vikings (1964 Camp)
Washington Redskins (1964 Tryout)
Charleston Rockets (1964 UFL)
1964
2L:’62-63
FA FA #20 Nick Spinelli
Height/Weight: 5’11″/185 lbs

1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1963 Honorable Mention All-American
1963 All-Florida Second Team (AP)
1961 Played on UM Varsity but didn’t Letter
1960 Miami Freshman Team
also played Baseball (C) at Miami

FL/WB Boston Patriots (AFL) (1964 Camp)
1964
0L
FA FA # Alexander “Alex” Kumskis Jr.
Height/Weight: 6’3″/265 lbs

^Kumskis died on Apr. 3, 2015 in Chicago, IL. at age 73.

DL Cleveland Browns (1964 Camp)
1964
3L:’61-63
FA FA #67 Joe Smerdel
Height/Weight: 6’2″/235 lbs

1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

OT/OG Montreal Alouettes (1964 Camp CFL)
Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (1964-65 ACFL)
1964
0L
FA FA # Don Carroll
Height/Weight: 6’3″/270 lbs

1961 Varsity-eligible & on Miami’s Roster
1960 Miami Freshmen Team

DT Washington Redskins (Tryout)
Norfolk Neptunes (1965-66 ContFL)

^Died on March 7, 2018 (aged 77)

1964
0L
FA FA # Robert Ray “Bob” Green
Height/Weight: 6’3”/239 lbs

1968 All-ContFL 1st Team

LB Charleston Rockets (1964-66 UFL/ContFL)
Orlando Panthers (1966-70 ContFL/ACFL)
1964
0L
FA FA # Steve Xnides
Height/Weight: 5’9″/185 lbs
DB Daytona Beach Thunderbirds (1964 SFL)
Orlando Thunderbirds (1965 SFL)
1964
3L:’61-63
FA FA #83 Harvey Foster
Height/Weight:

2011 Illinois HS Baseball Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame
1998 Illinois HS Baseball Coaches Assn. Man of the Year
also ‘Canes Baseball Team (Catcher/OF/Pitcher)
also on UM Soccer Team (Goalie)

P Served in U.S. Army in Korea
1964
3L:’61-63
FA FA #53 Robert Hart III
Height/Weight: 195 lbs

1963 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C/OG/LB
1964
0L
FA FA # Tom Costello
Height/Weight: 6’4″/230 lbs

1960 Transferred from UM to Univ. of Dayton
(FR at Miami in 1959)

LB New York Giants (1964-65)
New York Giants (1966 Camp)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1966 ContFL)
Washington Redskins (1967 Camp)
1963
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1963
0L
5 57 # Joe Auer III
Height/Weight: 6’1″/204 lbs

1966 Miami Dolphins Team MVP
1961 Transfer from Miami to Georgia Tech
(at Miami in 1959-60)

^Died Mar. 9, 2019 at home in Winter Park, FL (age 77)

RB Kansas City Chiefs (Drafted 15/120 as future in
’63, 1964 Camp/Traded to Buffalo)
Buffalo Bills (1964-65)
Los Angeles Rams (Drafted 5/57 as future in 1963,
DNS immediately, 1966 Camp/Released)
Miami Dolphins (1966-67)
Miami Dolphins (1968 Camp)
Atlanta Falcons (1968)
Atlanta Falcons (1969 Camp/Retired in July)
1963
2L:’62-63
5 60 #73 Rowland “Rex” Benson
Height/Weight: 6’3″/265 lbs

1963 All-Florida 3rd Team (AP)
1963 Drafted by both NFL & AFL as a future,
DNS & returned to Miami for his Senior Year

OT Houston Oilers (AFL Draft #16/127th Overall
as a future in 1963 – DNS)
Los Angeles Rams (NFL Draft #5/60th as future – DNS immediately)
Los Angeles Rams (1964 Camp)
1963
3L:’60-62
8 100 #64 Jim O’Mahoney
Height/Weight: 6’1″/228 lbs

1962 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1960 All-Florida 2nd Team (AP)

^O’Mahoney (76) died on Nov. 7, 2017 at Pittsburgh, PA.

LB Minnesota Vikings (Drafted, 1963 PS)
Minnesota Vikings (1964 Camp)
Hartford Knights/Charter Oaks (1964 ACFL)
New York Jets (1965-66)
New York Jets (1967 Camp)
Montreal Alouettes (1967 CFL)
1963
3L:’60-62
10 139 #36 Nick Ryder
Height/Weight: 5’11″/210 lbs

1962 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1962 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)

FB/HB New York Jets (Drafted 16/123 – DNS)
Detroit Lions (Drafted 10/139, 1963-64)
Detroit Lions (1965 Camp)
1963
3L:’60-62
15 119 #56 Bob Dentel
Height/Weight: 6’1″/251 lbs

1962 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C/T Chicago Bears (Drafted 15/206 – DNS)
Boston Patriots (Drafted 15/119, 1963 Camp)
Indianapolis Warriors (1963 UFL)
Boston Patriots – 2nd Stint (1964 Camp)
Joliet Chargers (1964 UFL)
Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (1964-65 ACFL)
1963
2L:’61-62
15 208 #77 Jim Simon
Height/Weight: 6’5″/240 lbs

1962 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

G/T/C
DL/TE
Boston Patriots (Drafted 9/71 – DNS)
Detroit Lions (Drafted 15/208, 1963-1965)
Atlanta Falcons (Expansion Draft Pick, 1966-68)
Atlanta Falcons (1969 Camp)
1963
2L:’62-63
17 234 #44 John Sisk III^
Height/Weight: 6’3″/195 lbs

1963 Drafted by both NFL & AFL as a future, but
returned for his final year of edibility at Miami
1961 Transferred to Miami from Marquette/Redshirted
(Marquette dropped football in 1960)

DB Kansas City Chiefs (Drafted 29/232 -“Mr.
Irrelevant” – last player taken in 1963 as Future Pick – DNS)
Chicago Bears (1963 Future Pick – 17/234 – DNS immediately)
Chicago Bears (1964)
Chicago Bears (1965 IR and/or PS)
Chicago Bears (1966 Camp)

^Sisk’s father, John Sisk II, played HB at
Marquette & with the Chicago Bears in the 1930s

1963
3L:’60-62
20 270 #81 Benjamin “Black Ben” Rizzo
Height/Weight: 6’0″/210 lbs

1995 Greater Utica (N.Y.) Sports Hall of Fame
1962 North-South College All-Star
Shrine Game (Capt. of South Squad)
1962 All-American Honorable Mention
1962 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1962 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
1961 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1961 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
1959 JUCO Transfer to UM as Walk-on (later got scholarship)
1958 Attended Mohawk Valley C.C.

LB/DE/TE
FB/WR/KR
Philadelphia Eagles (Drafted 1963 – DNS Immediately)
Houston Oilers (AFL) (FA, 1963 Camp)
Mohawk Valley Falcons (1963 ACFL)
Philadelphia Eagles (1963 Draft 20th Rd./270th Overall, 1964 Camp)
Mohawk Valley Falcons (1964-65 ACFL)
Miami Dolphins (1966 PS)
Scranton Miners (1966 ACFL)
1963
1L:’60
FA FA #11 Edgar “Eddie” Johns
Height/Weight: 6’1″/218 lbs

1961 Preseason All-South Independent (Street & Smith)
1960 All-American Honorable Mention
1960 All-Florida Second Team (AP)

QB/HB Pittsburgh Steelers (1963 Camp)
1963
0L
FA FA # Joe D’Auria
Height/Weight: 6’4″/217 lbs

1964 All-SFL 1st Team

TE Huntsville Rockets (1963-64 SFL)
Huntsville Rockets (1965-66 NAFL)
Alabama Hawks (1967 PFLA)
1963
0L
FA FA # Frank Schiano
Height/Weight: 6’1”/235 lbs

^Served in U.S. Army

OG Providence Steam Roller (1963-64 ACFL)
1963
0L
FA FA #13 Don Ploskunak
Height/Weight:

2019 Goodyear Blimp^ becomes 1st non-player or coach
inducted into the Chick-Fil-A College Football Hall of Fame
1958-62 Player at Miami

QB/HB ^Ploskunak was 1 of maybe 10 or 12 licensed Blimp Pilots
worldwide when he started his 38-year career culminating with the title
of chief pilot/manager of training for all 3 of Goodyear’s Blimp bases.
Known as the father of sports aerial broadcasting, Mike “Mickey” Wittman
(star ‘Cane Basketball guard who’s in both the Sports Broadcasting and
Univ. of Miami Halls of Fame) was a good friend of Don’s and got
him the job of initially piloting the Goodyear Blimp.
1962
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1962
3L:’59-61
2 11 #82 Bill “Brownie” Miller
Height/Weight: 6’1″/195 lbs

2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#76, 247Sports)
1975 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1963 All-AFL Second Team (AP)
1962 Senior Bowl
1961 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1961 Consensus All-American 1st Team (AP, Time, Coaches, Walter Camp,
Football Writers, Sporting News, Newspaper Ent. Assoc.; 2nd Team- UPI)
1961 All-South Independent First Team (AP)
1961 Preseason All-American Candidate (Street & Smith)
1961 Preseason All-South Independent Candidate (Street & Smith)
1960 All-American 1st Team (Football Writers/FWAA)
1959 All-American Honorable Mention

SE/WR Minnesota Vikings (Drafted 3/30 – DNS)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (Drafted 2/11, 1962)
Kansas City Chiefs (1963 Camp/Sold to Bills)
Buffalo Bills (1963)
Buffalo Bills (1964 Camp/Traded to Raiders)
Oakland Raiders (1964-68)
Oakland Raiders (1969 Camp/Retired to join
Buffalo Bills Coaching Staff)
1962
3L:’59-61
8 106 #33 Jim Vollenweider
Height/Weight: 6’1″/210 lbs

1961 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1960 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

^Died on June 1, 1998 (aged 48) in Ewa Beach, Hawaii

HB/FB Oakland Raiders (Drafted 18/137 – DNS)
San Francisco 49ers (Drafted 8/106, 1962-63)
San Francisco 49ers (1964 Camp)
Toronto Argonauts (1964 CFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1965 Camp CFL)
1962
2L:’60-61
12 161 #77 Bill Watts
Height/Weight: 6’2”/245 lbs
T Chicago Bears (Drafted 12/161 – DNS)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (FA, 1962 IR)
Kansas City Chiefs (1963 Camp)
1962
3L:’59-61
13 174 #61 Bill Diamond
Height/Weight: 6’0″/240 lbs

1960 All-Florida Second Team (AP)

G/FB St. Louis Cardinals (Drafted 13/174 – DNS)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (FA, 1962)
Kansas City Chiefs (1963)
1962
2L:’60-61
FA FA #46 Sam Fernandez
Height/Weight: 5’11″/205 lbs

1967 All-Continental Football League First Team
1966 All-Continental Football League First Team
1965 All-Continental Football League First Team
1964 Official All-UFL First Team
1957 JUCO Transfer to UM from Potomac State J.C. (at UM 1958-61)

^Died on Nov. 2, 1995 (age 65) in Volusia County, FL

FB/S/LB Montreal Alouettes (1962 Camp CFL)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1962 CFL)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1963 Camp CFL)
Charleston (WV) Rockets (1964 UFL)
Charleston (WV) Rockets (1965-66 ContFL)
Charleston Rockets (Player/HC 1967 ContFL)
Charleston Rockets (1968 ContFL)
Ohio Valley Ironmen (1969 ContFL)
1962
1L:’61
FA FA #12 Bobby Weaver
Height/Weight: 6’0″/187 lbs

2011 Mississippi Jr. College Football Hall of Fame
1989 Pearl River (Miss.) C.C. Sports Hall of Fame
1960 JUCO Transfer to Miami from Pearl River C.C.
1959 JUCO All-American
also played Baseball at Miami

QB New York [Football] Giants (1962 Tryout)
Detroit Lions (Tryout)
Gadsden Raiders (Player/HC 1963 SFL)
1962
3L:’59-61
FA FA #85 James “Larry” Wilson
Height/Weight: 6’0″/205 lbs

1973 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1961 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game (Sportsmanship Award)
also played Baseball (1B/OF) at Miami

^Died on February 5th, 2019

E New York [Football] Giants (FA Offer 1962 – DNS)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (FA Offer 1962 – DNS)
Montreal Alouettes (FA Offer 1962 CFL – DNS)

Signed with MLB’s Kansas City Athletics in ’62
Played 1B/OF (B:L,T:L) in minors for 4 years reaching AAA

Military Service in Germany (1963-64)

1962
3L:’59-61
FA FA #89 Frank “Big Daddy” Reinhart
Height/Weight: 6’3″/235 lbs

1958 UM Freshmen Team

DE/TE St. Petersburg Blazers (1966 NAFL)
1962
2L:’59-60
FA FA #65 John Mayhew
Height/Weight: 5’11″/230 lbs

1961 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1958 Miami Freshmen Team

G Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (1965 ACFL)
1962
2L:’59-60
FA FA #23 Roland “Rollo” Fritzsche Jr.^
Height/Weight: 5’11″/193 lbs

^Fritzsche also went by “Ron” at Miami; he died on
Sept. 16, 2012 at the age of 71 in Oakridge, TN.

HB/DB Miami/Hialeah Bombers (1962 Fla.ProFL)
1962
3L:’59-61
FA FA #69 Vic Savoca
Height/Weight: 5’9″/231 lbs
OL Miami/Hialeah Bombers (1962 Fla.ProFL)
1962
1L:’61
FA FA #25 Jim “Turk” Bruno
Height/Weight: 5’11″/195 lbs

1958 UM Freshmen Team

WR Springfield Acorns (1963 ACFL)
1962
0L
FA FA #13 Bill McClain
Height/Weight: 6’2″/205 lbs

1959-60 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1958 Miami Freshmen Team

QB Pennsylvania Mustangs (1965 NAFL)
1962
0L
FA FA # Frank Ranieri
Height/Weight: 6’1″/235 lbs
LB Stamford Golden Bears (1962 ACFL)
Westchester Crusaders (1963-64 ACFL)
1962
3L:’59-61
FA FA #68 Bob Eggert
Height/Weight: 5’11″/190 lbs

1961 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

LB
1962
0L
FA FA # Peter Marchegiano, aka “Pete Marciano”
Height/Weight: 5’9″/185 lbs

1962 Quit UM Baseball/Signed Pro Baseball Contract with Milwaukee Braves
1961-Fall 1st-Ever All-Campus Intramural 2nd Team (7on7 C, Kappa Sigma)
1961-Spring Lettered in Baseball at Miami (playing Catcher)
1960-Fall UM Intramural Football (7on7 Center, playing for Kappa Sigma)
1960-Spring Ineligible as FR. & no existing UM FR./JV Baseball Team
1959-Fall^ Freshman Baseball Scholarship Student/Athlete at Miami
1959-Summer Nat’l. HS Baseball Championship Playoffs (Johnstown, PA.)
Played College Baseball at Miami

Center Eau Claire Braves (1962 Northern League, Class C)
Boise Braves (1963 Pioneer League, Class A)
Played Catcher; B:R, T:R

^Pete was an All-State HS Center in Football who attended
the 1959 Miami Football Awards Banquet at the Coral Gables
Country Club as a Freshman. Despite the fact that his older
brother, retired (undefeated) Heavyweight Boxing Champ
Rocky Marciano, was the featured speaker at the team-only
function, Pete probably walked on to UM’s Freshman Football
Team in ’59. Pete then played Intramural Football in 1960-61,
also participating in Intramural Basketball & Boxing at the U.
Also a former Catcher who had a 3-week tryout with the Cubs,
Rocky Marciano lived in Ft. Lauderdale in a custom home built
in the ’50s and died in a plane crash in Iowa on Aug. 31, 1969.

1961
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1961
2L:’59-60
5 68 #55 Jack Novak
Height/Weight: 6’3″/240 lbs

1960 All-American Honorable Mention

G Oakland Raiders (Drafted 24/188 – DNS)
Green Bay Packers (Drafted 5/68, 1961 IR)
Green Bay Packers (1962 Camp)
Washington Redskins (1964 Camp)
1961
2L:’59-60
6 73 #70 John O’Day Jr.
Height/Weight: 6’3”/235 lbs

1960 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1960 All-Catholic All-American 1st Team
1960 All-Florida 2nd Team (AP)

T Washington Redskins (Drafted 6/73 – DNS)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (Drafted 8/62, 1961 Camp)
1961
3L:’58-60
8 59 #74 Charles “Chuck” Linning
Height/Weight: 6’2”/209 lbs

1960 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1960 All-Florida 2nd Team (AP)

T Chicago Bears (Drafted 15/201)
Buffalo Bills (Drafted 8/59, 1961 Camp)
1961
1L:’60
15 208 #72 Ray Lardani
Height/Weight: 6’3″/280 lbs

^At UM for part his Senior season in 1961, Ray
left school to sign as a FA with Patriots that
same fall becoming unique (like HOF HB Red Grange)
in playing both college & pro football in the
same season
. To maintain control of his AFL
rights, Boston formally drafted Lardani in 1962.

OL/DT Green Bay Packers (1961 Drafted 15/208 as future – DNS)
Boston Patriots (Drafted 34/270 [’62], 1961)^
Boston Patriots (1962 IR)
Boston Patriots (1963 Camp)
New York Jets (1963 Camp)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1964 Camp CFL)
Toronto Argonauts (1964 CFL)
Montreal Alouettes (1965 Camp CFL)
Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)
Wilmington (Del.) Clippers (1966-67 ACFL)
Harrisburg Capitol-Colts (1968-69 ACFL)
Harrisburg Capitol-Colts (1970 PS/Asst. Coach ACFL)
1961
0L
19 256 # Lou Zivkovich
Height/Weight: 6’3″/230 lbs

2009 New Mexico State Athletics Hall of Fame as part of New
Mexico State’s 1960 (only) undefeated (+ 1960 Sun Bowl Winner) &
all-time greatest Aggies football team (U.S. Bank) [In 1960, NMSU’s
football roster also included future pros QB Charley Johnson (who also
played college basketball), WB/HB Pervis Atkins (’60 All-American 1st
Team-AP), TB Bob Gaiters, FB Bobby Jackson, T/DL/TE Bob Kelly & TE/DE
E.A. “Zeke” Sims, plus AFL Draft Pick WR Royce Cassell. Johnson, Atkins,
Gaiters & Kelly are joined by ’60 teammates DL Allen Sepkowitz, G
J.W. Witt & E/K Pete Smolanovich as individual NM St. HOFers; Warren
Woodson (NMSU HC ’58-67) selected to College Football HOF in 1989.]
1958 Transfer from UM to New Mexico State (NM State 1958-60)^
1957 Univ. of Miami Freshman Team on Scholarship

DL/OT Los Angeles Rams (Drafted 19th Rd./256th Overall in 1961 – DNS)^
Dallas Texans (AFL) (Drafted 23rd Rd./181st Overall in ’61 – DNS)^
Calgary Stampeders (1961-64 CFL)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1965 CFL)
Edmonton Eskimos (1965 CFL)

^Believed to have been twice drafted as a future in ’61 (Fr. at UM
in ’57, Redshirt transfer in ’58, Redshirt Soph in ’59, Redshirt
Jr. in ’60), it appears Zivkovich passed on his final year of
college eligibility at New Mexico State and signed instead with
Calgary in the CFL in 1961. The CFL had a longtime policy of
signing players less than 4 years out from their HS Graduation.

1961
2L:’59-60
FA FA #86 Alfred “Al”^ Dangel
Height/Weight: 6’0″/210 lbs

1957-58 Varsity-eligible and on UM Roster
1956 Miami Freshmen Team
Also Played (3B) on Miami’s Baseball Team

K/WR Baltimore Colts (1961 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)
Harrisburg Capitols (1966-67 ACFL)

^Known at the U as either “Al” or “Fred,” Dangel, 75, died
on July 27, 2014 at his residence in Hollidaysburg, PA.

1961
1L:’58
FA FA #35 Theron Mitchell
Height/Weight: 5’11″/180 lbs

1957, 1959-60 Varsity-eligible & on UM Roster
1956 Miami Freshmen Team

QB Jacksonville Robins (1963-64 SFL)
1961
0L
FA FA # Chuck Schiano
Height/Weight: 6’0″/253 lbs
T/G/DT Cleveland Bulldogs (1961 UFL)
1961
2L:’59-60
FA FA #52 Reuben Mills
Height/Weight: 6’0″/200 lbs

1960 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C/G/LB
1961
0L
FA FA #10 Maury Guttman
Height/Weight:

1992 Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
1961-64 Post-grad at Purdue – Rec’d. Masters in Economics
1958 Transferred from UM to Purdue (1958-60,
Platooned at QB with future MLB 2B Bernie Allen)
1957 Univ. of Miami Varsity
1956 UM Freshman Team (starting QB)
1955 HS All-American
also College Baseball (P) at UM & Purdue

QB/DB
1960
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1960
3L:’57-59
SP SP #50 Jim “Buckethead” Otto, aka “Double Aught”
Height/Weight: 6’2″/255 lbs

2021 All-Time Best Oakland/L.A./Las Vegas Raider (The Delight)
2021 All-Time Toughest NFL Players (#31 of 50, Stadium Talk)
2019 NFL 100th Anniv. All-Time Top 100 (NFL Network and
#77 by USA Today)
2019 100 Best Raiders of All-Time (#4, USA Today)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#29, 247Sports)
2017 Greatest Athlete to Ever Wear #00 (USA Today)
2011 Named an ACC Legend
2010 The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (#63, NFL Network)
2009 Greatest Athlete to Ever Wear #00 (SI)
2008 University of Miami Ring of Honor
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1999 All-Time Top Pro Players (#78 of 100 – Sporting News;
2nd Team Center [48 total players] – Street & Smith)
1998 Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
1986 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
1980 Pro Football Hall of Fame
1980 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1970-72 NFL Pro Bowls
1972 NFL All-Pro 2nd Team/All-AFC 1st Team (AP)
1971 NFL All-Pro 1st Team (NEA)
1970-72 All-AFC (Sporting News)
1970 NFL All-Pro 1st Team (AP, NEA)
1970 All-AFC 1st Team (AP, UPI, Pro Football Weekly)
1970 All-Time AFL 1st Team (Pro HOF)^
1970 All-Decade Pro Team 1960’s (Pro Football Reference)
1961-69 AFL All-Star Games
1969 All-AFL 2nd Team (Pro HOF, Pro Football Writers)
1968 All-Pro (NFL/AFL)/1968-69 All-AFL 1st Teams (Pro Football Weekly)
1967-69 All-AFL 1st Team (AP, UPI, NEA, Sporting News)
1967-68 All-AFL 1st Team/1969 All-AFL 2nd Team (NY Daily News)
1961, 1963-66 All-AFL 1st Team (NY Daily News)
1960-66 All-AFL 1st Team (AP, UPI, AFL)
1959 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C/G/LB Minneapolis/Oakland Señors (Drafted AFL #1
at Position: Special – Signed with Oakland) [Didn’t choose
Free Agency that was offered by AFL to all Señors’ picks.]
Oakland Raiders^ (1960-74)
Oakland Raiders (1975 Camp/Retired Sept. 3, 1975)

^One of only 20 men who played in the AFL for
its entire 10-year run; Otto joins K/QB George Blanda
& K/WR Gino Cappeletti as the only three 10-year AFL vets
who played in all 14 games every year of its existence.

1960
3L:’57-59
SP SP #15 Fran “the Little General” Curci
Height/Weight: 5’9″/160 lbs

1997 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1991 Arena Football League Coach of the Year
1980 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1977 SEC Football Coach of the Year
1977 Playboy Preseason College Coach of the Year
1959 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1959 All-American First Team (AP)
1959 Academic All-American
1958 Playboy Pre-Season All-American

QB/P/K
FL/PR/DB
Minneapolis/Oakland Señors (Drafted AFL #1
at Position: Special – DNS)
Houston Oilers (AFL) (1960, FA – DNP)
Oakland Raiders (1960 AFL Secondary Draft Pick, Camp/Traded)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960 PS)
Fort Eustis Wheels (Military Service Team 1961-62)
[U.S. Army’s Ft. Eustis won the Military Service Championship in
Orlando in 1961 with Cursi at QB, beating Quantico Marines]
Kansas City Chiefs (1963 Camp)

University of Tampa HC (1968-71)
University of Miami HC (1971-1972)
University of Kentucky HC (1973-81)
Tampa Bay Storm HC (1990-91 AFL)
Cincinnati Rockers HC (1992 AFL)

1960
2L:’58-59
SP SP #24 Bob Rosbaugh
Height/Weight: 6’1″/188 lbs
FL/WB Denver Broncos (Drafted #1 at Position: Special)
Denver Broncos (1960 Camp)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960 Camp)
1960
2L:’57,’59
FA FA #81 Walt Corey (youngest of 16 children of Ukrainian immigrants
Teodore & Anna Korolewiat who changed their name to “Corey”)

Height/Weight: 6’2″/240 lbs

1994 Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
1963 AFL All-Star Game

LB/TE Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960)
Military Service: U.S. Army (1961)
Dallas Texans (1962)
Kansas City Chiefs (1963-66)
Kansas City Chiefs (1967 Camp/Retired in July)

^Died on Oct. 23, 2022 at age 84 of Parkinson’s disease
in Pleasant Hill, MI

1960
3L:’57-59
FA FA #80 Jon Mirilovich
Height/Weight: 6’2″/192 lbs

1955 HS All-American

WR Montreal Alouettes (1960 Camp CFL)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960-61 Camps)
1960
0L
FA FA #62 Bob Buonopane
Height/Weight: 5’9″/247 lbs

1957 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1956 Miami Freshmen Team

NT/OG Boston Nu-Way Sweepers (1963 ACFL)
New Bedford Sweepers (1965 ACFL)

^Died on May 24, 2011 (age 73) in Boston, MA

1960
2L:’58-59
FA FA #51 Fred Remmy
Height/Weight: 6’0″/205 lbs

1959 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C U.S. Coast Guard (post-1960 graduation)

Washington University (St. Louis) HC (1983-86)

1960
3L:’57-59
FA FA #65 Jim Crawford
Height/Weight: 5’10″/225 lbs

1959 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

G
1959
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1959
3L:’56-58
FA FA #75 Charles Diamond Jr.
Height/Weight: 6’2″/262 lbs

1961 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1954 Florida’s North-South HS All-Star Game
also Track & Field at UM (Throws)

T/G British Columbia Lions (1959 CFL)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960-62)
Kansas City Chiefs (1963)
Kansas City Chiefs (1964 Camp)
Miami Dolphins (1966 Camp)

^Died on May 10, 2020 at age 83

1959
3L:’56-58
FA FA #71 Gary “Wyatt Earp” Greaves
Height/Weight: 6’3″/235 lbs
T/G Houston Oilers (AFL) (1960-61)
Military Service (1961-62)
Houston Oilers (1962 Camp)
Miami/Hialeah Bombers (1962 Florida ProFL)
1959
0L
FA FA #26 Ron Lopszonzski
Height/Weight: 6’2″/220 lbs

1958 Played at Miami but didn’t Letter
1956-57 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1955 Freshmen Team at Miami

DB/QB Orlando Broncos (1964 SFL)

Post-Playing Career: Served & Coached Football in the U.S. Army

^Died on March 31, 2002 at age 64

1959
0L
FA FA #79 George Schultz
Height/Weight: 6’1″/225 lbs

1956-57 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1955 Miami Freshmen Team

OG Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (1963 ACFL)
1959
0L
FA FA #32 Claude Casey
Height/Weight: 6’2″

1957-58 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top UM Soph
(SI’s Special CFB Issue, 1956’s Top 11 Teams)
1955 Miami Freshmen Team
1954 Florida’s North-South HS All-Star Game

HB
1959
0L
FA FA #66 Nathan Kelly
Height/Weight:

1956-58 Varsity-eligible at Miami
1955 Miami Freshmen Team
1954 HS All-American
1954 Florida’s North-South HS All-Star Game

T/G
1958
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1958
3L:’55-57
4 46 #31 John Varone
Height/Weight: 5’11″/194 lbs

2011 Top 99+ Massachusetts High School Athletes (#47^)
[All-time, all-Sports including women’s, chosen by the Hon.
Raymond Flynn, Boston’s Mayor from 1984-93 who was a South
Boston HS multi-sport prep athlete and Providence College
basketball star who had a tryout with the Boston Celtics,
from The Great Book of Boston Sports Lists]
1958 Senior Bowl
1957 All-American Honorable Mention
1957 Preseason All-American Candidate
1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top 11 CFB Teams
(Varone was mentioned as a Miami star along with FB
Don Bossler, G/LB Tom Pratt, QB Sam Scarnecchia, C Mike
Hudock, E Don Johnson & HB Claude Casey in the piece.)

HB/DB
FB/LB
San Francisco 49ers (Drafted 4/46 – DNS Immediately)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (FA, 1958-59 CFL)
San Francisco 49ers (1961 Camp/Traded to Eagles)
Philadelphia Eagles (1961 Camp)

^East Boston High School Class of 1954

^^Died on Oct. 11, 2011 (aged 73) in Palm Bay, FL

1958
1L:’55
FA FA # Gene Reeves
Height/Weight: 6’1″/200 lbs
QB Atlanta Spartans (1964 ACFL)
1957
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1957
4L:’53-56
1 9 #40 Don “Boss” Bosseler, aka “the Bull”
Height/Weight: 6’1″/215 lbs

2016 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
2012 Eighty Greatest Washington Redskins
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
2000 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1999 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1990 College Football Hall of Fame
1970 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1959 NFL All-Star Game
1957 All-Pro Second Team (AP)
1957 Chicago Charities College All-Star Game
1957 Senior Bowl (selected MVP; gained 189 yds. in
28 carries with 2 rushing TDs)
1956 North-South Shrine Game
1956 All-American 1st Team (AP)^
1956 All-American 2nd Team (Central Press, International News)
1956 All-American 3rd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assoc.)
1956 Top College Football Player in Florida (AP)
1956 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1956 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1956 Preseason All-American Candidate (Sports Illustrated)

FB Washington Redskins (1957-58)
U.S. Army Tour-of-Duty (1958 for 6 mos. as 2nd Lt.)
Washington Redskins (1959-64)
Washington Redskins (1965 Camp)

^Never tackled for loss in senior year (1956)

1957
2L:’55-56
4 49 #86 John Connell “Jack” Johnson
Height/Weight: 6’3″/198 lbs

2004 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1957 Chicago Charities College All Star Game
1957 Senior Bowl
1956 All-American Second Team (Central Press)
1956 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
1956 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1956 All-Florida First Team (AP)
also UM Track & Field Team

DB/P/E Chicago Bears (Drafted, 1957-59)
Dallas Cowboys (Expansion Draft Pick, 1960 Camp)
Buffalo Bills (1960-61)
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1961)
Dallas Texans (1962 Camp/Traded to Titans)
New York Titans (AFL) (1962 Camp)

Toronto Argonauts (1957 Offer-DNS CFL)

^Johnson died on Oct. 18, 2015 (aged 81) at Evanston,
Illinois from Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease.

1957
4L:’53-56
8 97 #22 Johnny “Rebel” Bookman
Height/Weight: 5’11″/182 lbs

1960 All-AFL First Team (UPI)
also UM Track & Field Team

DB/HB New York Giants (Drafted, 1957)
New York Giants (1958 Camp)
Military Service in U.S. Marine Corps
Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960)
Dallas Texans (1961 Camp)
New York Titans (AFL) (1961)
New York Titans (1962 Camp)

^Died Oct. 23, 1995 (aged 63) at Baton Rouge, LA

1957
4L:’53-56
9 102 #70 Charles Hutchings
Height/Weight: 212 lbs
T Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted, 1957 Camp)
1957
2L:’55-56
19 221 #87 Phil Bennett
Height/Weight: 6’3″/225 lbs

^Died on Dec. 15, 2002 at 67 years old

LB/TE Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted, 1957 Camp)
Boston Patriots (AFL) (FA, 1960)
1957
3L:’54-56
FA FA # Paul Hefti
Height/Weight: 185 lbs
FB Frankfort Falcons (1962 ACFL)
1957
2L:’55-56
FA FA #12 Sam Scarnecchia
Height/Weight:

1994 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1956 All-American Honorable Mention
1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top 11 CFB Teams
(Scarnecchia was mentioned as a Miami star along with FB
Don Bossler, G/LB Tom Pratt, C Mike Hudock, E Don Johnson
and HBs John Varone & Claude Casey in the piece.)
also played Baseball at Miami

QB/S
1957
4L:’53-56
FA FA #61 Tom Pratt
Height/Weight: 200 lbs

1991 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1956 All-American Honorable Mention
1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top 11 CFB Teams
(Pratt was mentioned as a Miami star along with FB Don
Bossler, QB Sam Scarnecchia, C Mike Hudock, E Don
Johnson, and HBs John Varone & Claude Casey in the piece.)
1956 NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (as Jr.)

OG/LB University of Miami Asst. Coach (1957-60)
Southern Mississippi Line Coach (1961-62)
Coast Guard Academy Defensive Line Coach (1997)
NFL Asst. Coach – Defensive Line/Rush Specialist
(5 teams – 1963-95, 2000, 2013-17)
Asahi Challengers (1998-99-Asst., 2001-09-Amb., Jpn. XLeague)
IMG Academy Defensive Coordinator Consultant (2010-12)
1957
4L:’53-56
FA FA # Don Johnson
Height/Weight:

1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top 11 CFB Teams
(Johnson was mentioned as a Miami star along with FB
Don Bossler, G/LB Tom Pratt, QB Sam Scarnecchia, C Mike
Hudock, and HBs John Varone & Claude Casey in the piece.)

E
1956
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1956
2L:’54-55
1 8 #25 Jack Losch
Height/Weight: 6’1″/205 lbs

2004 Little League Baseball Team Sportsmanship Award
named in his honor after his death that year^
1993 Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
1987 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1955 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
(won Game’s Sportsmanship Award)
1955 All-American Honorable Mention
also played Baseball (C/OF) at Miami^
also Track & Field (4 events) at UM

HB/KR/PR
QB/DB
Green Bay Packers (Drafted, 1956)
Military Service (1957-59 USAF Fighter Pilot)
Green Bay Packers (1959 Camp)

^In 1947, Jack went to the 1st-ever Little League Baseball
World Series (then called National Little League
Tournament), representing his hometown of Williamsport,
PA. – ironically also the home of Little League’s
headquarters – and helped his team win the inaugural
Championship playing CF.

^^Died May 27, 2004 (aged 69) in Williamsport, PA

1956
4L:’52-55
9 107 #33 Francis “Whitey” Rouviere
Height/Weight: 5’11″/187 lbs

2008 USA Today CFB Encyclopedia 250 All-Time College Players^^
2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1988 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1956 Senior Bowl
1955 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1955 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
1954 All-American Honorable Mention (AP, UPI)
^also played Baseball (3B) at Miami
^also on Miami’s Basketball Team
^also Track & Field at UM

^^UM HC Andy Gustafson: “I don’t know of a better man for
single platoon football in the country than Whitey Rouviere,
the Best Halfback in America.” Maybe Miami’s all-time greatest
“60-minute man,” he played Offense, Defense and Special Teams.

CB/HB
PR/KR
Washington Redskins (Drafted, 1956 Camp)

President, Univ. of Miami Alumni Assn. (1977-78)

^ Although Miami has had at least 15 additional 3-sport
men, Rouviere (8 letters) joins Whitey Campbell (with at
least 12 letters total) as the only known 4-sport athletes in
UM history. Rod Ashman, Louis Hansen*, Marion Mercurio,
Red Tobin, John Douglas and Harvey James (all Football,
Basketball & Baseball); Lamar Thomas, John “Vic” Mell and
Jack Lowe* (all Football, Basketball & Track); Jack Losch and
Tremain Mack (both Football, Baseball & Track); Tom Kearns
(Football, Basketball & Boxing); Foster Alter (Football, Golf
& Basketball); Nick Wolcuff (Football, Boxing & Wrestling);
and Harvey Foster (Football, Baseball & Soccer) are UM’s
other known 3-sport athletes. [*Notes: Louis Hansen tried
out in an open tourney for UM’s inaugural Tennis Team in
1931, but failed to make a 4th Cane Varsity Sport Squad. Jack
Lowe would go on to transfer from Miami to Ball State.]

1956
4L:’52-55
10 118 #81 Bob Nolan
Height/Weight: 198 lbs

^Died Aug. 18, 2007 (age 72) at McHenry, IL

TE/OL Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted)
British Columbia Lions (1956 CFL)
1956
3L:’54-56
11 128 #52 Michael E. “Mike” Hudock Jr.
Height/Weight: 6’2″/245 lbs

1992 Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
1965 All-AFL Second Team (NY Daily News)
1964 All-AFL Second Team (UPI)
1957 Chicago Charities College All-Star Game
1956 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1956 All-American Honorable Mention
1956 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1956 Sports Illustrated Preseason Top 11 CFB Teams
(Hudock was mentioned as a Miami star along with FB
Don Bossler, G/LB Tom Pratt, QB Sam Scarnecchia, E Don
Johnson and HBs John Varone & Claude Casey in the piece.)
1955 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1952 Transferred to Miami from Pitt
also played Baseball at Miami

C Green Bay Packers (Drafted 11/128 as a future
in 1956; 1957 IR)
Green Bay Packers (1958 Camp/Traded to Steelers)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1958 Camp)
Philadelphia Eagles (1959 Camp)
New York Titans (AFL) (1960-62)
New York Jets (1963-65)
Miami Dolphins (Expansion Draft Pick, 1966)
Kansas City Chiefs (1967)
Kansas City Chiefs (1968 Camp)

^Died on May 7, 2003 at the age of 68

1956
2L:’56-57
29 344 # Vester Newcomb
Height/Weight: 6’2″/200 lbs

2007 Mississippi JUCO Sports Hall of Fame
(Inaugural year inductee)
1977 Southwest Mississippi C.C. Hall of Fame
1957 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1957 All-American Honorable Mention (at UM)
1957 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1957 3rd Best College Senior in Florida (AP)
1957 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1956 JUCO Transfer to UM from Southwest [MS.] J.C.
1955 JUCO All-American First Team (Williamson’s)
1954 Military Service (played service team football)
1953 JUCO All-American First Team
1952 Military Service (played service team football)

LB/C Green Bay Packers (Drafted 29th, 344th overall, as a
future in ’56 out of Southwest [MS.] J.C.; would play 2 more
yrs. at Miami after transferring)

University of Miami Asst. Coach (1969-70)
University of Tennessee-Martin Head Coach (1978-79)

^Died Oct. 6, 2009 (age 77) at his home in Mississippi

1956
2L:’54-55
FA FA #11 Mario “Bonny” Bonofiglio
Height/Weight: 5’8″/169 lbs

1955 Heisman Trophy Finalist (#6)
1955 All-American Honorable Mention
1954 All-American Honorable Mention
1953 Transferred from Wisconsin
also played Baseball at Miami

QB/K US Army Medical Services Corps (1956, 1958-59)
Racine Raiders (1957 Bi-States Football League)

Also played Baseball professionally

1956
3L:’53-55
FA FA #69 Joe Kohut
Height/Weight: 187 lbs

2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)

G
1956
4L:’52-55
FA FA #71 Allan Rodberg
Height/Weight: 6’3″/212 lbs

1955 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1951 High School All-Southern

T
1956
1L:’53
FA FA #14 Joseph Brown “J.B.” Johnston Jr.
Height/Weight:

2019 Ft. Myers HS 100th Anniv. All-Time Top 30 (#23, Ft. Myers News-Press)
1955 Redshirt Sr. at Miami, Did Not Receive Varsity Letter
1954 Played at Miami, but Did Not Receive Varsity Letter
1953 Received MD’s approval & returned to Scholarship Status
1952 Injury Redshirt, switched to Team Manager for Spring Camp
1951 Miami Freshman Team

QB/DB Served in U.S. Army and later
worked for NFL’s Atlanta Falcons
1956
0L
FA FA # Burt Grossman
Height/Weight: 6’3″/244 lbs

1956 Earned 4th Letter in Track; Lost in Shot Put again to Georgia Tech’s
Carl Vareen (54’2.4″), although achieving a personal best of 52’8.75″ in
that loss; President, UM Lettermen’s Society “M-Club”; Graduated in Spring
1955 Only loss in Shot Put was to Carl Vareen (SEC Champ in Shot &
Discus in ’55); Lost his debut in Golden Gloves Competition in Jan.,
but vowed he would continue to explore a career in Pro Boxing
1954 Broke his own State Shot Put Record (51’7″); Invited to Drake
Relays & Returned to Penn Relays as Miami’s only representative
1953 Quit football to concentrate on Track (FR-eligible/Korean War);
Broke 3-year-old UM Shot Put Record by 2 feet (49’6″ 16-lb) & then set
Florida State Record (50’6″); also Southeastern AAU Shot Put Champion;
1st-ever Freshman & 1st-ever ‘Cane invited to Penn Relays (placed
2nd in Shot Put there); Rated #5 Nationally in Shot Put (as a Freshman!)
1952-Fall UM Freshman Football Scholarship (led FR. team in scoring)
1952-Spring Set Pennsylvania HS Shot Put Record (56’8″ 12-lb)

DT/K ^Although not invited to 1956 Olympic Trials for Shot Put,
Grossman’s contributions to the breakthrough success of
UM’s Track & Field Team shouldn’t be overlooked. Along
with Earl Welbaum (middle distance runner), Bill Bennett
(high & low hurdles), and football-playing sprinters Jack
Losch
, John Bookman & Jack Johnson, Grossman helped
establish the seriousness of Miami’s Track Program.
(Gordon Malloy and Whitey Rouviere were also UM
Trackmen in ’50s; all listed here are in UM’s HOF except
Grossman and Bookman.) Shot Put Trials: 1. Parry O’Brien
(1952 Olympic Gold Medalist, 60’9.75″), 2. Manhattan
College’s Ken Bantum (NCAA & AAU Champ, 59’6.5″),
3. Billy Nieder (1st to 60′ in both HS & College, 58’1″).
Olympic Finishes: O’Brien, Gold and Nieder, Silver (Bantum
finished 4th). Both O’Brien (USC) and Nieder (Kansas) left
football after injuries to concentrate on the Shot Put. Both
won medals again in ’60: Nieder-Gold and O’Brien-Silver.
Two top College Athletes also putting the shot during this
time, Georgia Tech’s Vareen and Penn State’s Rosey Grier,
stuck with football, both ending up playing DT in the NFL.
1955
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1955
3L:’52-54
4 39 #32 “Flash” Gordon Malloy^
Height/Weight: 187 lbs

Honorary Director: UM Atlanta Hurricane Alumni Club
1978 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1955 Chicago Charities College All-Star Game
1955 East-West Shrine Game
1954 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI, Newspaper Ent.Assn.)
1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1954 Blue-Gray Game
1954 2nd Best College Senior in Florida (AP)
1954 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1954 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1951 Transferred from Georgia Tech (1950 FR.)
also Track & Field at UM

^Full name is Russell Gordon Malloy, Jr.

^^Died in his sleep on Apr. 1, 2010 at his home
in Atlanta, GA at the age of 79

HB/FB/DB Detroit Lions (Drafted-DNP)
Montreal Alouettes (1955-DNP CFL)
On Feb. 25, 1955 (several years before Billy Cannon and the AFL),
NFL Commissioner Bert Bell announced that “Montreal got there
first and is entitled to (Gordon Malloy).” Malloy had signed a
Detroit Lions contract after he originally agreed to play in Canada.
Bell said he expected an “end to the feud between American and
Canadian professional teams … creating a ceasefire in the
expensive player-raids.” Later, after the CFL raided NFL players who
were already under option to NFL teams, Commissioner Bell reversed
himself and ruled that the Detroit contract with Malloy was valid.
The Montreal Alouettes then sued claiming Malloy was already under
contract when Detroit stole him away. Ironically, during his first
action as a professional, Malloy blew out his knee while making a
sharp cut at practice for the Chicago Charities College All-Star
Game and didn’t play in that game. Each College All-Star received a
small salary (maybe $150 in 1955) to play against the NFL Champs
in Chicago (or Evanston) every summer between 1934 & 1976 (except
1974), but the game ended because of “increasing expenses reflected
in insurance costs (and) high player salaries.” Due to his injury,
Gordon Malloy would never play in either the NFL or CFL, although
he later joined the UM football coaching staff.
1955
4L:’51-54
7 75 #82 Frank McDonald
Height/Weight: 6’2″/200 lbs

1974 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1955 Senior Bowl
1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1954 All-American 1st Team (AP, Football Writers)
1954 All-American 2nd Team (Stanley Woodward’s Magazine)
1954 All-American 3rd Team (Newspaper Enterprise Assoc.)
1954 All-American Honorable Mention (UPI)
1954 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1954 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1954 Pre-season All-American

TE/OL Baltimore Colts (Drafted, 1955 Camp)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1955 CFL)
1955
3L:’52-54
11 122 #83 Tom Pepsin
Height/Weight: 6’1″/195 lbs

1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

E Chicago Cardinals (NFL) (Drafted)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1955 CFL)
1955
0L
26 303 #65 Loren “Walt” Houston
Height/Weight: 6’0″/217 lbs

1952 Transferred from Miami to Purdue (at UM ’50-51)

OG/E Washington Redskins (Drafted, 1955)
Washington Redskins (1956 Camp)
Military Service: U.S. Army
1955
2L:’52,’54
FA FA #10 Carl Garrigus
Height/Weight: 5’11″/192 lbs

1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game^
1954 All-American Honorable Mention
also played Baseball (Inf) at Miami

QB/DB Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1955 CFL)

^In Shrine Game, DB Garrigus intercepted a pass late in the
4th Qtr., then scored the winning TD on a QB sneak with under
2 minutes remaining for a come-from-behind win, 20-17.

^^Only 44 at the time, Carl died in Miami on Nov. 17, 1975
from injuries suffered in a car crash.

1955
2L:’53-54
FA FA #51 Ernie Tobey
Height/Weight: 190 lbs

2008 Top 55 Hurricanes: 1953-2007 (USA Today CFB Encyclopedia)
1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1954 All-South Independent Honorable Mention (AP)
1953 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1953 2nd Best College Player in Florida (AP)
1953 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1953 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1953 University of Miami Team MVP

C/LB Post-grad: Military Service Career
1955
4L:’51-54
FA FA #73 Norman French
Height/Weight: 5’11″/198 lbs

1954 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

G/T
1954
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1954
2L:’52-53
21 247 #70 Dan Tassotti
Height/Weight: 6’2″/235 lbs
T/K Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted)
Fort Eustis Wheels (U.S. Army Service Team in VA.)
[Ft. Eustis beat the Quantico Marines 25-24 in the Service
Football Championship Game played on Dec. 9, 1961; player-
coach Tassotti kicked the winning field goal.]
1954
2L:’52-53
FA FA #15 Don “the Dawgfather” James
Height/Weight: 5’9″/175 lbs

1998 State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame
1997 College Football Hall of Fame
1997 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
1996 Kent State Hall of Fame
1994 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
1993 University of Washington Hall of Fame
1992 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1991 National College Coach of the Year
1991 Paul “Bear” Bryant Award
1991 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year
1991 George Munger Award
1991 Sporting News College Football COY
1990–1991 Pac-10 Coach of the Year
1990 Nat’l. Coach of the Year Honorable Mention (Gannett News)
1989 President of American Football Coaches Assn.
1987 Citrus Bowl Hall of Fame
1984 National College Coach of the Year
1980 Pac-10 Coach of the Year
1977 AFCA Coach of the Year
1972 MAC Coach of the Year
1953 UM Phillip Optner Trophy (Highest GPA as SR.)
1953 “Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities”

QB HC at Kent State (1971-74)
HC at University of Washington (1975-92)

^Died on Oct. 20, 2013 (age 80) of pancreatic
cancer at his Kirkland, WA home

1954
3L:’51-53
FA FA #62 Eugene Buccilli
Height/Weight: 215 lbs

1953 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

T
1954
0L
FA FA #45 Bob Taro
Height/Weight: 6’1″/175 lbs

1950-54 Scholarship Athlete at Miami
also played Baseball (Inf) at Miami
(4-yr. UM letterman in baseball; FR-eligible/Korean War)

^Died on Sept. 16, 2020 (aged 89) in North Carolina

HB Postgrad: Signed MLB contract with Brooklyn Dodgers & assigned to
Bakersfield Indians (1954 Level C California League)
promoted to Mobile Bears (1954 Level AA Southern Assn.)
Brooklyn Dodgers Farm System (1955)
Played SS/3B, B:R, T:R

Post-Pro Baseball Career: US Army, 101st Airborn Div. in Korea

1954
1L:’48
FA FA #40 Jack O’Leary
Height/Weight:

2008 University of Central Florida Hall of Fame
Transferred from UM to New Hampshire in 1954 and then
from UNH to Colorado College in 1956 (at UM 1947-48,
also Military Service/Korean War Era Officer 1949-53)

^Died of a heart attack on Dec. 2, 1983, at the age of 54

HB/QB U.S. Army Football HC & Asst. Admin./Athletics, Fort Carson, CO (1952)
U.S. Army Football HC & Track HC at Fort Devens, MA (1953)
AD & JUCO Basketball HC at New Hampshire Technical Institute [NH Tech
or NHTI, a Community College located in Concord, NH] (1955)
Football HC & AD at St. Mary’s of the Plains College (1960-62)
Asst. AD at Colorado State Univ. (1971-73)
AD at Miami-Dade Community College (1973)
AD at Colorado State University (1974-76)
AD at Central Florida (1976-81)
1953
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1953
2L:’51-52
15 172 #71 Nick “Chick” Chickillo
Height/Weight: 5’11″/220 lbs

1987 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1952 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1952 All-American First Team (AP)
1952 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1952 All-Florida First Team (AP)

LB/OG Chicago Cardinals (NFL) (Drafted, 1953)
Chicago Cardinals (1954 Camp)
Military Service: United States Army

^Died on Feb. 5, 2000 (aged 69) in Florida

1953
3L:’50-52
24 282 #14 Bob Schneidenbach
Height/Weight: 6’0″/183 lbs

1999 Air Commando Hall of Fame
(Awarded Silver Star for gallantry in action in Laos, Feb. 23, 1968)

QB/HB Pittsburgh Steelers (Drafted)
Toronto Argonauts (1953 CFL)
Toronto Balmy Beach (1953-54 ORFU)
Military Service during Vietnam War
1953
3L:’50-52
FA FA #30 Raymond “Reckless Rex” Shiver
Height/Weight: 6’0″/190 lbs

1952 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1952 All-American Honorable Mention (AP)
1952 2nd-Best College Senior in Florida (AP)
1952 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1952 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1952 SAE Trophy (Outstanding Player in Homecoming Game)

DB/LB
WB/HB
U.S. Air Force (1953-55)
Los Angeles Rams (1956)
Los Angeles Rams (1957 Camp/Traded)
Washington Redskins (1957 Camp)
Toronto Argonauts (1957 CFL)

^Died on May 5, 1997 (aged 65)

1953
3L:’50-52
FA FA #44 Harry “Scooter” Mallios
Height/Weight: 178 lbs

2010 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Miami Sports Founder
1985 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1970 Received a Ph.D. from Miami
1949-53 attended Miami as an undergrad
Post HS: Marine Corps during & after WWII

FB/DB Assistant and Associate AD at UM
AD at University of Miami (1979-83)
Faculty Athletic Rep. to NCAA (1983 until his retirement)
1953
3L:’50-52
FA FA #55 Armand “Stitch” Vari
Height/Weight: 5’11″/180 lbs

1977 University of Miami Hall of Fame
At UM for 1949-52 seasons

C/QB U.S. Army (Pre-UM: mid-to-late 1940s)
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant (Post-grad: 1953-55)
President, UM Sports Hall of Fame
Chairman, UM Athletic Federation (Hurricane Club)
University Alumni Board Member
1953
3L:’50-52
FA FA #66 Don Mariutto
Height/Weight:

1990 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1949 Transferred from Florida (at UM 1950-52)

^Died in 2012

G Military Service: USAF (1953-54, ROTC at UM)
USAF Reserves (1955-83, retiring as a Colonel)
University of Miami Board of Trustees
Chairman of the UM Board’s Athletic Advisory Committee
President: UM Sports Hall of Fame
Chairman & Founding Member: Athletic Federation (Hurricane Club)
Grand Founder: Society of University Founders
Established UM’s Mariutto Family Scholarship
(annual Team Award to player with “highest academics”)
1952
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1952
3L:’49-51
1 8 #42 Jim Dooley
Height/Weight: 6’4″/198 lbs

2019 Chicago Bears 100th Anniversary Team (#73 Chicago Tribune;
#90 USA Today; #94 Bears Centennial Scrapbook)
2017 Miami’s Top 100 Players All-Time (#32, 247Sports)
2010 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Miami Sports Founder
1998 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1997 University of Miami Ring of Honor
1997 Hurricanes Jersey #42 Retired by Miami (1st
player in school history to have his number retired)
1996 Gator Bowl Hall of Fame
1972 University of Miami Hall of Fame (Inaugural Class)
1953 Chicago Charities College All-Star Game
1952 Senior Bowl
1951 All-American First Team (AP)
1951 All-South Independent 1st Team (AP)
1951 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1950 All-Florida First Team (AP)

WR/TE
HB/DB
Chicago Bears (1952-54)
Military Service: U.S. Air Force (1954-56)
Chicago Bears (1956-57)
Chicago Bears (1958 IR)
Chicago Bears (1959-61)
Chicago Bears (1962 Camp)

Chicago Bears HC (1968-71)

^Died of ALS at Chicago’s Lake Forest Hospital
in 2008 at age 77 after 10 years of living with
with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Researchers at Boston
University said CTE had been found in the brains
of 345 of the 376 (92%) former NFL players studied.

1952
2L:’50-51
30 352 #33 Wilfred “Will” Stolk
Height/Weight: 6’1″/196 lbs

1950 All-American Honorable Mention

FB/LB Chicago Cardinals (NFL) (Drafted)
1952
3L:’49-51
FA FA #82 Walt Chwalik
Height/Weight: 6’0″/220 lbs
DE Chicago Bears (1952 Tryout – DNA)
Philadelphia Eagles (Tryout – DNA)
1952
3L:’49-51
FA FA #83 Leo “the Lion” Martin
Height/Weight: 6’2″/188 lbs

1973 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1953 U.S. Air Force All-Star
1950 All-American Honorable Mention
1950 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
1949 All-American Honorable Mention
1949 Jack Burney Memorial Trophy (for nation’s top End)

SE/DE/P Post-grad Military Service: USAF
1952
3L:’49-51
FA FA #11 Jack “Mighty Mouse” Hackett
Height/Weight: 5’8″/155 lbs

1971 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1950 All-American Honorable Mention
1950 All-Florida 2nd Team (AP)

QB
1952
3L:’49-51
FA FA #74 Charley George
Height/Weight: 6’0″/197 lbs

1995 University of Miami Hall of Fame

G/T ^Died on May 12, 2023 at the age of 94
1952
3L:’49-51
FA FA #61 Ray Arckey (aka Ray Arcangeletti)
Height/Weight: 5’11″/188 lbs

1976 University of Miami Hall of Fame

G
1952
2L:’50-51
FA FA #40 Elmer “Tree” Tremont
Height/Weight:

2013 Lee Co. (FL) School Athletic Conf. Hall of Fame
1996 Cypress Lake named its Gymnasium after him
1984 Florida Athletic Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame
1952 Gator Bowl All-time Punter (averaged 44.5 yds. on 9 punts)

S/P/K 1952-53: U.S. Army (Korean War Medic)

^Died after falling asleep in a recliner at his
daughter’s home in Lithia, FL while watching an
NBA Playoff Game – and never re-awakening – in
May of 2019, at the age of 89

1951
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1951
2L:’49-50
4 49 #89 Tom Jelley
Height/Weight: 6’5″/225 lbs

1950 All-American Honorable Mention
(at UM 1948-50)

^Died on Jan. 16, 2014 (aged 87)

DE/TE Chicago Bears (Drafted 4/49 as a Future/
signed by Bears after passing on remaining
eligibility, then Traded to Steelers)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1951)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1952 Camp)
Military Service (1953-54)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1955 Camp CFL)
1951
3L:’48-50
5 54 Al Carapella #72 Alfred “Al” Carapella
Height/Weight: 6’1″/260 lbs^

Westchester County (NY) Sports Hall of Fame
2010 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Miami Sports Founder
1970 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1954 NFL All-Star Game (Pro Bowl)
1951 College All-Star Football Classic
1950 All-American First Team (AP)
1950 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1947 Freshman Team at Miami (Kentucky HC Bear Bryant’s telegraph
offering a Wildcat scholarship was misdelivered – benefitting UM)
1945 Graduated HS & Drafted into US Army (M.P. Stationed in Germany)
1944 Ineligible for HS Sports due to his Pro Baseball Contract
1944 Erie Sailors Baseball (N.Y. Giants’ Pony League, Lev. D)
1944 Richmond Colts Baseball (Giants’ Piedmont League, Lev. B)
also played Baseball (C) at Miami

DT/NT/OT
LB/FB
Berlin Bears (1945 Inter-service FB Team in Germany)
San Francisco 49ers (Drafted, 1951-55)
San Francisco 49ers (1956 Camp/Traded to N.Y.)
New York [Football] Giants (1956 – DNR/Released)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1956 CFL)

Post-playing career: Rec’d. Masters Degree from Indiana
Univ. before going into HS/College Coaching, Teaching
and School Administration.

^As late as 1960, UM’s roster had only 1 guy at 230 or more.
A converted FB, Carapella was never listed over 235, even
as a Pro. Generally it was believed that Rosters inflated
size numbers to intimidate opponents. Miami often listed its
bigs as being smaller than they actually were to really get
inside the heads of the teams they were playing.

^^Died on Oct. 17, 2020 in Tuckahoe, NY (where he was
born and went to HS) at the age of 93

1951
3L:’48-50
13 152 #51 Pete Mastellone
Height/Weight: 5’10”/198 lbs

1983 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1951-53 U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
1950 All-American Honorable Mention
1950 All-Florida First Team (AP)

C/LB/FB Philadelphia Eagles (Drafted, DNR 1951 Camp – Korean
War Military Service Draft Notice received only hours before
the Eagles’ NFL Training Camp was scheduled to open
)
U.S. Air Force Military Service Football (1951-52)
Philadelphia Eagles (Drafted, 1953 Camp)

^Died on Aug. 14, 2016 under VNA Hospice House care
at the age of 85

1951
3L:’48,’50-51
18 218 #42 Frank E. Smith, “the Tuckahoe Terror”
Height/Weight: 6’1″/179 lbs

1970 University of Miami Hall of Fame
1951 All-American Honorable Mention
1951 Preseason All-American Candidate
1950 All-American Honorable Mention
1950 All-Florida First Team (AP)
1949 Left school at Miami for 1 season
also played Baseball (CF) at Miami

HB/PR
P/K
New York [Football] Giants (1951 Drafted – DNS [Injury])

Signed to play Pro Baseball with Florida State
League’s Palatka Azaleas (1952 D-League,
Independent); then Fla. Internat’l League’s
Fort Lauderdale Lions (1953 B-League, Indep.); next
FLIN’s Miami Beach/Greater Miami Flamingos (1954
B-Level, Milwaukee Braves Organization); & finally
Portsmouth Merrimacks (’54, “B” Piedmont League, Indep.)
Positions: OF (+ 1 game as P); B:R; T:?

1951
4L:’47-50
29 341 #81 Ralph Fieler
Height/Weight: 6’7″/242 lbs

1947 Transfer from Indiana U. (1946)
Also played College Baseball at Miami
Post HS: U.S. Navy in WWII

E Green Bay Packers (Drafted, 1951 Camp)
1951
3L:’48-50
FA FA #10 Ameleto “Jack” Del Bello
Height/Weight: 6’1″/190 lbs

Transferred to Miami from Holy Cross College (FR. at Holy Cross)

^Died on Aug. 23, 2013 (age 85) at Holmes Regional Hospital
in Melbourne, FL

QB/DB U.S. Army, Ft. Jackson Mil. Service Football (1951-52,
Korean War Era)
Philadelphia Eagles (1953 Camp/Traded to Baltimore)
Baltimore Colts (1953)
Baltimore Colts (1954 Camp)
1951
2L:’49-50
FA FA #67 Joe Lyden
Height/Weight: 5’11″/186 lbs

1950 All-American Honorable Mention
1950 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)

OG/DT/K
1950
Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
1950
3L:’47-49
FA FA # Bob Carroll
Height/Weight: 6’2″/235 lbs

1946 Miami Freshmen Team

T Paterson Panthers (1950 AFL IV)

^Also served in U.S. Navy; he died on July 9, 1970 at age 43.

1950
4L:’46-49
FA FA #34 Bob “Whitey” Campbell,^ aka “the White Comet”
Height/Weight: 5’11″/166 lbs

1971 UM’s Outstanding Athlete for its 1st 25 yrs.^^
1970 University of Miami Hall of Fame
(Year?) North-South College All-Star Shrine Game All-Time Defense
1949 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game
1949 All-American Honorable Mention
1949 All-Florida 1st Team (AP)
also on Basketball, Baseball & Boxing Teams at Miami^^

^Born Alexander Carr Campbell, raised as Bob Stafford, Whitey was
1st told real name for WWII draft purposes by Step-Dad, Dick Stafford.
Whitey died on Nov. 3, 2015 at 89 years old in Rutherfordton, NC
after battling Alzheimer’s Disease.

FB/DB 1944 (pre-MLB draft): Workouts with/Offered Contracts by Cincinnati
Reds and New York (Baseball) Giants coming out of HS – DNS;
instead deciding to attend Miami after military discharge in ’46;
Was 1st ‘Cane Cager to Score 1000 Points in his College Career.

HC Univ. of Miami Baseball (1958, 1960-62)
HC Univ. of Montana Baseball (1966)

^^Considered UM’s greatest multi-sport athlete.
Due to WWII, Campbell was freshman-eligible
and earned a varsity letter for 4 yrs. straight in
Football, Basketball and Baseball – 12 letters in all –
as well as competing in Boxing all 4 years, too

1950
3L:’47-49
FA FA #50 Art “Otis” Davies
Height/Weight: 6’2″/197 lbs

1950 Senior Bowl
1950 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

C
1950
3L:’47-49
FA FA #63 Tom Flynn
Height/Weight: 5’9″/188 lbs

1950 North-South College All-Star Shrine Game

G
1950
3L:’47-49
FA FA #40 Clive Shrader
Height/Weight: 5’11″/176 lbs

1949/50 UM Senior Class Vice President
1948 Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
1944-46 Army Air Corp Pilot in World War II

HB President, UM Alumni Association (1968–1971)
also President, UM Engineering Alumni Assn. and
President, Florida Gold Coast Chapter of AAU

^Died on May 7, 2015 at the age of 89

1950
1L:’44
FA FA # August J. “Gus” Dielens Jr.
Height/Weight:

Transferred from Miami to West Point (at UM in 1944)

^Died on Sept. 2, 2006 (aged 79) in Tampa, FL

DB U.S. Army Service in WWII, Korea & Vietnam & in the Pentagon
rising to Rank of Colonel and earning the Silver Star, Purple Heart,
& Legion of Merit among his numerous military awards & ribbons
AD at West Point (1968–1971)
AD at Univ. of Tampa (1971-73)