Bob Celeri
| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 1, 1927 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Bragg, California | ||||||||
| Date of death: | March 9, 1975 (aged 47) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Buffalo, New York | ||||||||
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| College: | Cal-Berkeley | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1950 / Round: 10 / Pick: 127 | ||||||||
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Robert Lavern Celeri (June 1, 1927 - March, 1975) is a former quarterback in the National Football League. He played 11 games for the New York Yanks in 1951 and 8 games for the Dallas Texans in 1952.[1]
He was born in Fort Bragg, California to Hugo Celeri (July 9, 1903 Fort Bragg, California - January 15, 1965 Mendocino County, California) and Pearl Mable Bishop (December 18, 1904 California - April 13, 1959 San Francisco County, California).
Celeri quarterbacked the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, a minor pro team in the Ontario Rugby Football Union in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 till the league folded in 1960. He was MVP of the ORFU in 1954 and 1955. He then went to Buffalo with his coach Harvey Johnson.[2]
References
- ↑ "NFL All-time Players: Bob Celeri". National Football League (via NFL.com). Retrieved 2008-10-28. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Waterloo County Hall of Fame". Region of Waterloo. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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