Mitchell Olenski
American football player, coach (1920-2000)
Mitchell Olenski (January 13, 1920 – June 13, 2000) was an American football player and coach. Olenski played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, while serving in the Army at Fort Warren and then professionally with the Miami Seahawks and Detroit Lions. He also served as a coach for the Alabama Informals football team in their lone 1943 season and at Fort Warren in 1944 and 1945.
University of Alabama
Olenski played his first season with the Crimson Tide as a member of their freshmen team for the 1940 season. He then started at tackle for Alabama in both the 1941 and 1942 seasons.
After the university canceled the 1943 season, Olenski served as a coach for the Alabama Informals. The squad was composed of 17-year-old and draft deferred students and after a loss to Howard, the Informals defeated Marion Military Institute twice and finished the season with an overall record of two wins and one loss.
Professional career
Olenski was taken in the ninth round as the 78th overall pick in the 1944 NFL draft by the Brooklyn Tigers. He never played a game with the Tigers, and instead enlisted in United States Army. Olenski was stationed at Fort Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he also played defensive tackle and served as an assistant coach for the base team, the Fort Warren Broncos.
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