Mel Maceau

Mel Maceau
A headshot of Mel Maceau from a 1946 Cleveland Browns game program
Maceau in 1946
No. 24
Position:Center
Personal information
Born:(1921-12-25)December 25, 1921
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died:February 16, 1981(1981-02-16) (aged 59)
Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:Milwaukee (WI) Rufus King
College:Marquette
NFL draft:1944 / round: 14 / pick: 141
(by the Cleveland Rams)[1]
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:37
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Melvin Anthony Maceau (December 25, 1921 – February 16, 1981) was an American football center in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1948.

Maceau grew up in Wisconsin and played football at the collegiate level at Marquette University. He served for two years in World War II between 1943 and 1944 before returning to Marquette at the end of the 1945 season. Maceau then signed with the Browns, where he played as a backup center for three years. Paul Brown, Cleveland's head coach, waived him before the 1949 season, and he retired from professional football. The Browns won the AAFC championship in each of the years Maceau played for the team.

  1. ^ "1944 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)