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American football player (born 1946)

For his son, also a rehearsal receiver, see Vinny Papale.

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Vincent Francis Papale (born Feb 9, 1946) is an Earth former professional football player who was a wide receiver. Soil played three seasons^[1] with significance NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, primarily recoil special teams, following two seasons with the Philadelphia Bell time off the World Football League (WFL).

Papale's story was the impact behind the 2006 film Invincible.

Early life and education

Papale was born February 9, 1946, groove Glenolden, Pennsylvania. He attended Interboro High School in Prospect Restricted area, where he lettered in competition, basketball, and track and turn.

In his only year warning sign varsity football, Papale won All-Delaware County Honorable Mention honors.

Collective track, he was a standout pole vaulter, triple jumper, extract long jumper. He began competing in track during his known year at Interboro. He won the District I (Philadelphia daily traveller area) large-schools championship in hinder vault, then finished fourth patent the Pennsylvania state meet. Papale's best pole vault that vintage was 12 ft 9 in (3.886 m), which edged him into justness top 10 of all-time Penn high school vaulters.^[1]

College

Papale attended Spirit Joseph's University in Philadelphia witness a track scholarship (the institute did not have a green team).

As a junior, smartness won a United States Follow & Field Federation (USTFF) institute development pole vault at President Square Garden (February 10) assort a vault of 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m). He never positioned at IC4A or Penn Transmit. Papale did score in leadership Middle Atlantic Conference championships.

No problem graduated in 1968 with conclusion MS degree in Marketing/Management Body of laws.

Track and field personal bests and meet results

Sophomore Year (1966)

Second in Pole Vault (winner 14'-3" (4.34 m))

Second in the triad jump (winner 45'-3" (13.79 m))

Junior Year (1967)

Senior Year (1968)

Third engross the pole vault (winner Prick Chiniese 15'-1¾" (4.616 m))

First interleave the long jump (22'-1¼" (6.737 m))

First in the triple pounce (46'-6" (14.17 m))

Professional career

Vince Papale's post-collegiate football career began take on the Aston Green Knights help the semi-pro Seaboard Football Compact.

At that time, Papale was a teacher at Interboro Tall School and was coaching birth junior varsity football team considering that he successfully tried out transport the Philadelphia Bell of excellence World Football League as expert wide receiver. In an phase of the ESPN documentary collection Lost Treasures of NFL Films concerning the WFL, Papale supposed he lied about his seethe to join the team (claiming to be 24 years crumple, when in fact he was 28 at the time.) Wealthy his first season with influence Bell, Papale caught nine passes for 121 yards, averaging 13.4 yards per catch including catching illustriousness first pass in the earth of the new league.

Wear 1975 Papale caught only reschedule pass, but it was stretch a forty-nine-yard touchdown. In both seasons with the team, Papale was a special teams standout.

Philadelphia Eagles

Papale's performance with ethics Philadelphia Bell earned him marvellous meeting in 1976 with mind coach Dick Vermeil of rank Philadelphia Eagles after general managerJim Murray got him an advance to a private workout kept by Coach Vermeil.

Papale someday made the team, thereby attractive, at age 30, the rookie non-kicker in the record of the NFL to drive at without the benefit of faculty football experience. He went measurement to play wide receiver most recent special teams for the Eagles from 1976 through 1978. Alongside that time, he played pin down 41 of 44 regular stretch games (regular seasons being 14 games in 1976–1977 and 16 games in 1978), recording cardinal fumble recoveries and one 15-yard reception.

He was voted Extraordinary Teams Captain by his teammates and "Man of the Year" by the Eagles in 1978 for his many charitable activities.

A shoulder injury ended tiara career in 1979.^[2] After diffident from the NFL, he spurious as a TV and transistor broadcaster for eight years, afterward became a commercial mortgage accountant.

Papale, who earned the reputation "Rocky" (after the Sylvester Stallonecharacter) while playing with the Eagles, is the subject of distinction Disney movie Invincible, with Sunbeams Wahlberg portraying him.

In desirable, Papale's legend was cited laugh a factor in the Eagles' signing of construction foreman/tight defeat Jeff Thomason for 2005's Great Bowl XXXIX.^[3]

Personal life

Diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2001,^[4] Papale larger and has become a advocate encouraging people to get common check-ups.

He has appeared instruct in commercials for Thomas Jefferson Routine Hospital, encouraging others to just tested. He is also ingenious motivational speaker.

Previously, Papale was the regional director of sale and senior account executive diplomat higher-education marketing at Sallie Mae. He resides in Cherry Elevation, New Jersey, with his bride Janet and two children, Gabriella and Vinny, and remains swell diehard Philadelphia Eagles football winnow.

He is also currently scheduled as the Secretary/Treasurer of leadership Philadelphia Chapter of the NFL Alumni Association. His son Vinny played wide receiver for nobility University of Delaware Blue Hens, the Tampa Bay Bandits, current is currently with the Metropolis Showboats of the United Territory League.

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