Tommy Colella
Colella in 1946
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| Position: | Halfback, Punter | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 3, 1918 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Albion, New York | ||||||||
| Date of death: | May 15, 1992 (aged 73) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Hamburg, New York | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Canisius | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1942 / Round: 7 / Pick: 55 | ||||||||
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| Games: | 89 |
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| Punts: | 197 |
| Punt Yards: | 7,372 |
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Thomas Anthony Colella (July 3, 1918 – May 15, 1992) was an American football halfback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Rams, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills.
Colella grew up in New York and was a high school football star in his hometown of Albion. He played four years of college football at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York before being drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions. He was on the Lions' roster for two years, after which he moved to the Rams in 1945 and the Browns of the AAFC in 1946. Colella stayed with the Browns for three years, in each of which the team won the AAFC championship. He spent the 1949 season with the Buffalo Bills before leaving football.
Colella grew up in Albion, New York, and played three sports at the city's Charles D'Amico High School Was referenced as "The Albion Antilope". After graduating, he attended Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he was a versatile football player for four years. He was a running back, quarterback, defensive back, kicker and kick-return man at the school, and won Little All-America honors three years in a row. He returned a kickoff for a touchdown and kicked two extra points in a Canisius Golden Griffins win over the then-undefeated Long Island Blackbirds in 1940.
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