Joe Magliolo
| Texas Longhorns – No. 61, 62 | |
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| Position | QB, DB, G |
| Class | 1948 |
| Major | Chemical Engineering |
| Career history | |
| College | Texas (1940–1942; 1946–1948) |
| Bowl games |
Cotton Bowl (1943, 1944) Sugar Bowl (1948) |
| High school | Ball |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1922 |
| Place of birth | Galveston, Texas |
| Date of death | July 31, 2008 |
| Place of death | Houston, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Magliolo, Jr. (October 17, 1922 - July 31, 2008) was a former college and professional football player. He was a two-time All-American honorable mention, once as a "blocking back" and once as a guard, who played in Texas' first two bowl games and then played a season for the New York Yankees of the AAFC.
Magliolo was born in Galveston in 1922, the son of Italian immigrants. There he played football and tennis at Ball High School.
Magliolo started school at Texas in 1939 and from 1940 to 1942 he came out for spring football practice, but it wasn't until the fall of 1942, when World War II created a shortage of players, that he tried out for the varsity. That season, despite being an unheralded high school player whose parents didn't want him to play, Magliolo became Coach Dana X. Bible's choice for starting quarterback, or "blocking back", at the beginning of the season. At the time, Texas was utilizing the single-wing formation in which the quarterback didn't pass or control the ball as much as the quarterback does in modern football, and was often called the "blocking back." The work of taking snaps and throwing the ball was primarily handled by the fullback, who in 1942 was Roy McKay. Later in the season, when the Longhorns began playing against pass-oriented offenses in the Southwest Conference, William Harold "Spot" Collins became the starter because he was seen as the better pass defender and players went both ways at the time. Still, with platoon football, Magliolo saw considerable playing time right through to the 1943 Cotton Bowl. Texas went 9-2 and won the Southwest Conference championship to finish ranked #11 in the country. They played in, and won, the school's first ever bowl game with a 14-7 win over Georgia Tech in the 1943 Cotton Bowl.
In 1943, Magliolo was named one of three team captains for the Longhorns, and the starting quarterback. That season, the Longhorns went 7-1-1, posted the school's first ever repeat conference championship, finished ranked #14 and tied Randolph Field in the 1944 Cotton Bowl. That season, he was an all-conference selection as a back and an All-American honorable mention.
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