:Joe Skladany

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1911–1972)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Joe Skladany

| image = Skladany-Joe-1932.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Skladany in 1932

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|5|25}}

| birth_place = Larksville, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|8|9|1911|5|25}}

| death_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1931–1933

| player_team1 = Pittsburgh

| player_years2 = 1934

| player_team2 = Pittsburgh Pirates

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1937–1942

| coach_team1 = Carnegie Tech (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1943

| coach_team2 = Carnegie Tech

| overall_record = 0–4–1

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

2× Consensus All-American (1932, 1933)
2× First-team All-Eastern (1932, 1933)

| coaching_records =

| CFBHOF_year = 1975

| CFBHOF_id = 1569

}}

Joseph Peter "Muggsy" Skladany (May 25, 1911 – August 9, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was consensus All-American at end in 1932 and 1933. Skladany played professionally for one season, in 1934, with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL).

Skladany served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—for one season, in 1943, compiling a record of 0–4–1.

Skladany was found dead on August 9, 1972, at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |author= |title=Skladany Dies, Pitt Grid Great |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26205792/pittsburgh_postgazette/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=August 10, 1972 |page=18 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1975.