Joe Silipo

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Joe Silipo
No. 57, 64, 66, 67, 75
Position: Center/Long snapper
Personal information
Born: (1957-12-31) December 31, 1957 (age 66)
Glen Cove, New York
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school: East Setauket (NY) Ward Melville
College: Tulane
Undrafted: 1981
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:1
Player stats at PFR

Joseph Martin Silipo (born December 31, 1957, at Glen Cove, New York) was a Canadian and American football player in three professional football leagues.

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An offensive lineman and a graduate of Tulane University, Silipo played two games with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1981. He then moved to the USFL, where he played with the Denver Gold in 1983 and the San Antonio Gunslingers in 1984 and 1985. In 1987, he was an NFL strike replacement player with the Buffalo Bills, playing in one game.

His son, Joe Silipo Jr., was a defensive lineman at the University of Northern Colorado and then transferred to the University of Colorado where he served as a long snapper for the Buffaloes.

College career

Silipo played football at Tulane University and graduated with a degree in education.

Professional career

Montreal Alouettes/Montreal Concordes

As a free agent, Silipo would sign with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League on July 11, 1981. He was assigned jersey number 67 and played in two games during the Alouettes' 1981 season. [1] The Alouettes franchise folded in May 1982 and the team re-emerged as the Montreal Concordes. Following a dismal 3–13-0 record in 1981, the Concordes immediately started a rebuilding process and several players were released, including Silipo on June 28, 1982. [2]

Kansas City Chiefs

After being released by the Concordes, Silipo signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League on July 10, 1982, and subsequently attended the Chiefs' training camp located at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He was later released by the Chiefs on August 30, 1982. [3] During his time with the Chiefs Silipo wore jersey number 75.

Denver Gold

Silipo signed with the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (USFL) on December 7, 1982. [4] Silipo would wear jersey number 66 for the Gold and went on to play in 17 games during their 1983 inaugural season.

San Antonio Gunslingers

He was selected by the San Antonio Gunslingers in the 3rd round (16th player selected) of the USFL expansion draft in September 1983. Silipo played in nine games during the 1984 season and returned to play in 1985 as well. Notable is the fact that Silipo and his teammates continued play during the 1985 season despite not being paid on a regular basis. As a result of the financial problems that owner Clinton Manges faced, the Gunslingers released all of their players, on July 22, 1985, just minutes before the deadline to pay the players for two overdue paychecks. [5]

Buffalo Bills

Silipo signed with the Buffalo Bills as a replacement player during the 1987 players' strike. He played in his first and only regular season NFL game against the Indianapolis Colts on October 4 in front of 9,860 spectators at the 80,290-seat Rich Stadium. [6] Two weeks later on October 20, 1987, he was placed on the injured reserve list, effectively ending his professional career. [7]

Post-football career

Endeavor Academy

He later worked as a physical education/health teacher at Endeavor Academy located in Centennial, Colorado.

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References

  1. ↑ Alouettes All-Time Roster Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine , accessed March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Concords deal, promise more to come Montreal Gazette, accessed March 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Chiefs trim roster by 5; 5 more to be cut today Lawrence Journal-World, accessed March 17, 2012
  4. ↑ Sports Transactions The Hour, accessed March 17, 2012
  5. ↑ Gunslingers Release Players after Missing Pay Deadline Herald-Journal, accessed March 18, 2012
  6. ↑ New, improved Oilers humble Denver, 40-10 Spokesman-Review, accessed March 17, 2012
  7. ↑ Transactions Gettysburg Times, accessed March 17, 2012
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