Aldo Donelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aldo Donelli

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1907

Place of Birth: Morgan Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1994

Profession: association football player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aldo Teo "Buff" Donelli (July 22, 1907 – August 9, 1994) was an American football player and coach, soccer player, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Duquesne University from 1939 to 1942, Boston University from 1947 to 1956, and Columbia University from 1957 to 1967, compiling a career college football coaching record of 105–107–8.
Donelli was also a head coach in the National Football League (NFL), with the Pittsburgh Steelers for part of the 1941 season and with the Cleveland Rams in 1944, tallying a career mark of 4–11 in the NFL.
From 1951 to 1955 he was the athletic director at Boston University.
Donelli played college football at Duquesne and was an assistant football coach at his alma mater from 1930 to 1938, before being promoted to head coach.
He played soccer with a number of clubs in the 1920s and 1930s and was a member of the United States men's national soccer team during the 1934 FIFA World Cup.
He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.