Joe Fortunato
Linebacker, American football player
1930 –
Who is Joe Fortunato?
Joseph Francis Fortunato is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.
Fortunato played 12 seasons for the Chicago Bears. As a linebacker, he made the Pro Bowl five times, and was named to the NFL 300 Greatest Players team. He wore #31 with the Chicago Bears. Fortunato played fullback and linebacker for Mississippi State University, and made All-American in 1951. He is a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Fortunato makes his home in south Mississippi.
He spent two seasons as a coach with the Chicago Bears; 1967 as linebackers coach and 1968 as defensive coordinator.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1930
Mingo Junction - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Mississippi State University
- Virginia Military Institute
- Lived in
- Mingo Junction
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on July 23, 2013
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