Joe Cibulas

Infobox NFLretired
position=Offensive Tackle
number=Unknown
birthdate=birth date|1921|5|31
Whitney, Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1998|5|15|1921|3|31
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
debutyear=1945
finalyear=1945
draftyear=1943
draftround=25
draftpick=237
college=Duquesne
teams=
* Pittsburgh Steelers (1945)
* Pit-Phil Steagles (Drafted)
stat1label= Games Played
stat1value= 5
stat2label= Games Started
stat2value= 0
stat3label= Seasons
stat3value= 1
nfl=WHI419940

Joseph J. Cibulas was an offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1945 season. Cibulas attended Hurst High School located in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, and later Duquesne University. Cibulas made his professional debut in the NFL in 1945 with Pittsburgh. He played for the Steelers for his entire 1 year career.

Many sources mistakenly state that Cibulas attended Mount Pleasant Area High School, located in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. However that school was not open until 1960 well after Cibulas' graduation in 1943.

Cibulas was drafted by the Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers or "Steagles" in the 25th round (237th overall) of the 1943 Draft. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged their teams during the 1943 season. The teams were forced to merge because both had lost many players to military service due to World War II. The team was nicknamed the "Steagles". However officially the team was known simply as the "Eagles" without a city designation, the Eagles-Steelers, or the Steelers-Eagles. The official NFL record book refers to the team as "Phil-Pitt."

The merger was dissolved after the 1943 season, as it was not intended to be permanent. The Eagles, received enough players back from the war and resumed their traditional operation. However the Steelers, still short of players, merged with the Chicago Cardinals for the 1944 season, creating a team known as Card-Pitt (pronounced as "carpet"). The Steelers resumed their traditional operation in 1945 with the war's end.

Cibulas did not play with the merged teams. He played only one season with the Steelers in 1946.