| Pat Cannamela | |
| Number: | 35 |
| Position: | Offensive guard, Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | April 27, 1929 |
| Birth Place: | New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Date: | January 28, 1973 (age 43) |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 195 |
| High School: | New London (CT) Chapman Technical |
| College: | USC |
| Draftyear: | 1952 |
| Draftround: | 11 |
| Draftpick: | 122 |
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| Pfr: | CannPa20 |
Patterson N. Cannamela (April 27, 1929 – January 28, 1973) was an American football player. A native of New London, Connecticut, Cannamela moved west and enrolled in Ventura College in 1948 and played football there during the 1948 and 1949 season. He won a scholarship to the University of Southern California in 1950 and played at the offensive guard and linebacker positions for the USC Trojans football team during the 1950 and 1951 seasons.[1] He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on their 1951 College Football All-America Teams.[2] [3] [4] He was drafted by the Dallas Texans in the 11th round of the 1952 NFL draft and played for the Texans as a linebacker during the 1952 NFL season.[5] In 1973, Cannamela was shot and killed during a robbery at the Zody's Discount Store on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, where he was working as an appliance salesman.[1] He was posthumously inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.[6]