John Sandusky

For the director of the Cleveland Browns player personnel, see Jon Sandusky.

**John Sandusky**
Career information
Date of birth:	December 28, 1925
Place of birth:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death:	March 5, 2006(2006-03-05) (aged 80)
Place of death:	Coral Springs, Florida
Position(s):	Offensive tackle, Defensive tackle

College:	Villanova
NFL Draft:	1950 / Round: 2 / Pick 18
Organizations
As player:
1950-1955 1956	Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

John Thomas Sandusky, Jr. (December 28, 1925 – March 5, 2006) was an American football offensive and defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Cleveland Browns (1950–1955) and the Green Bay Packers (1956).

After his playing career, he turned to coaching in the NFL. He served as offensive line coach with the Baltimore Colts (1959–1972), the Philadelphia Eagles (1973–1975) and the Miami Dolphins (1976–1994) under Don Shula. He also served as the head coach of the Colts for part of the 1972 season.

He is the father of Baltimore Ravens broadcaster Gerry Sandusky. Neither John nor his son are of relation to former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

Sandusky died of complications from internal bleeding while hospitalized.^[1]

References[]

↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23639063

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Gallery of John Sandusky football cards

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Howard Schnellenberger & Monte Clark	Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator 1976–1978 w/ Howard Schnellenberger	Succeeded by Gary Stevens (1992)

List of Indianapolis Colts head coaches

Keith Molesworth (1953) • Weeb Ewbank (1954–1962) • Don Shula (1963–1969) • Don McCafferty (1970–1972) • John Sandusky (1972) • Howard Schnellenberger (1973–1974) • Joe Thomas (1974) • Ted Marchibroda (1975–1979) • Mike McCormack (1980–1981) • Frank Kush (1982–1984) • Rod Dowhower (1985–1986) • Ron Meyer (1986–1991) • Rick Venturi # (1991) • Ted Marchibroda (1992–1995) • Lindy Infante (1996–1997) • Jim E. Mora (1998–2001) • Tony Dungy (2002–2008) • Jim Caldwell (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Cleveland Browns 1950 NFL Champions

Cleveland Browns 1954 NFL Champions

Cleveland Browns 1955 NFL Champions

Baltimore Colts 1959 NFL Champions

Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V Champions

Persondata
Name	Sandusky, John
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	December 28, 1925
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death	March 5, 2006
Place of death	Coral Springs, Florida

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John Sandusky

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