1. Aldo Teo "Buff" Donelli was an American football player and coach, soccer player, and college athletics administrator.
13 Facts About Aldo Donelli
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Aldo Donelli played college football at Duquesne and was an assistant football coach at his alma mater from 1930 to 1938, before being promoted to head coach.
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Aldo Donelli played soccer with a number of clubs in the 1920s and 1930s and was a member of the United States men's national soccer team during the 1934 FIFA World Cup.
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Aldo Donelli is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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In 1925, Aldo Donelli played for Morgan FC, a western Pennsylvania soccer team.
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Aldo Donelli was selected to the United States 1934 FIFA World Cup team.
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Aldo Donelli was inducted into US National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1954.
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Aldo Donelli, who played college football at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a halfback and punter.
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Aldo Donelli went on to coach Duquesne University, Columbia University, Boston University, and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Rams of the National Football League.
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Aldo Donelli served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1941 fall campaign on the bluff of Duquesne University.
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Aldo Donelli was a founding member of Alpha Phi Delta, Psi chapter, the national Italian heritage fraternity, at Duquesne University on March 19,1929.
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Aldo Donelli received his business degree from Duquesne University in 1930 and his graduate business degree in 1931.
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Aldo Donelli was drafted into the United States Navy for a short time during the last year of World War II.