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Bruno Banducci
Bruno Banducci (November 11, 1921 – September 15, 1985) was an Italian-born, American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 to 1945 for the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the NFL from 1946 to 1954. He also played for the 1955 season with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
He was twice named a first team All-Pro — once time each in the AAFC and the NFL. He was the last member of the founding 49ers team to leave the organization.
Bruno Banducci was born November 11, 1921, in the village of Tassignano, part of the municipality of Capannori, Italy, located in northern Tuscany. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, attending Longfellow Junior High School in Richmond, California through 1935, before gaining promotion to Richmond Union High School in January 1936.
During his first year of high school, Banducci went out for the football team at the urging of the team's coach, making the squad as a reserve tackle. He had never seen an organized football game prior to going out for — and making — the team.
He was briefly switched to the guard position in 1937, his second year wearing the navy blue and red uniform of the Oilers. During his senior year in 1938, Banducci was firmly ensconced as Richmond's starting right tackle. He also handled kickoff duties.
Banducci was a prominent lineman, twice making the All-Conference team, but not a big regional star during his high school years. He initially planned on attending the University of California upon graduation from high school in the spring of 1939, but eventually decided upon Stanford, which offered him a four-year, full-ride athletic scholarship.
Freshmen were ineligible for varsity play in 1939, Banducci's first year at Stanford, so he anchored the line on the school's freshman football team, earning All-Conference honors as a tackle. The young tackle moved to the varsity in 1940 — a year which coincided with the hiring of new head coach Clark Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy introduced an entirely new offense to the Indians — the T-formation — which befuddled opponents.
"We were the first college team to use it," Banducci later recalled. "We ended up winning 13 straight games, and we were unbeaten and untied. We surprised a lot of teams because they didn't know how to defend against a T."
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Bruno Banducci
Bruno Banducci (November 11, 1921 – September 15, 1985) was an Italian-born, American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 to 1945 for the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the NFL from 1946 to 1954. He also played for the 1955 season with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
He was twice named a first team All-Pro — once time each in the AAFC and the NFL. He was the last member of the founding 49ers team to leave the organization.
Bruno Banducci was born November 11, 1921, in the village of Tassignano, part of the municipality of Capannori, Italy, located in northern Tuscany. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, attending Longfellow Junior High School in Richmond, California through 1935, before gaining promotion to Richmond Union High School in January 1936.
During his first year of high school, Banducci went out for the football team at the urging of the team's coach, making the squad as a reserve tackle. He had never seen an organized football game prior to going out for — and making — the team.
He was briefly switched to the guard position in 1937, his second year wearing the navy blue and red uniform of the Oilers. During his senior year in 1938, Banducci was firmly ensconced as Richmond's starting right tackle. He also handled kickoff duties.
Banducci was a prominent lineman, twice making the All-Conference team, but not a big regional star during his high school years. He initially planned on attending the University of California upon graduation from high school in the spring of 1939, but eventually decided upon Stanford, which offered him a four-year, full-ride athletic scholarship.
Freshmen were ineligible for varsity play in 1939, Banducci's first year at Stanford, so he anchored the line on the school's freshman football team, earning All-Conference honors as a tackle. The young tackle moved to the varsity in 1940 — a year which coincided with the hiring of new head coach Clark Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy introduced an entirely new offense to the Indians — the T-formation — which befuddled opponents.
"We were the first college team to use it," Banducci later recalled. "We ended up winning 13 straight games, and we were unbeaten and untied. We surprised a lot of teams because they didn't know how to defend against a T."