John Cappelletti
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| Position: | Running back, fullback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 9, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Drexel Hill (PA) Bonner | ||||||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 105 |
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| Games started: | 62 |
| Rushing yards: | 2,951 |
| Average: | 3.6 |
| Rushing TDs: | 24 |
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John Cappelletti (born August 9, 1952) is a former American football running back. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers.
Prior to his professional career, he attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1973. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said that Cappelletti was "the best football player I ever coached." Cappelletti's relationship with his younger brother Joey, who was stricken with leukemia, was chronicled into a book and made-for-TV movie.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cappelletti attended Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, a west suburb, played quarterback, and graduated in 1970.
In the era before freshman elibility, Cappelletti was a running back on the freshman team at Penn State in 1970. During his sophomore season in 1971, he played as a defensive back, as the Nittany Lions had two senior running backs who were taken early in the 1972 NFL Draft: Franco Harris (13th overall) and Lydell Mitchell (48th).
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