Al Sarafiny

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1906–1981)}}

{{Infobox NFL player

|image=

|caption=

|number=24

|position=Center

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|9|2}}

|birth_place=Caspian, Michigan, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1981|2|11|1906|9|2}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|college=St. Edward's

|teams=

Green Bay Packers (1933)

|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=7

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=2

|pfr=

}}

Albert Joseph Sarafiny (September 2, 1906 – February 11, 1981) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at St. Edward's University and was the head football coach at his alma mater from 1929 to 1932.{{cite news |last=Francis |first=Bruce |title=Though as Athletic Power—St. Edward's Prominent in Football Wars Since Organization of Texas Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12142737/abilene_reporternews/ |newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News |location=Abilene, Texas |date=December 8, 1939 |page=2 |access-date=July 5, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Sarafiny played professionally as center in the National Football League (NFL) for one season, in 1933, with Green Bay Packers.{{cite web | title = Al Sarafiny Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SaraAl20.htm | accessdate = October 7, 2008 }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = St. Edward's Saints

| conf = Texas Conference

| startyear = 1929

| endyear = 1932

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = St. Edward's

| overall = 5–4–2

| conference = 4–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = St. Edward's

| overall = 1–4–2

| conference = 0–3–2

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = St. Edward's

| overall = 1–5–1

| conference = 1–3–1

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = St. Edward's

| overall = 3–5–2

| conference = 1–2–1

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = St. Edward's

| overall = 10–18–7

| confrecord = 6–9–4

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 10–18–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

Category:1906 births

Category:1981 deaths

Category:American football centers

Category:Green Bay Packers players

Category:St. Edward's Hilltoppers baseball coaches

Category:St. Edward's Crusaders football coaches

Category:St. Edward's Crusaders football players

Category:People from Iron County, Michigan

Category:Players of American football from Michigan

Category:20th-century American sportsmen