November 29, 2003(2003-11-29) (aged 84) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height:
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:
190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:
Steinmetz College Prep (Chicago, Illinois)
College:
Gonzaga
NFL draft:
1941 / Round: 9 / Pick: 77
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1941–44; 1946–52)
Career highlights and awards
NFL
NFL champion (1944)
2× First-team All-Pro (1943, 1949)
Second-team All-Pro (1948)
NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Green Bay Packers No. 3 retired
College
First-team Little All-American (1939)
Second-team Little All-American (1940)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
4,197
Rushing touchdowns:
26
Receptions:
69
Receiving yards:
579
Receiving touchdowns:
5
Passing yards:
1,642
TD–INT:
16–20
Interceptions made:
9
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Anthony Robert Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1952, having missed most of the 1944 season and the entire 1945 season while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, played football for the Bulldogs, and earned the nickname "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga".
Canadeo was selected by the Packers in the 1941 NFL draft.[1]
Before the war, Canadeo was a triple-threat halfback for the Packers, leading the team in rushing and passing in 1943. When he returned from the war in 1946, he served primarily as a running back, and in 1949 became the third player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season.
He retired as the Packers' all-time rushing yards leader.[2] Canadeo's number 3 was retired by the Packers immediately following his retirement as a player. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
After his playing career, Canadeo worked as a color commentator for CBS television, covering Packers games with Ray Scott. He also was a long-time member of the Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, most notably during the Vince Lombardi era.
Anthony Robert Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a back in the National Football League (NFL)...
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All-Pro team as the first quarterback, receiving 44 votes while runner-up Tony Romo received three. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the 2014 season. He...
in Green Bay. Another came in the 1989 NFL Draft, when offensive lineman Tony Mandarich was taken with the second overall pick ahead of future Hall of...
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185-pound Hutson was too fragile for the NFL. However, according to TonyCanadeo, who played alongside Hutson from 1941 to 1944, Hutson was as skilled...
(1931) Roger Grove (1931) Cecil Isbell (1938–1942) Hal Van Every (1940) TonyCanadeo (1942–1943) Irv Comp (1943–1948) Roy McKay (1945) Cliff Aberson (1946)...
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(1931) Roger Grove (1931) Cecil Isbell (1938–1942) Hal Van Every (1940) TonyCanadeo (1942–1943) Irv Comp (1943–1948) Roy McKay (1945) Cliff Aberson (1946)...
Buck Wilner Burke LeRoy Butler Lee Roy Caffey George Whitney Calhoun TonyCanadeo Al Carmichael Fred Carr Don Chandler Mark Chmura Gerald Francis Clifford...
the war. Gonzaga football produced two Pro Football Hall of Famers: TonyCanadeo (1941) of the Green Bay Packers, and Ray Flaherty (1926), head coach...
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