Born: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | February 3, 1926
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Died: | March 26, 2009 Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 83)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Offensive tackle |
College | Notre Dame |
NFL draft | 1950, round: 19 / Pick 239 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1950–1952 | Detroit Lions |
1953 | Green Bay Packers |
1954 | Philadelphia Eagles |
1954 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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August Blase Cifelli (February 3, 1926 – March 26, 2009) was an American football offensive tackle who played for three College Football National Championship teams with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and won the 1952 NFL championship with the Detroit Lions. After retiring from football, he went to law school and was elected as a Michigan district court judge, where he served for more than two decades.[1][2]