height_ft weight_lbs death_date death_place nflnew birth_place article_title position birth_date height_in pfr college name
5 212 19 february 1992 ocala , florida mikebucchianeri/2510569 van voorhis , pennsylvania mike bucchianeri
 guard january 9 , 1917 10 b/buccmi20 indiana mike bucchianeri
mike bucchianeri

amadeo roger `` mike '' bucchianeri -lrb- january 9 , 1917 -- february 19 , 1992 -rrb- was an american football guard in the national football league for the green bay packers .
he played college football at indiana university .
mike bucchianeri began his football career at monongahela high school where he graduated in 1937 .
born january 9 , 1917 , the son of a coalminer , he went on to college at indiana university playing football four years as an interior lineman as well as earning a bachelor of education degree in 1941 .
it was mike bucchianeri who kicked the decisive two extra points in the north 's 14-12 victory over the south in the 1940 blue-gray game .
for this achievement , he was named most valuable player .
he was an all-american and played in the 1941 chicago tribune all-star game .
drafted by the green bay packers in 1941 , mike suffered a serious head injury near the end of the season and spent two years with the packers ' affiliate team in wilmington , delaware to hone his kicking skills and serve as an assistant line coach .
mike returned to green bay and helped the packers win their sixth world championship over the new york giants in 1944 and retired in 1945 .
following his playing career , bucchianeri became a line coach at st. norbert college in de pere , wisconsin and a high school referee .
in 1955 , he became the offensive line coach at marquette university in milwaukee , wisconsin .
while playing as a rookie for the green bay packers , mike was employed by the green bay drop forge company , moving from the shop to automotive sales in detroit , michigan .
he returned to green bay as farm implement sales manager .
mike retired in 1983 and moved to ocala , florida .
mike was inducted into the mid-mon valley all sports hall of fame in 1999 and the ringgold rams hall of fame in 2010 .
