John Cappelletti
American football player (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Cappelletti (born August 9, 1952) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers.
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | (1952-08-09) August 9, 1952 (age 71) Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Monsignor Bonner (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
College: | Penn State (1971–1973) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||||||
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He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1973.[1][2][3][4] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Coach Joe Paterno said that Cappelletti was "the best football player I ever coached." Cappelletti's relationship with his younger brother Joey, who was stricken with leukemia, was chronicled into a book and television movie, Something for Joey.