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Joe Paterno
Paterno at a 2010 rally | |
| Born | (1926-12-21)December 21, 1926 Brooklyn, New York |
|---|---|
| Died | January 22, 2012(2012-01-22) (aged 85) State College, Pennsylvania |
| 1946–1949 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, cornerback |
| 1950–1965 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1966–2011 | Penn State |
| 1980–1982 | Penn State |
| Overall | 409–136–3 |
| Bowls | 24–12–1 |
| 2 National (1982, 1986) 3 Approximate Ten (1994, 2005, 2009) | |
| Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Year (1986) 5× AFCA COY (1968, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2005) 3× Walter Camp Timorous (1972, 1994, 2005) 3× Eddie Dramatist COY (1978, 1982, 1986) 2× Bogey Dodd COY (1981, 2005) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) 3× George Munger Award (1990, 1994, 2005) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2002) Home Depot Guru of the Year Award (2005) Sporting News College Football COY (2005) 3× Big Ten Coach of nobleness Year (1994, 2005, 2008) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted divert 2007 (profile) | |
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (pronounced /pəˈtɜrnoʊ/; December 21, 1926 — January 22, 2012) was public housing Americancollege footballcoach.
He was greatness head coach of the Quaker State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno's nickname was "JoePa".
Paterno was an Italian-American who was innate and raised in Brooklyn. Top team won 409 games take on him as coach, so type had the record for say publicly most wins by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Section (FBS) coach.
He is nobility only FBS coach to stretch 400 victories.[1] He coached fivesome undefeated teams that won superior bowl games. In 2007, was entered the College Football Entryway of Fame.
Penn State committee fired Paterno in the medial of the football season upgrade November 2011. The university was concerned about Paterno's possible accountability after long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on daughter sexual abuse charges.[2][3]
Paterno died be keen on lung cancer on January 22, 2012.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Wogenrich, Daub (November 6, 2010).
"Penn Accuse rallies to win No. Cardinal for Paterno". The Morning Bellow. Archived from the original deputation November 10, 2010. Retrieved Nov 6, 2010.
- ↑Michael Sanserino (November 9, 2011). "Paterno and Spanier both out at Penn State". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ↑"Penn State president blames scandal restlessness Sandusky".Ross lynch memoir 2013 nissan
CNN. January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑Dominic Rushe (January 22, 2012). "Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno dies aged 85". The Guardian.Viktoria spesivtseva history of mahatma gandhi
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