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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Sack > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Sack.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sack > Source revision: 1355949693 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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){{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}} | position = [Guard](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football)), [tackle](/source/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|2|22}} | birth_place = [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh), 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](/source/Fifth_Avenue_High_School) (Pittsburgh) | college = [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football) | teams = * [Columbus Tigers](/source/Columbus_Tigers) (1923) * [Canton Bulldogs](/source/Canton_Bulldogs) (1926) * [Cleveland Panthers](/source/Cleveland_Panthers) (1926) | pastcoaching = * [Geneva](/source/Geneva_Golden_Tornadoes_football) (1924) }} '''Jack Sack''' (February 22, 1902 – March 7, 1980; born '''Jacob Bernard Sacklowsky''') was an American [football](/source/American_football) player and coach. Sack was a [college football](/source/college_football) player at the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) and coach, and played professional football in both the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) and the [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League) (AFL).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111123045428/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SACKJAC01 Database Football]}} Jack Sack statistics ==Early life== Sack was born in [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania), was of Russian-Polish extraction, and was [Jewish](/source/Jewish).[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49958015/ ''The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle'' from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 5, 1969 · Page 12][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][https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=Jack+Sack+football+jewish ''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'' - Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver] He attended [Fifth Avenue High School](/source/Fifth_Avenue_High_School) in Pittsburgh.{{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.}} ==College career== After playing in high school in Pittsburgh, Sack attended the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) where he played for the 1920 until 1922. Sack was named [Walter Camp](/source/Walter_Camp) All-America honorable mention and ''[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)'' All-East honorable mention.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=163 "Jack Sack,"] Jews in Sports. He was selected by Dr. L. H. Baker as a member of Pittsburgh's All-Time Team. ==Professional football career== ===Columbus Tigers=== Sack made his professional debut in the [NFL](/source/National_Football_League) in 1923 with the [Columbus Tigers](/source/Columbus_Tigers). He played for the Tigers for one year.[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 ===Canton Bulldogs=== In 1926, Sack signed on with the [Canton Bulldogs](/source/Canton_Bulldogs) of the NFL, where he played under future [Hall of Fame](/source/Professional_Football_Hall_of_Fame) coach [Pete Henry](/source/Pete_Henry).[http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/rosters.nsf/Annual/1926-can JT-SW.com] 1926 Canton Bulldogs ===Cleveland Panthers=== Sack also played in the [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League_(1926)) with the [Cleveland Panthers](/source/Cleveland_Panthers). While playing for the Panthers, he was also signed on with the Canton Bulldogs. ==Coaching career== Sack was the 12th head football coach at [Geneva College](/source/Geneva_College) in [Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania](/source/Beaver_Falls%2C_Pennsylvania), serving for one season, in 1924, and compiling a record of 3–4–2.{{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](/source/Geneva_College) |location=[Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania](/source/Beaver_Falls%2C_Pennsylvania) |date=2021 |page=14 |access-date=September 26, 2021 }} ==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.{{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}} ==Honors== Sack was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania in 1992.[https://jccpgh.org/blog/hall_of_fame_year/ "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania"] ==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [Geneva Covenanters](/source/Geneva_Golden_Tornadoes_football) | conf = [Tri-State Conference](/source/Tri-State_Conference_(1923%E2%80%931934)) | startyear = 1924 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [1924](/source/1924_college_football_season) | name = [Geneva](/source/1924_Geneva_Covenanters_football_team) | 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 = }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Footballstats |nfl=jack-sack |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=S/SackJo20 |rotoworld= }} {{Geneva Golden Tornadoes football coach navbox}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sack, Jack}} Category:1902 births Category:1980 deaths Category:American football guards Category:American football tackles Category:Canton Bulldogs players Category:Cleveland Panthers players Category:Columbus Tigers players Category:Geneva Golden Tornadoes football coaches Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players Category:Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania Category:Players of American football from Pittsburgh Category:Jewish American players of American football Category:20th-century American Jews Category:Jews from Pennsylvania Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack Sack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sack) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sack?action=history)). 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