Joe Faragalli

Joe Faragalli, born on 18 April 1929 and died on 10 April 2006, was an American gridiron football player and coach who had most of his success in the Canadian Football League. He played guard at Villanova University from 1950 to 1953 and was team captain all four years. The Chicago Bears drafted him in the 12th round of the 1954 NFL draft, and he then served four years in Germany with the United States Army before coaching college football in the United States. Known in the CFL as Papa Joe, he joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as an offensive coach in 1967. He won the Annis Stukus Trophy as coach of the year in 1981 with Saskatchewan, and in 1987 he took over the Edmonton Eskimos two games into the season and led them to a Grey Cup win over the Toronto Argonauts. He died in Narragansett, Rhode Island.