Tony Steponovich
American football player
Anthony John Steponovich (January 15, 1907 – January 5, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard, and end for the Minneapolis Red Jackets and Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League (NFL) in 1930. Steponovich served as the head football coach at Riverside Junior College from 1948 to 1949.
Early life
Steponovich was born in 1907 in Globe, Arizona, an attended Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. He enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC), where he played college football for the freshman team in 1926 and for the varsity from 1927 to 1929. As a senior, he played for 1929 USC team that won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, defeated Pittsburgh in the 1930 Rose Bowl and has been retroactively recognized by some selectors as the national champion.
Professional football
Prior to the 1930 season, Steponovich and two of his USC teammates, Nate Barragar and John Ward, signed with the Minneapolis Red Jackets of the National Football League (NFL). He appeared in nine games for the Red Jackets, six as a starter. He played at the end, guard, and center positions.
Steponovich and his USC teammates Barragar and Ward finished the 1930 season with the NFL's Philadelphia franchise, known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
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