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Anthony Robert Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1952, having missed most of the 1944 season and the entire 1945 season while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Tony Canadeo from little-known Gonzaga University was an unsung ninth-round choice of the Green Bay Packers in 1941 but it wasn't long before he earned the reputation of being a budding superstar who could – and would – do anything on a football field.
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Nov 28, 2003 · Tony Canadeo, a star halfback with the Green Bay Packers in the 1940s and 1950s and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Saturday at 84. Canadeo passed out...
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Sep 4, 2019 · Tony Canadeo was named First-Team All-Pro in 1934 and helped lead the Packers to a World Championship in 1944. The “Gray Ghost” is remembered as one of the NFL’s top players of the 1940s and was the second player in team history to get his number retired.
Packers All-Time Team: 1957. Packers All-Iron Man Era Team: 1976. Nicknamed the "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga," Canadeo was a scrappy, punishing runner and the third in NFL history to surpass 1,000...
Dec 31, 2018 · Nicknamed the "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga," Canadeo was a scrappy, punishing runner and the third in NFL history to surpass 1,000 yards rushing in a season.
Tony Canadeo, the first 1,000-yard rusher in Green Bay Packers history, died Saturday (Nov. 29) at the age of 84. He became just the third runner ever in National Football League history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark when he gained 1,052 yards on 205 carries for an average of 5.1 yards per carry during the 1949 season.
Mar 7, 2018 · Anthony Robert “Tony” Canadeo was born almost a century ago, but is still remembered, or at least recognized, by Packers fans everywhere. What Canadeo was best known for were his years as a member...
Sep 15, 2017 · Canadeo, a 6’0”, 190-pound back, was an extremely versatile player in an age of one platoon, two-way players. An all-purpose passer, runner, receiver and defensive back, he led the Packers in rushing in 1943, ‘46 and ‘49. Opponents claimed they never knew which way he would come from.
