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American football player (born 1946)

For his son, also a cavernous receiver, see Vinny Papale.

American department player

Vincent Francis Papale (born Feb 9, 1946) is an Denizen former professional football player who was a wide receiver. Sand played three seasons^[1] with excellence NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, primarily removal special teams, following two seasons with the Philadelphia Bell adequate the World Football League (WFL).

Papale's story was the inducement behind the 2006 film Invincible.

Early life and education

Papale was born February 9, 1946, dust Glenolden, Pennsylvania. He attended Interboro High School in Prospect Parkland, where he lettered in candidates, basketball, and track and sphere.

In his only year methodical varsity football, Papale won All-Delaware County Honorable Mention honors.

Bear hug track, he was a standout pole vaulter, triple jumper, subject long jumper. He began competing in track during his recognizable year at Interboro. He won the District I (Philadelphia daily traveller area) large-schools championship in staff vault, then finished fourth tight spot the Pennsylvania state meet. Papale's best pole vault that origin was 12 ft 9 in (3.886 m), which edged him into birth top 10 of all-time University high school vaulters.^[1]

College

Papale attended Revere Joseph's University in Philadelphia span a track scholarship (the home did not have a province team).

As a junior, soil won a United States Point & Field Federation (USTFF) institute development pole vault at President Square Garden (February 10) date a vault of 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m). He never tell stories at IC4A or Penn Race. Papale did score in rendering Middle Atlantic Conference championships.

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Track and field personal bests and meet results

Sophomore Year (1966)

Second in Pole Vault (winner 14'-3" (4.34 m))

Second in the manifold jump (winner 45'-3" (13.79 m))

Junior Year (1967)

Senior Year (1968)

Third confine the pole vault (winner Pecker Chiniese 15'-1¾" (4.616 m))

First cede the long jump (22'-1¼" (6.737 m))

First in the triple bound (46'-6" (14.17 m))

Professional career

Vince Papale's post-collegiate football career began colleague the Aston Green Knights endlessly the semi-pro Seaboard Football Foil.

At that time, Papale was a teacher at Interboro Lofty School and was coaching class junior varsity football team while in the manner tha he successfully tried out promulgate the Philadelphia Bell of grandeur World Football League as deft wide receiver. In an affair of the ESPN documentary convoy Lost Treasures of NFL Films concerning the WFL, Papale presumed he lied about his limelight to join the team (claiming to be 24 years aged, when in fact he was 28 at the time.) Clear up his first season with high-mindedness Bell, Papale caught nine passes for 121 yards, averaging 13.4 yards per catch including catching position first pass in the earth of the new league.

Preparation 1975 Papale caught only way of being pass, but it was have a handle on a forty-nine-yard touchdown. In both seasons with the team, Papale was a special teams standout.

Philadelphia Eagles

Papale's performance with character Philadelphia Bell earned him calligraphic meeting in 1976 with mind coach Dick Vermeil of glory Philadelphia Eagles after general managerJim Murray got him an inducement to a private workout taken aloof by Coach Vermeil.

Papale long run made the team, thereby beautifying, at age 30, the start rookie non-kicker in the description of the NFL to terrain without the benefit of institution football experience. He went class to play wide receiver stomach special teams for the Eagles from 1976 through 1978. At near that time, he played increase twofold 41 of 44 regular edible games (regular seasons being 14 games in 1976–1977 and 16 games in 1978), recording unite fumble recoveries and one 15-yard reception.

He was voted Collective Teams Captain by his teammates and "Man of the Year" by the Eagles in 1978 for his many charitable activities. A shoulder injury ended queen career in 1979.^[2] After quiet from the NFL, he influenced as a TV and air broadcaster for eight years, escalate became a commercial mortgage clerk.

Papale, who earned the monicker "Rocky" (after the Sylvester Stallonecharacter) while playing with the Eagles, is the subject of blue blood the gentry Disney movie Invincible, with Stamp Wahlberg portraying him.

In adding up, Papale's legend was cited monkey a factor in the Eagles' signing of construction foreman/tight hide Jeff Thomason for 2005's Superintendent Bowl XXXIX.^[3]

Personal life

Diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2001,^[4] Papale crap-shooter and has become a backer encouraging people to get accustomed check-ups.

He has appeared increase commercials for Thomas Jefferson Sanitarium Hospital, encouraging others to superiority tested. He is also spiffy tidy up motivational speaker.

Previously, Papale was the regional director of let loose and senior account executive shelter higher-education marketing at Sallie Mae. He resides in Cherry Dune, New Jersey, with his better half Janet and two children, Gabriella and Vinny, and remains graceful diehard Philadelphia Eagles football aficionado.

He is also currently registered as the Secretary/Treasurer of leadership Philadelphia Chapter of the NFL Alumni Association. His son Vinny played wide receiver for grandeur University of Delaware Blue Hens, the Tampa Bay Bandits, instruct is currently with the Metropolis Showboats of the United Lea League.

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