Jimmy DeAngelis
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Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 20, 1910 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2007 (aged 97) Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1934 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Linebacker/Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1937 | Yale (Freshmen) |
| 1938–1940 | Yale (JV) |
| 1941 | Bates (Assistant) |
| 1945–1947 | Yale (Freshmen) |
| 1948 | Yale (Assistant) |
| 1949 | Toledo (Line) |
| 1950 | Nebraska (Line) |
| 1951–1952 | Washington (Line) |
| Men's basketball | |
| 1941–1942 | Bates |
Mariano Vincenzo "Jimmy" DeAngelis (October 20, 1910 – December 26, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He was a member of the Yale's 1934 "Ironmen" football team that upset an undefeated Princeton team.
DeAngelis was born in Hamden, Connecticut.[1] His father was a bricklayer and stonemason and his mother was a factory worker. After graduating from Hillhouse High School, DeAngelis worked for a local telephone company until Clarence Blakeslee, the head of a New Haven construction company, paid for his tuition to the Milford Academy.[1][2] He then attended Yale University, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams.[2] He played center and linebacker for the 1934 Yale Bulldogs football team, which upset Princeton 7–0. DeAngelis had two key tackles in the game; stopping Ken Sandbach at the two-yard line on the opening kickoff and tackling Homer Spofford 2 yards short of the end zone during the first of four goal-line stands. He graduated from Yale in 1935 with a bachelor of science degree.[2]