36 Facts About Tim Temerario

Carmel Arthur "Tim" Temerario was a high school, college and professional American football coach and executive.

Tim Temerario was an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins, and served as the Redskins' director of player personnel between 1965 and 1978.

Tim Temerario attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and played a variety of positions on the school's football team.

Tim Temerario was named the most valuable player in 1931, when the team went undefeated.

Tim Temerario's career was interrupted by service in the US Navy during World War II.

Tim Temerario returned to Indiana in 1945 as an assistant to Bo McMillin as the team won the Big Ten Conference championship.

When McMillin became head coach of the Lions in 1948, Tim Temerario moved with him.

Tim Temerario worked there for two years before being hired as an assistant for the Browns in 1950.

Tim Temerario spent two seasons with the Browns before becoming an assistant at North Carolina State University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Tim Temerario then became the team's director of player personnel, staying in that role until his retirement in 1978.

Tim Temerario was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.

Tim Temerario was born in Lorain, Ohio and attended Lorain High School.

Tim Temerario's father was a construction worker who traveled frequently, and Temerario later enrolled at two other high schools.

Tim Temerario spent his junior and senior years at New Brighton High School in Pennsylvania, where he played as a center on the football team.

Tim Temerario enrolled at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and played football there under head coaches Bo McMillin, Mack Flenniken and Howard Harpster.

Tim Temerario was voted the most valuable player of a 1931 team that went undefeated under Harpster.

Tim Temerario then worked for three years as the line coach for the freshman team at Indiana University before being hired as the varsity line coach at Ohio's Denison University in 1938.

Tim Temerario remained at Denison until returning to Indiana as the varsity team's ends coach in 1941.

Tim Temerario left Indiana later in 1941 to serve in the US Navy as American involvement in World War II intensified.

Tim Temerario was initially placed in a physical education program run by Navy coach Tom Hamilton, but later requested a transfer to active duty.

Tim Temerario served as a beachmaster during the Philippines Campaign and at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings in 1944.

Tim Temerario rose to the rank of lieutenant commander and was in the military until the war ended in 1945.

Tim Temerario returned to Indiana in 1945 and was an assistant under Bo McMillin, his first coach when he played at Geneva.

Tim Temerario rose to become McMillin's top assistant at Indiana, and earned a master's degree in physical education while he was there.

When McMillin left to become head coach of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League in 1948, Tim Temerario went with him.

Tim Temerario was an assistant for the Lions in the 1948 and 1949 seasons, both of which ended with losing records.

Tim Temerario continued in Cleveland through the 1951 season, when the Browns again reached the NFL championship but lost to the Los Angeles Rams.

Tim Temerario left the Browns in 1952 because of an unspecified "disagreement" with the team.

Tim Temerario joined the Washington Redskins as an assistant coach in 1960, overseeing the ends and the defense at different stages through 1965.

Tim Temerario became the Redskins' head of pro player personnel in 1966 and served in that position for 13 years until his retirement in 1978.

Tim Temerario called and then canceled a press conference with the 7-foot-four-inch wrestler, which led to speculation that he had been signed.

Tim Temerario said he had only pondered the possibility and that Andre the Giant's salary requirements made the move impossible.

Tim Temerario was then making about $200,000 a year.

The Redskins never had a winning season while Temerario was an assistant coach, although the team advanced to the playoffs five times during his career as an executive.

Tim Temerario was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 and into the Beaver County, Pennsylvania sports hall of fame in 1980.

Tim Temerario died of heart failure in 2001 and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.