player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team awards cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
florida state boston patriots - afl 5 april 2012 milan , italy 1968 ; 1976 1977 & ndash ; 1979 1980 & ndash 1969 ; 1984 1985 & ndash ; 1988 1990 & ndash & ; 2002 2002 & ndash ; 2003 2003 & ndash ndash ; 2005 2011 & ndash ; 2012 ; 1972 1973 & ndash yonkers , new york , u.s. center 6 -lrb- .127 -rrb- -lrb- college -rrb- 17 & ndash ; & 13 -lrb- afl -rrb- ndash ; 47 & ndash ; 2 1962 & ndash ; 1965 1966 florida -rrb- pittsburgh -lrb- ol -rrb- tennessee -lrb- oc -rrb- '' state ` oregon state '' ' texas a & m -lrb- -lrb- ol -rrb- dallas - nfl - -lrb- st -rrb- '' assistant ` dallas desperados '' ' - afl oakland - nfl -rrb- - -lrb- st -rrb- seamen milano - italian football league iowa - state -lrb- assistant '' the year -lrb- 1991 , 1993 , 1998 -rrb- '' ' ' 3 × nfl special teams coach of 74 football 17 november 1943 joe avezzano
 joe avezzano
joe avezzano

joe avezzano -lrb- 17 november 1943 -- 5 april 2012 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he was the head coach at oregon state university from 1980 to 1984 , compiling a record of 6 -- 47 -- 2 -lrb- .127 -rrb- .
avezzano was later an assistant coach with the dallas cowboys and oakland raiders of the nfl .
he died of a heart attack while exercising on a treadmill in italy .
