John Scafide

John Scafide

No. 42; 72
Nickname(s)	Baby Grand
Date of birth	(1911-06-21)June 21, 1911
Place of birth	Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death	October 24, 1979(1979-10-24) (aged 68)
Place of death	Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Guard/Tackle
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)
US college	Tulane
High school	Saint Stanislaus College
Career history
As player
1930–32	Tulane
1933	Boston Redskins
Career highlights and awards
Championships 1 SoCon (1931) Honors 2× First-team All-Southern (1931, 1932) Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

John Andrew "Baby Grand" Scafide (June 21, 1911 – October 24, 1979) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins.[1] He played college football at Tulane University. Scafide served 16 years as mayor of his native Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.[2]

Early life

John Scafide was born on June 21, 1911, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; one of 13 children born to Italian immigrants.[3] He attended high school at Saint Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, playing for the "Rock-a-Chaws."[3]

Football

College

Scafide was an All-Southern guard for the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University,[4] 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.[5]

Mayor

Scafide served as mayor of Bay St. Louis from Bay from 1953 to 1969.[2]

References

1. "John Scafide". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
2. "Tulane Star Scafide Dies".
3. "Legends Are Born (1929-1958)". Archived from the original on November 17, 2018.
4. Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
5. "Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame".