Ralph Sazio

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{{Short description|Canadian football player, coach, and executive (1922–2008)}}

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| name = Ralph Sazio

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|07|22}}

| birth_place = Avellino, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|09|25|1922|07|22}}

| death_place = Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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| position1 = Offensive tackle

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| college = College of William and Mary

| high_school = Columbia High School

| NFLDraftedYear = 1947

| NFLDraftedRound = 28

| NFLDraftedPick = 258
(By the Pittsburgh Steelers)

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| administrating_years1 = 1968–1975, 1980

| administrating_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (GM)

| administrating_years2 = 1972–1977

| administrating_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (President)

| administrating_years3 = 1978–1980

| administrating_team3 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (VP)

| administrating_years4 = 1981–1990

| administrating_team4 = Toronto Argonauts (President)

| coaching_years1 = 1950–1962

| coaching_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Asst.)

| coaching_years2 = 1963–1967

| coaching_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years1 = 1948

| playing_team1 = Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

| playing_years2 = 1950–1953

| playing_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| career_highlights =

• Second-team All-SoCon (1946)

| awards = Annis Stukus Trophy (1964)

| DatabaseFootball = SAZIORAL01

| CFHOF = ralph-sazio

| CFHOFYear = 1998

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Ralph Joseph Sazio (July 22, 1922 – September 25, 2008) was a Canadian football player, coach, and executive. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1998) as a builder.

Sazio was born in Avellino, Italy and played high school football at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.Richardson, William D. "COLLEAGUES HONOR STANFORD MENTOR; Shaughnessy Named 'Coach of the Year' in Poll Taken by the World-Telegram", The New York Times, December 20, 1940. He played college football at the College of William and Mary and played for the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.