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Buff Donelli

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Buff Donelli

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Aug 1994 (aged 87)
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA
Burial
Bell Acres, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Football Coach. The only person ever to coach college and professional football at the same time dividing his coaching skills between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Duquesne University until he came under pressure from the National Football League Commissioner to make a decision when he was faced with accompanying his Duquesne team to California on a weekend when the Steelers were to play in Philadelphia. He later coached Cleveland Rams as well as Columbia University to it's only Ivy League football championship. He was born Aldo T. Donelli.
Football Coach. The only person ever to coach college and professional football at the same time dividing his coaching skills between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Duquesne University until he came under pressure from the National Football League Commissioner to make a decision when he was faced with accompanying his Duquesne team to California on a weekend when the Steelers were to play in Philadelphia. He later coached Cleveland Rams as well as Columbia University to it's only Ivy League football championship. He was born Aldo T. Donelli.

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