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Ed Franco was born on 24 April, 1915 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American football player (1915–1992). Discover Ed Franco's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 24 April, 1915
Birthday 24 April
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 18 November, 1992
Died Place Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
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1915

Edmondo Guido Armando Franco (April 24, 1915 – November 18, 1992) was a professional American football player.

He earned fame as one of the legendary Seven Blocks of Granite and played professionally for the Boston Yanks.

1935

In 1935 the Rams posted a 6-1-2 record with five shutouts.

1936

The 1936 squad lost only one game, the season finale to New York University.

1937

The 5ft 8in, 196 lb Franco was voted as a consensus All-American for both positions following the 1937 and 1938 seasons, only one of two Fordham players ever named consensus All-American.

He played alongside the famous Vince Lombardi, the right guard for the Blocks of Granite.

The Blocks saw their peak in 1937 with 8 wins, no losses, and no ties.

1938

Franco served as captain of the East team in the 1938 East-West Shrine Game.

Franco had a brief professional career: He was a fifth round selection (31st overall) of the Cleveland Rams in the 1938 NFL Draft, but didn't stay with the team.

1939

On December 9, 1939, Franco married his sweetheart Anna May McGinley, a nursing student at Bayonne Nursing School.

Franco decided not to continue his professional career, however, since at that time football paid little.

1941

Franco returned to Fordham as a line coach for six years, where he helped the Rams gain a Cotton Bowl Classic bid in 1941 and a Sugar Bowl bid in 1942.

1944

In 1944 Franco returned to the NFL and won the starting tackle job in his first game as a member of the Boston Yanks.

He coached the American Association Jersey City Giants.

Franco worked as the eastern scout for the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins along with coach and close friend Lombardi.

Franco later owned several successful businesses in Jersey City and Secaucus and worked for the Meadowlands Racetrack.

1980

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Ed Franco was the youngest of nine children born to Italian immigrants, Nicola and Filomena Franco, on Christopher Street, in New York City.

The family later moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, where Franco began to display his extraordinary athletic ability.

He earned All-State honors at William L. Dickinson High School as both guard for the football team and catcher for baseball.

After high school, Franco attended Fordham University, where he was elected president of his freshman class.

He played guard and tackle for the legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite," coached by the "Sleepy" Jim Crowley, one of the famed Four Horsemen of Notre Dame.

In 1980, Ed Franco was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

That same year, Franco a Jersey City baseball park was dedicated in his name; the park is still in use today.

1992

He died on November 18, 1992, at the age of 77.

He was survived by his three children, Margaret, Ned, and Rosemary, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

2008

On October 24, 2008, Fordham University honored the memory of its legendary defensive line by dedicating a monument on its Rose Hill campus.

The monumentmade of seven blocks of granite stonestands by the entrance to Jack Coffey Field.