Mike Bucchianeri

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Mike Bucchianeri
Career information
Date of birth:	January 9, 1917
Place of birth:	Van Voorhis, PA
Date of death:	February 19, 1992 (age 75)
Position(s):	Guard
College:	Indiana
Organizations
As player:
1941, 1944-1945	Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and awards
Awards:	All American 1941
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Amadeo Roger "Mike" Bucchianeri (January 9, 1917 - February 19, 1992) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Indiana University.

Mike Bucchianeri began his football career at Monongahela High School where he graduated in 1937. Born January 9, 1917, the son of a coalminer, he went on to college at Indiana University playing football four years as an interior lineman as well as earning a Bachelor of Education degree in 1941. It was Mike Bucchianeri who kicked the decisive two extra points in the North’s 14-12 victory over the South in the 1940 Blue-Gray Game. For this achievement, he was named Most Valuable Player. He was an All-American and played in the 1941 Chicago Tribune All-Star Game.

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1941, Mike suffered a serious head injury near the end of the season and spent two years with the Packers’ affiliate team in Wilmington, Delaware to hone his kicking skills and serve as an assistant line coach.

Mike returned to Green Bay and helped the Packers win their sixth world championship over the New York Giants in 1944 and retired in 1945. Following his playing career, Bucchianeri became a line coach at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin and a high school referee. In 1955, he became the offensive line coach at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

While playing as a rookie for the Green Bay Packers, Mike was employed by the Green Bay Drop Forge Company, moving from the shop to automotive sales in Detroit, Michigan. He returned to Green Bay as Farm Implement Sales Manager. Mike retired in 1983 and moved to Ocala, Florida.

Mike was inducted into the Mid-Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Ringgold Rams Hall of Fame in 2010.

References

Green Bay Packers 1944 NFL Champions

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Division Championships (21)

League Championships (13)

Super Bowl Appearances (5)

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League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: North Division

Rivalries

Seasons (95)

Independent	1919 1920

1920s–1930s	1920 . 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s–1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s–1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s–1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s–2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Persondata
Name	Bucchianeri, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	January 9, 1917
Place of birth	Van Voorhis, PA
Date of death	February 19, 1992
Place of death

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