Vito (Babe) Parilli
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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May 7, 1930 Rochester, Pennsylvania |
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| Died: | July 15, 2017 (aged 87) Parker, Colorado |
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| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Rochester (PA) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1952 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 3,330 |
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| Pass completions: | 1,552 |
| Percentage: | 46.6 |
| TD–INT: | 178–220 |
| Passing yards: | 22,681 |
| QB Rating: | 59.6 |
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Vito "Babe" Parilli (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American football player. He played quarterback for five seasons in the National Football League and three in the Canadian Football League in the 1950s, and then in the American Football League for all ten seasons in the 1960s.
Parilli was born and raised in Rochester, Pennsylvania, an industrial town northwest of Pittsburgh, Parilli graduated from Rochester High School in 1948.
Parilli then played college football at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and was a quarterback for the Wildcats under head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He was a consensus All-American in 1950 and 1951 and was fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1950 and third in 1951. He led the Wildcats to victories in consecutive New Year's Day bowl games in the 1951 Sugar Bowl and 1952 Cotton Bowl.
Parilli was the fourth overall selection of the 1952 NFL draft, taken by the Green Bay Packers. He played two seasons with the Packers, two with the Ottawa Rough Riders in Canada, one with the Cleveland Browns in 1956, two more with the Packers, and another with Ottawa in 1959.
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