Description
Robert Francis Pellegrini was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Maryland, where he was an All-American as a center. Pellegrini was drafted in the first round of the 1956 NFL Draft. In 1996, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1955, he finished fifth in number of votes for the Heisman Trophy. He was featured on the cover of the November 7, 1955 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine.
After his professional playing career with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins, he joined the Miami Dolphins staff as the linebackers coach from 1966 to 1967. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
November 13th, 1934 in Yatesboro / Died: Apr 11th, 2008 - aged 73
Last Changes
2008/05/31
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2008/03/30
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Prob.Auth)
2008/03/30
New Response (Success): sent 3x5 index card and SASE received back.