Andy Puplis
Quarterback, American football player
1915 – 1990
Who was Andy Puplis?
Andrew Joseph Puplis was an American football player and coach.
As a quarterback at Harrison Tech High School, Puplis twice received all-state honors, and won a Chicago city championship, compiling a 12-0 record in 1931. At Notre Dame, he joined the football team as both a kicker and a kick and punt returner. In 1936, he became the starting quarterback but still led the team in kickoff returns with 5 for 136 yards. In his senior year in 1937, he earned All-American honors as he led the Irish in scoring and averaged 12.4 yards per play. In 1938, Puplis was the starting quarterback for the College All Stars team that defeated the Washington Redskins, 28-16. He had also received mongrams for playing on the baseball team, and received an offer from the Cleveland Indians.
After college, Puplis was hired as the head football coach at Crystal Lake High School before moving on to Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois in 1940, where he would remain until his retirement in 1972, except for a hiatus to spend one year in the Navy during World War II, and one year as a defensive back for the Chicago Cardinals in 1943.
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1915
Chicago - Profession
- Died
- Jan 25, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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