 Stanley Olejniczak - Bellaire High School | |
| No. 30 | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1912-05-31)May 31, 1912 Neffs, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 1979(1979-03-00) (aged 66) |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bellaire (OH) |
| College | Pittsburgh |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
Coaching | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Career | 39–9–1 (.806) |
| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Stanley Joseph Olejniczak (May 31, 1912 – March 1979) was an Americanfootballtackle who played one season with thePittsburgh Pirates of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football at theUniversity of Pittsburgh and attendedBellaire High School inBellaire, Ohio.[1] He later changed his last name to "Olenn" after his football career.[2]
Olejniczaklettered for thePittsburgh Panthers in 1934.[3]
Olejniczak played in twelve games, starting six, for thePittsburgh Pirates during the1935 season.[1]
Olejniczak was an assistant coach underGeorge Shotwell for the Halezton High School Mountaineers inHazleton, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1937.[4][5] He was thenhead coach of the Mountaineers from 1938 to 1942, accumulating a 39-9-1 record.[4][5] He resigned in August 1943 after the school refused to grant him a leave of absence to remain coaching at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]
Olejniczak was later an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers under his changed surname of Olenn from 1943 to 1945.[4][6] He resigned from the team in January 1946 after he, along with assistant coachesCharles Hartwig and Bobby Hoel, refused to work under head coachClark Shaughnessy.[6] Shaughnessy became head coach of theMaryland Terrapins in February 1946.[7]