Angelo Bertelli

Angelo Bortolo Bertelli ( born June 18, 1921 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, † June 26, 1999 in Clifton, New Jersey ) was an American football player.

He played from 1941 to 1943 first as a halfback and later as quarterback for the team of the University of Notre Dame in college football and was awarded in 1943 Heisman Trophy for the best player, although he because of his call-up for military service in the United States Marine Corps last in his year at Notre Dame participated in only six of the ten season games. In the history of the Fighting Irish, who also won the national championship in the same year, he became the first Heisman winner. Johnny Lujack Also, who took the quarterback position in the team of Notre Dame for the rest of the season 1943, 1947 awarded the Heisman Trophy.

Angelo Bertelli in 1944 committed in the NFL Draft as the No. 1 of the Boston Yanks, for which he never played a game. Instead, he played in 1946 for the Los Angeles Dons and 1947/1948 for the Chicago Rockets, before a knee injury led to the end of his professional career. He served in the subsequent period 1951/1952 as an assistant coach at Yale University and then pursued a beverage retail chain. In addition, he coached junior teams and worked from 1956 to 1967 as a radio commentator for football games at Princeton University.

1972 Angelo Bertelli was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.