Joe Iacone Joseph " Joe " Iacone ( born 1940 ) is a former American football running back . He played college football at West Chester State University from 1960 to 1962 where he was twice named a Little All - America and All - East fullback . He was the leading rusher in NCAA Division II as a sophomore and set career and single - season Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for two to three decades . He averaged 139 . 5 yards per game over his three years at West Chester , which ranked second all - time in NCAA Division II history at the time . Early years . Iacone was born in 1940 . He attended Radnor High School in Radnor Township , Pennsylvania , where he earned high school All - American honors in football , and also participated in track and basketball . In 2003 , he was part of the first group of athletes inducted into the Radnor High School Hall of Fame . West Chester University . Iacone played college football at West Chester State University from 1960 to 1962 . He was twice named as one of 11 small college players selected by the Associated Press for its Little All - America team . He received the honor in 1961 and 1962 , and was also selected to the All - East team in 1960 and 1961 . He also became the third player in Pennsylvania State College Football Conference history to be selected as a first - team all - conference player in three consecutive years : 1960 , 1961 , and 1962 . Iacone earned the nickname the " Radno Ripper " while playing football at West Chester . He was able to play fullback on both offense and defense . However , he played principally on offense . West Chester coach , Jim Bonder , told reporters in 1962 : " We could use Joe both ways , but you can ' t expect a boy to run the ball 30 times a game and still play defense . " Iacone was later inducted into the West Chester University Athletic Hall of Fame . 1960 season . As a sophomore in 1960 , Iacone rushed for a school record 1 , 438 yards in nine games , an average of 160 yards per game . In November 1960 , he rushed for 201 yards and scored three touchdowns against Bloomsburg State . Iacone ' s season rushing total gave him the 1960 NCAA Division II rushing championship . 1961 season . As a junior in 1961 , Iacone rushed for 1 , 059 yards . In November 1961 , he rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns in a 21 - 0 victory over Slippery Rock to lead West Chester to the Pennsylvania State College Football Conference championship . In a story about the game , " The New York Times " focused on Iacone ' s performance : " Iacone , a 185 - pound junior , carried the ball thirty - three times as West Chester wore down Slippery Rock in the last three quarters . " That same month , " Sports Illustrated " cited Iacone as a small college player who was " good enough to play on any football team . " The article stated : " West Chester ( Pa . ) State Fullback Joe Iacone , for instance , the stubby , broad - armed young man shown above . As a sophomore Iacone crushed the bid of Northeast Missouri ' s Dale Mills to win his third straight national rushing crown . Last fall he gained nearly a mile ( 1 , 438 yards , to be exact ) , finishing the season with a wild , 199 - yard day against Lock Haven . " 1962 season . As a senior , Iacone broke his own West Chester record with 1 , 486 rushing yards . In November 1962 , the Associated Press reported : " They have a saying at West Chester State College : ' As Iacone goes so will the football team . ' " In the December 1962 Cement Bowl , he gained 190 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead West Chester to a 46 - 12 upset victory over Hofstra University . Prior to the Cement Bowl , " The New York Times " wrote : " Coach Howdy Myers of Hofstra was chiefly concerned with his team ' s ability to contain West Chester ' s mercurial Joe Iacone . This fleet , shifty 185 - pound fullback gained 1 , 270 yards on 196 rushes and scored 16 touchdowns this season . " At the end of his playing career at West Chester , Iacone noted that he regretted that many of the eastern schools refused to play West Chester : " That really bothers me . I wished they played us . Possibly they are just afraid of being beaten . " Records set . Iacone was West Chester ' s leading rusher for three straight years . His 1960 rushing yardage was good for the NCAA Division II rushing title , and his 1962 total was a single - season West Chester rushing record that stood for 40 years . His 1960 and 1962 totals still rank as the second and fourth highest total in the school ' s history . His career total of 3 , 983 yards was the West Chester record until 1990 and still ranks second best in the school ' s history . Iacone also set the Pennsylvania State College Football Conference , now known as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference ( PSAC ) , scoring record with 288 points in three seasons , a record that was not broken until 1993 . He also tied the conference ' s single - game scoring record by scoring five touchdowns for 30 points in his final regular season game for West Chester . His 1960 and 1962 rushing totals stood as the best two single - season totals in PSAC history for more than 25 years , finally being exceeded in 1989 . He also held the PSAC record for career rushing yardage until 1984 . Iacone averaged 139 . 5 yards per game over his three years at West Chester , which ranked second all - time in NCAA Division II history at the time . Professional football . He was drafted in the 13th round of the 1963 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles . He played with the Eagles during the pre - season , but was cut by the team in August 1963 . Iacone said at the time , " I was just too small . And I was very nervous and tight . I was just starting to get over my nervousness and I was on my way home . " He added , " I think they gave me a fair chance . I just wish I had had more time . . . . I ' m glad I had the chance because I learned so much more about football . " He spent the fall of 1963 playing semi pro football and working in a sporting good store . Iacone signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League in 1964 , but was released during training camp Teacher and coach . In October 1963 , Iacone was hired as a physical education teacher in the Penn - Delco School District . In 1967 , Iacone became a teacher and football coach at The Haverford School , an all - boys preparatory school in Haverford , Pennsylvania . After several years , he left teaching to enter the business world . He returned to Haverford in approximately 1988 . He retired in June 2008 .