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Joe Faragalli
Born:
(1929-04-18)April 18, 1929
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 10, 2006(2006-04-10) (aged 76)
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Career information
Position(s) G
College Villanova
NFL draft
1954 / Round: 12 / Pick: 138
Career history
As coach
1967–1969
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OL)
1970–1972
Brown (OL)
1973
Marshall (OC)
1975
Oklahoma State (OL)
1976
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OL)
1977–1980
Edmonton Eskimos (OL)
1981–1983[1]
Saskatchewan Roughriders
1984
Cincinnati Bengals (WR/QB)
1985
Houston Oilers (OC)
1986
Buffalo Bills (TE)
1987 Montreal Alouettes
1987–1990 Edmonton Eskimos
1991 Ottawa Rough Riders
1991-1992
Montreal Machine (OC)

Career highlights and awards


  • Grey Cup champion (1978, 1979, 1980, 1987)



Joe Faragalli (April 18, 1929 – April 10, 2006) was a gridiron football player and coach who had most of his success in the Canadian Football League. Faragalli played guard at Villanova University from 1950 to 1953, and was the team captain all four years. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 12th round (138 overall pick) of the 1954 NFL Draft. He served four years in Germany with the United States Army and went on to coach college football in the United States.




Contents






  • 1 Coaching career


  • 2 Head coaching record


    • 2.1 CFL




  • 3 References





Coaching career


Known affectionately throughout the CFL as "Papa Joe," Faragalli joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1967 as an offensive coach. In 1981, he became head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and was awarded the Annis Stukus Trophy as Coach of the Year; the team, 2–14 in each of the preceding two seasons, finished with a 9–7 record in 1981 (despite this, the team narrowly missed the playoffs). Faragalli was replaced by Rueben Berry in 1983 after Saskatchewan got off to a 1-5 start to the season.


Faragalli's greatest CFL coaching achievement, in 1987, almost never happened. He began that year as coach of the Montreal Alouettes, but the franchise ceased operations days before the start of the season. After Jackie Parker resigned as Edmonton Eskimos coach two games into the year due to health reasons, Faragalli was hired and led the team to a Grey Cup win against the Toronto Argonauts.


The Eskimos played in the 1990 Grey Cup game under Faragalli, but lost to Winnipeg. He coached the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1991. After departing from the Eskimos in 1990, he served as the offensive co-ordinator for the World League of American Football's Montreal Machine in 1991 and 1992, in between that one season in Ottawa.


During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and the WLAF's Montreal Machine. His son Mike also coached in the CFL.


Faragalli died in Narragansett, Rhode Island on April 10, 2006, of heart failure eight days before his 77th birthday and approximately one month before his 50th wedding anniversary.



Head coaching record



CFL































































































































































Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Result
SSK
1981
9 7 0 .563 4th in West Division Missed Playoffs
SSK
1982
6 9 1 .406 5th in West Division Missed Playoffs
SSK
1983
1 5 0 .167 5th in West Division (fired)

SSK Total
16 21 1 .377 0 West Division
Championships
- -
0 Grey Cups
EDM
1987
9 7 0 .563 2nd in West Division 3 0
Won Grey Cup
EDM
1988
11 7 0 .611 1st in West Division 0 1 Lost in Division Finals
EDM
1989
16 2 0 .889 1st in West Division 0 1 Lost in Division Finals
EDM
1990
10 8 0 .556 2nd in West Division 2 1 Lost Grey Cup

EDM Total
46 24 0 .657 2 West Division
Championships
5 3
1 Grey Cup
OTT
1991
7 11 0 .389 3rd in East Division 0 1 Lost in Division Semi-Finals

OTT Total
7 11 0 .389 0 East Division
Championships
0 1
0 Grey Cups

Total
68 56 1 .571 2 West Division
Championships
5 4
1 Grey Cup'


References





  1. ^ Wikipedia and cflapedia


















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