Bill Ciaravino

Bill Ciaravino

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Ciaravino from 1951 Epitome
Position: Guard, Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: December 20, 1929
Place of birth: New York
Date of death: January 16, 2009
Place of death: Huntington, New York
Career information
College: Lehigh University
Career history
Career highlights and awards

Ignatius William "Bill" Ciaravino (December 20, 1929 – January 16, 2009) was an American football player. He played college football for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team at the linebacker and guard positions. He was the defensive captain of the 1950 Lehigh team that compiled an undefeated 9-0 record,[1] and he was selected by the International News Service as a first-team defensive player and on its 1950 College Football All-America Team.[2][3] Ciararvino later attended medical school at Columbia School of Medicine. After serving two years serving as a medic in the United States Army, he established a medical practice, first in Brooklyn and later in Huntington, New York.[1] He died in 2009 at age 79 in Huntington, New York.[4]He was survived by his wife Helen and their three daughters, Francesca, Helene, and Maureen.

References

  1. 1 2 "William I. "Bill" Ciaravino is in the Lehigh Hall of Fame". Lehigh University. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1220. ISBN 1401337031.
  3. ↑ Lawton Carver (1950-11-27). "Youth Dominates INS All-America Teams". Lebanon Daily News.
  4. ↑ Dates of birth and death derived from: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line].
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