At New Dorp, Mike Siani played for legendary coach Sal Somma.
12 Facts About Mike Siani
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Somma and Mike Siani have been inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame.
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Mike Siani attended Villanova University, where he not only played football but excelled in baseball.
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Between 1968 and 1972, Mike Siani was drafted on four occasions by three Major League organizations, but he never signed.
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Mike Siani was selected to the 1971 College Football All-America Team.
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Mike Siani was inducted into the Villanova University Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Mike Siani was the first round draft choice of the Oakland Raiders.
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Mike Siani played for the Raiders through 1977, appearing in 74 games with 32 starts, and he caught 128 passes for 2,079 yards and 13 TDs.
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Mike Siani played three seasons with the Colts before finishing his NFL career in 1980.
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When his playing career ended, Mike Siani was an indoor football coach for several teams, being named the interim head coach for the Myrtle Beach Stingrays, Fayetteville Guard and Florence Phantoms.
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Mike Siani was named the head coach of the Atlantic City CardSharks in 2004, and the Richmond Raiders of the American Indoor Football Association in 2010.
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Mike Siani has been employed as a scout for the New Orleans Saints, and was the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for the Princeton Tigers Varsity Sprint Football program in 2009.