Francis Anthony Damiani (July 27, 1922 – April 28, 1998) was anAmerican football player and coach. Born and in raised inCarnegie, Pennsylvania, Damiani enteredManhattan College as a freshman in 1939. He played football and was a member of the track and field team, carrying a double major in biology and English. He played professionally in theNational Football League (NFL) with theNew York Giants in 1944, as atackle. He also played for the First Air Force Aces. Damiani served as the head football coach as Salem College—now known asSalem International University–inSalem, West Virginia from 1947 to 1948. He died on April 28, 1998.[1]
Damiani married Ilda Plebani (May 26, 1926 – April 16, 2015) ofHershey, Pennsylvania, on June 12, 1948. They had four children: Sharon, Philip, Robert, and Mark. They returned to Carnegie in 1949 before the birth of their first child to open a business "The Sports Center".
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Tigers(West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Salem | 3–5 | 2–3 | 8th | |||||
| 1948 | Salem | 3–4–3 | 2–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| Salem: | 6–9–3 | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–9–3 | ||||||||
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