Tony DeLellis explained

Tony DeLellis
Birth Date:1 August 1916
Player Years1:1937–1939
Player Team1:Loyola (CA)
Player Positions:Halfback, quarterback
Coach Years1:1946
Coach Team1:Loyola (CA)
Admin Years1:1946
Admin Team1:Loyola (CA)
Overall Record:5–4

Anthony R. DeLellis (August 1, 1916 – September 6, 2003) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola Marymount University in 1946.

Biography

DeLellis played as a halfback and quarterback at Loyola Marymount.[1] Because of his diminutive stature, he was once described as "the iron mite of 155 pounds".[2] In 1939, Mike Pecarovich took over as head coach from Tom Lieb and demoted DeLellis to the third string early in the season. However, he worked his way back to the top of the roster.[3] In November, The Los Angeles Times wrote, "on the Loyola side, it became increasingly apparent that just about the best football player, pound for pound, in these parts is little Tony DeLellis."[4]

In 1943, DeLellis was hired as football coach at Loyola Marymount,[5] but the football program did not compete during World War II.[6] In 1946, football resumed at Loyola, and DeLellis coached the team to a 5–4 record in his only season there.[7] He also served as the school's athletic director.[8]

His son,[9] also named Anthony R. DeLellis, played at Stanford as a fullback from 1961 to 1963.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KnYoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GAYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4923,2710978&dq=tony-delellis&hl=en Gaels Overwhelm Loyola, 40 to 7
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106235410/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/413223861.html?dids=413223861:413223861&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+31,+1939&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Phil+Cook+Latest+Quarterback+Hope+at+Loyola+Grid+Camp&pqatl=google Phil Cook Latest Quarterback Hope at Loyola Grid Camp
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=faRaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8U8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4156,1678787&dq=delellis+loyola&hl=en 'Cats Slow In Game Prepping
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106235426/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/413312861.html?dids=413312861:413312861&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+28,+1939&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Lion-Gael+Game+Still+Planned+for+Coliseum&pqatl=google Lion-Gael Game Still Planned for Coliseum
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106235454/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/419172911.html?dids=419172911:419172911&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+22,+1943&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Loyola+Grids+Drill+Today&pqatl=google Loyola Grids Drill Today; Coach De Lellis Has Hopes for Squad of Thirty-five Players
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RFI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=xeQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=892,4247552&dq=loyola+los+angeles+football&hl=en 30 Gaels Out For Football
  7. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4988 Tony DeLellis Records by Year
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=044tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tp0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3200,1563756&dq=delellis+loyola&hl=en New Loyola Line Coach
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107011015/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/484329452.html?dids=484329452:484329452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+22,+1962&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=But+Indians+Lack+Speed&pqatl=google But Indians Lack Speed
  10. "All-Time Letterwinners", 2010 Stanford Football Media Guide, p. 185, Stanford University, 2010.

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