Joe Skladany | |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1911 |
Birth Place: | Larksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1931–1933 |
Player Team1: | Pittsburgh |
Player Years2: | 1934 |
Player Team2: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Years1: | 1937–1942 |
Coach Team1: | Carnegie Tech (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1943 |
Coach Team2: | Carnegie Tech |
Overall Record: | 0–4–1 |
Awards: |
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Cfbhof Year: | 1975 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1569 |
Joseph Peter "Muggsy" Skladany (May 25, 1911 – August 9, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was consensus All-American at end in 1932 and 1933. Skladany played professionally for one season, in 1934, with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL).
Skladany served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—for one season, in 1943, compiling a record of 0–4–1.
Skladany was found dead on August 9, 1972, at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1975.