Tony Sardisco was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference choice at guard during his years at Tulane and was named a first team All-American by the Football Writer's Association of America in 1955.
17 Facts About Tony Sardisco
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Tony Sardisco played in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins in 1956.
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Tony Sardisco was selected in the sixth round of the 1956 NFL draft as an offensive guard for the San Francisco 49ers, where his first contract was for $7,500 with a $250 bonus.
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Tony Sardisco's positions were linebacker and guard, and he wore number 64.
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Tony Sardisco continued to play football, making All-Air Force in 1957 and All-Service in 1957 and 1958.
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Tony Sardisco returned to professional football with the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League in 1959.
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Tony Sardisco returned to the states to help launch the American Football League, and he played guard for the Boston Patriots from 1960 to 1963.
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Tony Sardisco served as team captain for the inaugural Boston Patriots team.
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Tony Sardisco was named All-AFL the 1961 season and played three seasons in all with the Patriots.
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Tony Sardisco served as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater.
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On February 7,1968, it was announced that Tony Sardisco was hired to coach defensive line for the Buffalo Bills.
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Tony Sardisco was an assistant coach at Temple under George Makris in 1969.
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In 1970, Tony Sardisco became the head football coach at Jesuit High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Tony Sardisco subsequently became their athletics director and a psychology teacher in 1973, and remained as the athletics director at Jesuit High School for twelve more years.
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Tony Sardisco was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982 and to the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Tony Sardisco was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Tony Sardisco died at age 73 from a myocardial infarction at his home in Shreveport.