Ted Scalissi
Basketball and American football player
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| Intro | Basketball and American football player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Sports coach Basketball coach American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 26 October 1921 | |
| Death | 6 January 1987 (aged 65 years) |
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Biography
Thodore Glenn "Ted" Scalissi (October 26, 1921 – January 6, 1987) was a professional American football and basketball player. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
Professional sports career
Scalissi played with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference in 1947. He had also been drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventeenth round of the 1947 NFL Draft. Collegiately, he played at Ripon College.
Scalissi also played for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the National Basketball League during the 1947–48 season. The National Basketball League was a forerunner to the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).