14 Facts About Primo Villanueva

Primo Villanueva was born on December 2,1931 and is an American former gridiron football player.

Primo Villanueva played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles, leading the led the national championship 1954 UCLA Bruins football team in total offense.

Primo Villanueva subsequently played for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League.

Primo Villanueva is a Mexican-American who grew up in Calexico and attended Central Union High School in California's Imperial Valley.

Primo Villanueva had eleven siblings, and his father, Primitivo, fought against Pancho Villa in 1916 and was granted immunity to enter the United States.

Primo Villanueva accepted a football scholarship to play for the University of California, Los Angeles, over offers from the University of Arizona and Arizona State University.

Primo Villanueva played halfback and defensive back for coach Henry Russell Sanders's UCLA Bruins from 1952 to 1954 and was known as the "Calexico Kid".

Primo Villanueva had 106 yards on punt returns, 80 yards on four kickoff returns, and 21 yards on two pass interceptions.

Primo Villanueva was and is an athlete, a great football player.

In 1959, Villanueva opened a Mexican restaurant, Primo's Mexican Grill, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Primo Villanueva was a successful restaurateur for more than 40 years before turning over management to his son in the 1990s.

Primo Villanueva founded a business that made and sold salsa, chips and tortillas.

Primo Villanueva's younger brother, Danny Primo Villanueva, was a punter and place-kicker for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys.

Primo Villanueva was known as the "El Toe-reador", led the NFL in punting in 1962, and led the Rams in scoring in 1960,1961,1962 and 1963.