Aristomeni S. Menil Mavraides (November 17, 1931 – June 5, 1999) was a guard for the Philadelphia Eaglesfootball team in 1954 and 1957.[1] With the nickname "Minnie", he was listed at 6' 2" and 220 lbs.[2]
During his sophomore year, Mavraides was instrumental in helping the Irish beat the 9-0 Rose Bowl bound USC Trojans at home by recovering a late game fumble deep in Trojan territory.[4]
His senior year, the 1953 Notre Dame finished the season 9-0-1 and was runner up to the National Championship,[5] and had an unprecedented 12 players drafted to '54 NFL. Mavraides also finished his college career being ranked #1 in all NCAA with 27pts in kick scoring.
Frankly, it's hard to see how any squad could lose such men as halfback Johnny Lattner, fullback Neil Worden, tackle Art Hunter, center Jim Schrader, and guard Menil Mavraides and still be a top-ranked team. Each was on some All-American or other. Lattner, Worden and Hunter were first-round Pro draft choices. Schrader was a second-round choice. Mavraides a third. But Notre Dame is not an ordinary football team, it's Notre Dame... Notre Dame doesn't lose two often.
Before the start of the 1954 NFL season, Mavraides, joined four of his Fighting Irish classmates, in the 1954 summer classic College All-Star Game, where they lost 31 to 6 to the Detroit Lions in front of 93,000 fans.[6]
Later yearsedit
In 1986, Lowell High school inducted Mavraides into the LHS Athletic Hall of Fame.[7]
Mavraides died on June 5, 1999, at the age of 67.[1]
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menil, mavraides, aristomeni, november, 1931, june, 1999, guard, philadelphia, eagles, football, team, 1954, 1957, with, nickname, minnie, listed, 65position, offensive, guardpersonal, informationborn, 1931, november, 1931lowell, massachusetts, died, june, 199. Aristomeni S Menil Mavraides November 17 1931 June 5 1999 was a guard for the Philadelphia Eagles football team in 1954 and 1957 1 With the nickname Minnie he was listed at 6 2 and 220 lbs 2 Menil MavraidesNo 64 amp 65Position Offensive guardPersonal informationBorn 1931 11 17 November 17 1931Lowell Massachusetts U S Died June 5 1999 1999 06 05 aged 67 Career informationCollege Notre DameNFL draft 1954 Round 4th Pick 45Career historyPhiladelphia Eagles 1954 1957 Contents 1 Early years 2 College years 3 Later years 4 ReferencesEarly years editMavraides was born November 17 1931 in Lowell Massachusetts He played for the Lowell High School Red Raiders football team under head coach Ray Riddick College years editMavraides went on to play for Notre Dame from 1950 to 1953 At Notre Dame he played under head coach Frank Leahy who was the former line coach for the Seven Blocks of Granite where Learhy coached Mavraides high school coach Ray Riddick Here Mavraides played shoulder to shoulder with Tackle Art Hunter Center Jim Schrader and Fullback Neil Worden as the main blockers for Heisman Trophy winning running back Johnny Lattner 3 During his sophomore year Mavraides was instrumental in helping the Irish beat the 9 0 Rose Bowl bound USC Trojans at home by recovering a late game fumble deep in Trojan territory 4 His senior year the 1953 Notre Dame finished the season 9 0 1 and was runner up to the National Championship 5 and had an unprecedented 12 players drafted to 54 NFL Mavraides also finished his college career being ranked 1 in all NCAA with 27pts in kick scoring In the September 13th 1954 Sports Illustrated article Herman Hickman describes the 1953 Notre Dame Team by writing Frankly it s hard to see how any squad could lose such men as halfback Johnny Lattner fullback Neil Worden tackle Art Hunter center Jim Schrader and guard Menil Mavraides and still be a top ranked team Each was on some All American or other Lattner Worden and Hunter were first round Pro draft choices Schrader was a second round choice Mavraides a third But Notre Dame is not an ordinary football team it s Notre Dame Notre Dame doesn t lose two often Before the start of the 1954 NFL season Mavraides joined four of his Fighting Irish classmates in the 1954 summer classic College All Star Game where they lost 31 to 6 to the Detroit Lions in front of 93 000 fans 6 Later years editIn 1986 Lowell High school inducted Mavraides into the LHS Athletic Hall of Fame 7 Mavraides died on June 5 1999 at the age of 67 1 References edit a b ProfootballReference com Archived copy Archived from the original on 2010 02 18 Retrieved 2010 02 06 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Menil Mavraides teammates Fanbase Archived from the original on 2015 12 08 Retrieved 2010 02 07 Reading Eagle article Coast Kings Handed First Grid Setback by Charles Chamberlain Nov 30 1952 Rare Sports Films Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events UND Archived 2015 10 31 at the Wayback Machine Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 02 26 Retrieved 2012 10 17 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Menil Mavraides amp oldid 1196070744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
