1. John Pollock Michelosen was an American football player and coach.
16 Facts About John Michelosen
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John Michelosen got his start in football playing quarterback at Ambridge High School, under coach Maurice "Moe" Rubenstein.
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John Michelosen attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played for Jock Sutherland.
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John Michelosen started for three years, playing on Pittsburgh's national championship teams in 1936 and 1937.
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John Michelosen was drafted in the 12th round of the 1938 NFL Draft.
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John Michelosen was the backfield coach on the 1946 and 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff.
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John Michelosen served as a naval flight instructor for three years in World War II.
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In 1948 John Michelosen became the youngest head coach of any National Football League team in the league's "modern era" when he took command of the Steelers.
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John Michelosen held on to the distinction of being the youngest coach ever to start an NFL season until the Oakland Raiders hired Lane Kiffin in 2007.
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In 1949 John Michelosen guided the Steelers to a second-place finish in the NFL's Eastern Division.
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John Michelosen returned to the University of Pittsburgh in 1955 and served as head football coach for 11 seasons, through the 1965 campaign.
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John Michelosen led Pitt to back-to-back major bowl games in the 1950s.
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John Michelosen was an influence on NFL greats such as Mike Ditka and Marty Schottenheimer, both of whom were born and raised near Pittsburgh and played for Pitt in the 1950s.
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John Michelosen has a place in the civil rights history of the country, guiding the first team to break the color barrier in the southern bowls.
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John Michelosen was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.
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John Michelosen died on October 17,1982, in San Diego, California following a heart attack.