1. Gelindo "Lindy" Infante was an American football player and coach, who became an offensive coordinator and head coach in both the National Football League and the United States Football League.
14 Facts About Lindy Infante
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Lindy Infante attended Miami Senior High School, where he was the star fullback for the Miami Stingarees.
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Lindy Infante accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and he played tailback for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1960 to 1962.
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Lindy Infante was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity while he was an undergraduate.
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Lindy Infante graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1964, and he was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Distinguished Letter Winner" in 1988.
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Lindy Infante returned to his alma mater in 1966, where he worked as an assistant football coach under head coaches Graves and Doug Dickey until 1971, and was responsible for recruiting Gator wide receiver Carlos Alvarez.
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Lindy Infante went on to serve as the offensive coordinator at Memphis State from 1972 to 1974.
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Lindy Infante was the offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals in the early 1980s under Forrest Gregg.
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Lindy Infante's offense, quarterbacked by Ken Anderson, led the Bengals to the 1981 AFC title, and a berth in Super Bowl XVI.
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Lindy Infante served as the Bulls' head coach during their two spring football seasons in 1984 and 1985.
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Lindy Infante became the offensive coordinator of the Bernie Kosar-quarterbacked Cleveland Browns during the 1986 and 1987 NFL fall seasons.
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In 1988, Lindy Infante became an NFL head coach for the first time, leaving Cleveland to replace Forrest Gregg as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
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Lindy Infante was succeeded by Mike Holmgren, then the offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers.
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Lindy Infante died in St Augustine, Florida on October 8,2015, aged 75.