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Joe Faragalli

Joe Faragalli
Date of birth (1929-04-18)April 18, 1929
Place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death April 10, 2006(2006-04-10) (aged 76)
Place of death Narragansett, Rhode Island
Career information
Position(s) G
College Villanova
NFL draft 1954 / Round: 12 / Pick: 138
Career history
As coach
1967–1969 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OL)
1970–1972 Brown (OL)
1973 Marshall (OC)
1975 Oklahoma State (OL)
1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OL)
1977–1980 Edmonton Eskimos (OL)
1981–1983 Saskatchewan Roughriders
1984 Cincinnati Bengals (WR/QB)
1985 Houston Oilers (OC)
1986 Buffalo Bills (TE)
1987 Montreal Alouettes
1987–1990 Edmonton Eskimos
1991 Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards

Joe Faragalli (April 18, 1929 – April 10, 2006) was a gridiron football player and coach who had most of his success in the Canadian Football League. Faragalli played guard at Villanova University from 1950 to 1953, and was the team captain all four years. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 12th round (138 overall pick) of the 1954 NFL Draft. He served four years in Germany with the United States Army and went on to coach college football in the United States.

Known affectionately throughout the CFL as "Papa Joe," Faragalli joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1967 as an offensive coach. In 1981, he became head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and was awarded the Annis Stukus Trophy as Coach of the Year; the team, 2–14 in each of the preceding two seasons, finished with a 9–7 record in 1981. Faragalli was replaced by Rueben Berry in 1983 after Saskatchewan got off to a 1-5 start to the season.

Faragalli's greatest CFL coaching achievement, in 1987, almost never happened. He began that year as coach of the Montreal Alouettes, but the franchise ceased operations days before the start of the season. After Jackie Parker resigned as Edmonton Eskimos coach two games into the year due to health reasons, Faragalli was hired and led the team to a Grey Cup win against the Toronto Argonauts.

The Eskimos played in the 1990 Grey Cup game under Faragalli, but lost to Winnipeg. He coached the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1991.

During the 1980s, he worked as an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills. His son Mike also coached in the CFL.


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