// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Hal Giancanelli? A hall of a guy.
 Giancanelli on a 1954 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||
| No. 27, 87 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||
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| Born | May 21, 1929 Greeley, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | 2024 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | Abraham Lincoln (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||
| College | Loyola (CA) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1953 (undrafted) | ||||||||||||
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Harold Arthur Giancanelli (May 21, 1929 – 2024) was an American professional football player who was a Halfback for four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Loyola Lions.
Prior to his NFL career, Giancanelli served in the Navy during the Korean War.[1][2] After his NFL career, and a brief stop in the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he won the 1958 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Giancanelli returned to his alma mater and served as the head football coach at Lincoln High School.[3] From there he became the head football coach at El Camino Real High School[4] just prior to that school's opening in 1969. He died in 2024, at the age of 95.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Korean War Educator: Topics - American Notables Who Served in the Korean War". www.koreanwar-educator.org. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ↑ Associated Press (September 7, 1951). "Athletes in Navy". Peninsula Daily News. Port Angeles, Washington. p. 11.
- ↑ "Lincoln High School Notables". www.lincolnhs.org. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ↑ Elling, Steve (January 27, 1988). "Giancanelli Resigns Post at El Camino Real". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ↑ Sondheimer, Eric (June 24, 2024). "Prep Rally: High school quarterbacks to watch this season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
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