Anthony Salvatore "Skip" Minisi (September 18, 1926 – May 5, 2005) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

halfback in the

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(NFL) for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

. He was elected to the

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in 1985 based on his college career at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

and the

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. After being the second pick overall in the 1948 NFL draft, Minisi played his rookie season for the New York Giants. After completing his rookie season, Minisi retired from professional football to attend the University of Pennsylvania's School of Law. He was a successful attorney for more than 40+ years with a practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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* 1926 births 2005 deaths Players of American football from Newark, New Jersey American football halfbacks Penn Quakers football players Navy Midshipmen football players New York Giants players College Football Hall of Fame inductees Second overall NFL draft picks 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1920s-stub

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