1. Michael Joseph "Mo" Scarry was an American football player and coach.
30 Facts About Mike Scarry
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Mike Scarry grew up in Pennsylvania, and played football in college at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and went on to join the Cleveland Rams in the National Football League as a center following a stint in the United States Army during World War II.
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The Rams moved to Los Angeles after winning the 1945 NFL championship, and Mike Scarry elected to stay in Cleveland and play for the Cleveland Browns under coach Paul Brown in the new All-America Football Conference.
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The Browns won the AAFC championship in 1946 and 1947 while Mike Scarry was on the team.
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Mike Scarry, who coached the basketball team at Western Reserve University in Cleveland during his playing career, retired from professional football after the 1947 season to take up a post as head coach of the school's football team.
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Mike Scarry stayed there for two seasons before moving to Santa Clara University in California as an assistant coach.
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Mike Scarry then moved in 1952 to Loras College in Iowa as an assistant.
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Mike Scarry served as head football coach at Waynesburg, his alma mater, for three seasons between 1963 and 1965.
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Mike Scarry stayed with the Dolphins for 15 seasons, during which the team won two Super Bowls, until his retirement.
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Mike Scarry was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Mike Scarry grew up in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and played on his high school's basketball and football teams.
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Mike Scarry attended Waynesburg College, a small school in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, where he continued to play football and basketball.
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Mike Scarry served in the US Army during World War II in North Africa, but came down with asthma and was given a medical discharge.
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Mike Scarry signed with the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League starting in 1944.
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Mike Scarry began the 1944 season with the Rams at left tackle, but was shifted to center in September.
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Mike Scarry suffered a knee injury near the beginning of the 1945 season, but soon returned to action as the Rams, led by quarterback Bob Waterfield, won the NFL championship.
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Mike Scarry was the captain of the Rams during the championship run.
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Mike Scarry played center his first year with the Browns, protecting Otto Graham.
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Mike Scarry borrowed Paul Brown's coaching techniques at Western Reserve, instituting well-organized practices there.
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Mike Scarry was at Santa Clara for the 1950 and 1951 seasons, then went to Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Mike Scarry stayed at Loras for two years, moving to Washington State College of the Pacific Coast Conference in 1954.
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Waynesburg won the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 1965, and Mike Scarry was voted the conference's coach of the year.
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Mike Scarry continued to act as the line coach under Graham for the college all-stars in the offseason during his tenure at Waynesburg.
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Mike Scarry stayed with the Redskins through 1968, when Graham resigned after three unsuccessful seasons and was succeeded by Vince Lombardi.
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Mike Scarry then scouted briefly for the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, and Dallas Cowboys before taking a job in 1970 as the defensive line coach for the Miami Dolphins under Don Shula, a former Browns player.
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Mike Scarry spent the remainder of his coaching career with the Dolphins, retiring after 15 years in 1986.
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Miami reached the Super Bowl five times while Mike Scarry was a coach there, winning consecutive championships in the 1972 and 1973 seasons.
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Mike Scarry moved with his wife, Libby, to Fort Myers, Florida, in 1994.
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Mike Scarry was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Mike Scarry died in 2012 at his home in Fort Myers; he was the last surviving member of the original Browns team.