Sam Venuto Explained

Birth Date:2 November 1927
Birth Place:Havertown, Pennsylvania
Number:49
College:Guilford
Position:Running back
Playing Years1:1952
Playing Team1:Washington Redskins
Databasefootball:VENUTSAM01
Nfl:VEN553722

Samuel Laurence Venuto (November 2, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was an American football running back in the National Football League. He played professionally for the Washington Redskins.

Biography

Venuto was born in Havertown, Pennsylvania, and attended Haverford High School in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania.[1] He played college football at Guilford College. In 1952, he played for the Washington Redskins.[2]

He was a coach for more than 25 years at Salem High School, where he posted record of 132-94-11 and coached players including Lydell Mitchell and Jay Venuto, his son.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sam Venuto . databaseFootball.com . October 14, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104175315/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VENUTSAM01 . November 4, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Sam Venuto . Pro-Football-Reference.Com. October 14, 2012.
  3. Odenbrett, Austin. "Legendary Salem football coach Sam Venuto dies at 87", South Jersey Times, July 14, 2014. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Following a short career in the NFL with the Washington Redskins, Venuto spent nearly three decades as head coach at Salem from 1953-1979, amassing a career record of 132-94-11. He coached multiple future college football stars, including College Football Hall of Famer Lydell Mitchell, who went on to thrive at Penn State and in the NFL, and his own son Jay, who stood out as a quarterback at Wake Forest."

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