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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1924-07-30)July 30, 1924 New York City, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | September 4, 2012(2012-09-04) (aged 88) Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||
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| High school: | Camden (Camden, New Jersey) | ||||||||
| College: | Penn | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1947: 5th round, 30th pick | ||||||||
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George Michael Savitsky (July 30, 1924 – September 4, 2012) was anAmerican footballoffensive tackle in theNational Football League (NFL) for thePhiladelphia Eagles.
Born inNew York City, Savitsky grew up inCamden, New Jersey and played football atCamden High School where he was captain of the undefeated squad in 1942.[1]
He playedcollege football at theUniversity of Pennsylvania where he excelled as both an offensive and defensive tackle, and became the only four-year All American of the 20th century.[2][3] At Penn, he was a member ofPhi Sigma Kappa. During the summers of his college years, the versatile Savitsky taught swimming and diving at the Flanders Hotel pools in Ocean City, NJ. He was drafted by the Eagles in the fifth round of the1947 NFL draft.
Savitsky was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
Savitsky, at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and 252 pounds (114 kg), is considered one of best two-way tackles in the history of college football. While at Penn, he helped to mentor fellow college All-Americans Tony Minisi and college and pro football Hall of FamerChuck Bednarik. Due to the low pay scale in the NFL in the late 1940s, he retired from pro football and entered dental school; thereafter he enjoyed a long and successful career as a dentist in southern New Jersey. For years, Savitsky was a member of the "Mungermen," a group of former Penn players under Hall-of-Fame coach George Munger who gathered periodically on game days.
A resident ofOcean City, New Jersey, he died of pneumonia in Somers Point, New Jersey in 2012 at the age of 88.[1][4]
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