John Scafide
{{Short description|American football player (1911–1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name =
| image = John Scafide.jpg
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| caption =
| nickname = Baby Grand
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|6|21}}
| birth_place = Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1979|10|24|1911|6|21}}
| death_place = Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
| team =
| number = 42, 72
| status =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 220
| college = Tulane
| high_school = Saint Stanislaus College
| playing_years1 = 1930–1932
| playing_team1 = Tulane
| playing_years2 = 1933
| playing_team2 = Boston Redskins
| career_highlights = Championships
- 1 SoCon (1931)
Honors
}}
John Andrew "Baby Grand" Scafide (June 21, 1911 – October 24, 1979) was an American football guard tackle who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ScafJo20.htm|title=John Scafide|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} He played college football at Tulane University. Scafide served 16 years as mayor of his native Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.{{cite web|url=http://www.hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com/reference/recordobit.htm?id=1579|title=Tulane Star Scafide Dies}}
Early life
Scafide was born on June 21, 1911, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was one of 13 children born to Italian immigrants.{{cite web|url=http://ststan.com/student-life/athletics/athletic-tradition/legends-born-1929-1958/|title=Legends Are Born (1929-1958)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022324/http://ststan.com/student-life/athletics/athletic-tradition/legends-born-1929-1958/|archive-date=2018-11-17}} He attended high school at Saint Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, playing for the "Rock-a-Chaws."
Football
=College=
Scafide was an All-Southern guard for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19321201&id=0PNPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4638,5738056|title=Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers|author=Dillon Graham|date=December 1, 1932|newspaper=The Evening Independent}} a member of its team which made an appearance in the 1932 Rose Bowl. He was inducted into the Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/genrel/101700aaa.html|title=Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame}}
Mayor
References
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{{1931 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
{{1932 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Mississippi
Category:American football guards
Category:American football tackles
Category:Boston Redskins players
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Tulane Green Wave football players
Category:People from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Category:Players of American football from Mississippi
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American people of Italian descent
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