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Don Campora
American football player and coach

Don Campora

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American football player and coach
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Trenton, USA
Place of death
San Bernardino, USA
Age
50 years
Stats
Height:
75 in
Weight:
268 lbs
Sports Teams
San Francisco 49ers
Washington Redskins
Calgary Stampeders
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Biography

Don Carlo Campora (August 30, 1927 – June 5, 1978) was an American gridiron football player and coach.He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers in 1950 and 1952 and for the Washington Redskins in 1953.In 1954, he played with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Campora played college football at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and served as the school's head football coach from 1964 to 1965. He was selected by the 49ers in the second round with the 23rd overall pick of the 1950 NFL Draft.

Campora was a native of Stockton, where he attended high school. He worked as an assistant football coach at Arizona State University in 1951 under Larry Siemering, who coached Campora at Pacific. Campora served as a line coach at Stockton College (now known as a San Joaquin Delta College) from 1955 to 1957. He joined the coaching staff as his alma mater, Pacific, as line coach in December 1957.

Campora's tongue-in-cheek nickname was "Tiny". He was a teacher at Calaveras High School in San Andreas, California, in the 1970s.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Pacific Tigers (NCAA University Division independent)
1964Pacific1–9
1965Pacific1–8
Pacific:2–17
Total:2–17
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