Although he suffered a shoulder dislocation diving for a fumble in a game against the Green Bay Packers in October 1955,[2] Palumbo played in the NFL Championship Game on December 26, intercepting a pass in the second half of the Browns' 38–14 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
After retiring from pro football, Palumbo joined the Cleveland Football Officials Association and remained active as an official for more than 40 years at the high school and collegiate level, mentoring countless newer officials during that time.[3] On September 15, 2016, Palumbo was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
palumbo, born, june, 1932, former, linebacker, national, football, league, drafted, cleveland, browns, fourth, round, 1955, draft, played, seasons, with, team, during, 1957, season, played, with, green, packers, later, member, buffalo, bills, american, footbal. Sam Palumbo born June 7 1932 is a former linebacker in the National Football League NFL He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1955 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the team 1 During the 1957 NFL season he played with the Green Bay Packers and later was a member of the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League AFL Sam PalumboPalumbo with the Cleveland BrownsNo 50 54 53Position LinebackerPersonal informationBorn 1932 06 07 June 7 1932 age 91 Cleveland Ohio U S Height 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Weight 226 lb 103 kg Career informationHigh school Cleveland OH CollinwoodCollege Notre DameNFL draft 1955 Round 4 Pick 49Career historyCleveland Browns 1955 1956 Green Bay Packers 1957 Buffalo Bills 1960 Career highlights and awardsNFL champion 1955 Career NFL statisticsInterceptions 1Player stats at NFL com PFR Although he suffered a shoulder dislocation diving for a fumble in a game against the Green Bay Packers in October 1955 2 Palumbo played in the NFL Championship Game on December 26 intercepting a pass in the second half of the Browns 38 14 victory over the Los Angeles Rams As a student athlete at the University of Notre Dame he was a college roommate of Regis Philbin 3 After retiring from pro football Palumbo joined the Cleveland Football Officials Association and remained active as an official for more than 40 years at the high school and collegiate level mentoring countless newer officials during that time 3 On September 15 2016 Palumbo was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame 4 References edit Pro Football Reference com Harry Jones Browns Triumph Fine But Costly Cleveland Plain Dealer 23 October 1955 1 accessed 24 October 2012 a b The Goalpost Vol 23 No 1 July 2016 2 accessed 27 December 2016 Sam Palumbo page on the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame website 3 accessed 26 December 2016 nbsp This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Palumbo amp oldid 1209282100, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
