1. John Raymond Cappelletti was born on August 9,1952 and is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers.
28 Facts About John Cappelletti
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John Cappelletti played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1973.
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John Cappelletti was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Coach Joe Paterno said that Cappelletti was "the best football player I ever coached" or words to that effect.
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John Cappelletti was born on August 9,1952, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, where he was raised.
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John Cappelletti was one of five children born to John and Anna Cappelletti.
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John Cappelletti attended St Laurence School in Upper Darby prior to entering Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, a suburb west of Philadelphia in Delaware County, where he played football and basketball.
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John Cappelletti played quarterback for the Friars and graduated in 1970.
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John Cappelletti was awarded the 1973 Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, the UPI College Football Player of the Year, the Walter Camp Award, the Touchdown Club of Columbus Chic Harley Award, ABC-TV Player of the Year, as well as receiving first team consensus All-America honors.
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John Cappelletti was named Amateur Athlete of the Year by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
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John Cappelletti was the first Penn State player to be awarded the Heisman Trophy.
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John Cappelletti was a member of the Gamma Phi chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Penn State.
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The movie was based on the book of the same name written by Richard E Peck and chronicled the bond between the two brothers as Cappelletti supported his young brother, ill with cancer.
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The morning of the game, John Cappelletti asked Joey what he wanted for his upcoming 11th birthday.
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John Cappelletti quietly took his seat on the bench, without telling Paterno of Joey's wish.
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Late in the third quarter, one of John Cappelletti's teammates told Paterno of Joey's wish.
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On Penn State's next possession, Paterno shouted "22" and John Cappelletti took the field; he scored his fourth touchdown on the same possession, and pointed to Joey as he ran off the field.
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John Cappelletti was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993, and is a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
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John Cappelletti was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 2009 Inductee Class.
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In 2006, John Cappelletti was inducted into the Regions Bank Orange Bowl Hall of Honor.
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John Cappelletti was the eleventh overall pick of the 1974 NFL draft, taken by the Los Angeles Rams.
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John Cappelletti played nine seasons in the league, five with the Rams, and four with the San Diego Chargers.
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John Cappelletti missed the entire 1979 season due to a groin injury, and was traded to the Chargers before the 1980 season for a draft pick.
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John Cappelletti said the Rams could have gotten more in the trade, but accommodated his wish to play in San Diego.
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John Cappelletti is married with four sons and resides in Laguna Niguel, California with his wife Betty.
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John Cappelletti's sister-in-law is the daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche.
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The first time John Cappelletti ever saw a Heisman Trophy was as a college sophomore visiting Ameche's home with his teenage brother, where Ameche's trophy was on the mantle.
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John Cappelletti is not related to former Boston Patriots star and 1964 AFL MVP Gino Cappelletti.