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| Arnold Galiffa | |
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Position: Quarterback |
| Member Biography | |
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Arnold A. Galiffa spent his first season with Army as an
understudy to Arnold Tucker. Then he spent three years as
the starting quarterback. In his four years the Army record
was 9-0-1, 5-2-2, 8-0-1, 9-0-0. His best plays as a forward
passer were against Washington and Lee in 1947, 73 yards;
against Pennsylvania in 1948, 40 yards (winning the game with
30 seconds left); and against Columbia in 1949, 83 yards. He
was All-America in 1949. After finishing at West Point,
Galiffa served in the Korean War. He played pro football with
the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, 1953-54.
Galiffa was born January 29, 1927, in Donora, Pennsylvania;
he died from cancer in September, 1978.
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