high_school coaching_years death_date death_place birth_place coaching_teams article_title position coachpfr birth_date college name
bellefonte academy 1930-1933 1934 1935 1937 17 june 1966 pittsburgh , pennsylvania , united states youngstown , ohio , united states new assistant -rrb- carnegie tech -lrb- assistant -rrb- york -lrb- assistant -rrb- pittsburgh pirates westminster -lrb- luby dimeolo
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luby dimeolo

albert a. `` luby '' dimeolo -lrb- october 27 , 1903 -- june 17 , 1966 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he was the second ever head coach for the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- later renamed the steelers -rrb- of the national football league .
he coached the pirates during their second season of .
he was born in youngstown , ohio , but lived nearly his entire life in coraopolis , pennsylvania , just west of pittsburgh .
dimeolo was a guard and captain on the 1929 university of pittsburgh team that was undefeated before losing in the 1930 rose bowl to usc .
upon graduating from pittsburgh , dimeolo served as offensive line coach at new york university under head coach chick meehan and later howard cann .
when the pittsburgh pirates joined the nfl in , dimeolo was rumored to be the leading candidate to become the team 's initial player-coach .
he was passed over for the job in favor of jap douds , who lasted just a single season as the team 's coach .
dimeolo replaced douds for the team 's second season .
he led the pirates to a disappointing 2 -- 10 record in his first season , after which he was dismissed .
after leaving the pirates , dimeolo returned to the college ranks as an assistant coach at westminster college -lrb- pennsylvania -rrb- and later at carnegie tech .
he joined the navy during world war ii and served as a physical instructor , rising to the rank of lieutenant commander .
after leaving the navy , dimeolo worked in the pennsylvania state department of commerce , before losing his position due to a change in the political party running the government .
he was shortly thereafter named a u.s. marshal for western pennsylvania .
he served as marshal until 1961 , after which he worked for u.s. steel .
dimeolo was married to amelia ann sciliano ; the couple had no children .
he died at the age of 62 of a heart attack which occurred shortly after he had completed a game of squash in 1966 .
