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Dante Magnani

Magnani on a 1948 Bowman football card
Date of birth	March 16, 1917
Place of birth	Dalzell, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death	December 23, 1985(1985-12-23) (aged 68)
Place of death	Vallejo, California, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Running back
US college	Saint Mary's (CA)
NFL draft	1940 / round: 19 / Pick 175
Career history
As player
1940–1942	Cleveland Rams
1943, 1946, 1949	Chicago Bears
1947–1948	Los Angeles Rams
1950	Detroit Lions
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1943, 1946)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Dante Alfred Magnani (March 16, 1917 – December 23, 1985) was an American football player who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the 19th round of the 1940 NFL draft.^[1] Magnani, a running back, played college football for the St. Mary's College Galloping Gaels in Moraga, California.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the first known use of the word scatback was in reference to Magnani.^[2]

• DANTE MAGNANI The New York Times obit

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