{{Short description|American football player (1906–1933)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Sam Sebo | image = New York Times - 1929.10.24 - 34 - Sam Sebo, Syracuse Fullback.png | upright = .85 | number = 28 | position = Fullback | birth_date = 1906 | birth_place = | death_date = December 11, 1933 | death_place = Little Valley, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 165 | high_school = Garfield (Garfield, New Jersey) | college = Syracuse (1926–1929) | pastteams = * Newark Tornadoes ({{NFL Year|1930}}) | pfr = S/SeboSa20 }} '''Samuel E. Sebo''' (1906 – December 11, 1933), also known as '''Samuel Dzikowski''',<ref name="wind"/> was an American professional football fullback who played one season with the Newark Tornadoes of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Syracuse University.
==Early life and college== Samuel E. Sebo was born in 1906.<ref name="Pfa"/> He attended Garfield High School in Garfield, New Jersey.<ref name="Pfa"/> In 1925, he was accused of having forfeited his amateur status by playing semi-professional basketball.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/170890124/ | title=State Will Decide On Sam Sebo's Fate | work=The Record | date=April 21, 1925 | accessdate=22 April 2025 | pages=13}}</ref> However, no wrongdoing was ever proven.<ref name="wind">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/170890295/ | title=Sam Sebo Is Winding Up Grid Career | work=The Record | date=November 15, 1929 | accessdate=22 April 2025 | pages=34}}</ref>
Sebo was a member of the Syracuse Orange of Syracuse University from 1926 to 1929 and a three-year letterman from 1927 to 1929.<ref name="Pfa"/>
==Professional career== Sebo signed with the Newark Tornadoes of the National Football League in 1930.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/s/sebo00200.html | title=Sam Sebo Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=22 April 2025}}</ref> He played in two games, starting one, for the Tornadoes during the 1930 season.<ref name="Pfr">{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SeboSa20.htm | title=Sam Sebo | publisher=Pro Football Reference | accessdate=22 April 2025}}</ref> He wore jersey number 28 while with the Tornadoes.<ref name="Pfr"/> Sebo stood 5'7" and weighed 165 pounds.<ref name="Pfr"/>
==Personal life== Sebo died of a heart attack on December 11, 1933, in Little Valley, New York.<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/players/s/sebo00200.html | title=SAM SEBO | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=22 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Death">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news/170890597/ | title=500 Students and Teachers at Funeral Services for Sam Sebo | work=The Herald-News | date=December 15, 1933 | accessdate=22 April 2025 | pages=4}}</ref> He had been sick since 1931.<ref name="Death"/> More than 500 people attended his funeral.<ref name="Death"/>
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