Chick Maggioli

Chick Maggioli
Chick Maggioli
Position(s)
Defensive back
Halfback
Jersey #(s)
80
Born May 17, 1922 (1922-05-17) (age 89)
Mishawaka, Indiana
Career information
Year(s) 19481950
NFL Draft 1946 / Round: 11 / Pick: 99
(By the Washington Redskins)
College Illinois
Indiana
Notre Dame
Professional teams
Career stats
Offensive yards 59
Interceptions 12
Touchdowns 1
Stats at NFL.com
Career highlights and awards
  • N/A

Achille Fred "Chick" Maggioli (born May 17, 1922 in Mishawaka, Indiana) is a former American football defensive back and halfback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts. He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Buffalo Bills.

Maggioli was an all-state football player at Mishawaka (Indiana) High School, graduating in 1941. He then attended and played college football at Indiana University in 1942, and the University of Notre Dame, 1943–44, where he was the starting halfback on Coach Frank Leahy's '43 National Championship team. He then played halfback on the 1946 University of Illinois Big 10 Conference Championship team and Illinois' 1947 Rose Bowl winning team, graduating from the school that May.

Maggioli was drafted in the eleventh round by the Washington Redskins and ultimately played for the Buffalo Bills as a two-way player in 1948, his team winning the Eastern Division of the AAFL. He played defensive back for the Detroit Lions in 1949 and with the Baltimore Colts in 1950, intercepting eight passes in the final year of his pro football career.

He is a member of both the Indiana Football and Mishawaka High School Athletic halls-of-fame. Since 1950, Maggioli has been seen in Baltimore, in small Italian villages and frequently in his hometown of Mishawaka.