Joe_Skladany

Joe Skladany

Joe Skladany

American football player and coach (1911–1972)


Joseph Peter "Muggsy" Skladany (May 25, 1911 – August 9, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was consensus All-American at end in 1932 and 1933. Skladany played professionally for one season, in 1934, with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL).

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Skladany served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—for one season, in 1943, compiling a record of 0–4–1.

Skladany was found dead on August 9, 1972, at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1975.

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  1. "Skladany Dies, Pitt Grid Great". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 10, 1972. p. 18. Retrieved December 13, 2018 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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