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Ralph Calcagni was born on February 6, 1922 in Smithton, Pennsylvania and attended Connellsville High School. After graduation, for two years he played at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was captain of the 1943 football team and also ran track. There, he was selected as a member of the All American and All East teams. He was then transferred to Cornell in the Navy V-12 Naval Trainee program and served in the Marines for three years as a first lieutenant before spending a year in the Pacific. He was drafted by the Boston Yanks in the 31st round of the 1944 NFL Draft and played offensive and defensive tackle for them in 1946 after the war. In 1947 he was released by the Yanks and picked up by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ralph Calcagni died suddenly, on August 29, 1948, at age 26, after undergoing an appendectomy at Meadville City Hospital, in Meadville, PA. |
