Jack Sack

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1902–1980)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jack Sack | image = 1922 Jack Sack.jpeg | caption = | number = 10 (Columbus), 9 (Canton)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/ongoing.html |title=Ongoing Research Project |publisher=Rci.rutgers.edu |date= |access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> | position = Guard, tackle | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|2|22}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|3|7|1902|2|22}} | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 190 | high_school = Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh) | college = Pittsburgh | teams = * Columbus Tigers (1923) * Canton Bulldogs (1926) * Cleveland Panthers (1926) | pastcoaching = * Geneva (1924) }}

'''Jack Sack''' (February 22, 1902 – March 7, 1980; born '''Jacob Bernard Sacklowsky''') was an American football player and coach. Sack was a college football player at the University of Pittsburgh and coach, and played professional football in both the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111123045428/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SACKJAC01 Database Football]}} Jack Sack statistics</ref>

==Early life== Sack was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was of Russian-Polish extraction, and was Jewish.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49958015/ ''The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle'' from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 5, 1969 · Page 12]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1K4UAQAAIAAJ&q=Jack+Sack+football+jewish ''The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ...'' - Martin Harry Greenberg]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=Jack+Sack+football+jewish ''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'' - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver]</ref> He attended Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/86269329/|newspaper=The Gazette Times|publication-place=Pittsburgh|date=October 27, 1922|page=11|title=Jack Sack, Crack Panther Lineman, One of Best Guards in Football|last=Smith|first=Chester L.}}</ref>

==College career== After playing in high school in Pittsburgh, Sack attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played for the 1920 until 1922. Sack was named Walter Camp All-America honorable mention and ''New York Times'' All-East honorable mention.<ref name="Jews in Sports">[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=163 "Jack Sack,"] Jews in Sports.</ref> He was selected by Dr. L. H. Baker as a member of Pittsburgh's All-Time Team.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Professional football career== ===Columbus Tigers=== Sack made his professional debut in the NFL in 1923 with the Columbus Tigers. He played for the Tigers for one year.<ref name="armchairgm1">[http://www.armchairgm.com/Jack_Sack Armcbair GM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821202515/http://www.armchairgm.com/Jack_Sack |date=August 21, 2008 }} Jack Sack</ref>

===Canton Bulldogs=== In 1926, Sack signed on with the Canton Bulldogs of the NFL, where he played under future Hall of Fame coach Pete Henry.<ref>[http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/rosters.nsf/Annual/1926-can JT-SW.com] 1926 Canton Bulldogs</ref>

===Cleveland Panthers=== Sack also played in the American Football League with the Cleveland Panthers.<ref name="armchairgm1"/> While playing for the Panthers, he was also signed on with the Canton Bulldogs.<ref name="Jews in Sports"/>

==Coaching career== Sack was the 12th head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, serving for one season, in 1924, and compiling a record of 3–4–2.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=Geneva Football Record Book |url=https://athletics.geneva.edu/documents/2021/6/25/Post_2020_Football_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=Geneva College |location=Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania |date=2021 |page=14 |access-date=September 26, 2021 }}</ref>

==Later life== Sack eventually became the owner of Pittsburgh Office Furniture and Equipment in Pittsburgh. He died on March 7, 1980, following a long illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88851593/ |title=Obituaries |access-date=19 July 2020 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=8 March 1980 |page=12}}</ref>

==Honors== Sack was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania in 1992.<ref>[https://jccpgh.org/blog/hall_of_fame_year/ "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania"]</ref>

==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Geneva Covenanters | conf = Tri-State Conference | startyear = 1924 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1924 | name = Geneva | overall = 3–4–2 | conference = 2–0–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Geneva | overall = 3–4–2 | confrecord = 2–0–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 3–4–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}

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==External links== * {{Footballstats |nfl=jack-sack |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=S/SackJo20 |rotoworld= }}

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