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Tim Temerario
A portrait of Temerario in an Indiana sweatshirt in 1937
Temerario while atIndiana Universityin 1937
Personal information
Born:(1906-02-18)February 18, 1906
Lorain, Ohio,U.S.
Died:July 7, 2001(2001-07-07)(aged 95)
Career information
High school:New Brighton (PA)
College:Geneva College
Position:Coach
Career history
Career highlights and awards

Carmel Arthur"Tim"Temerario(February 18, 1906–July 7, 2001) was a high school, college and professionalAmerican footballcoach and executive. He was an assistant coach for theDetroit Lions,Cleveland BrownsandWashington Redskins,and served as the Redskins' director of player personnel between 1965 and 1978.

Temerario grew up inLorain, Ohio,but moved toPennsylvaniawith his family during high school. He attendedGeneva CollegeinBeaver Falls, Pennsylvaniaand played a variety of positions on the school's football team. He was named themost valuable playerin 1931, when the team went undefeated.

After graduating, Temerario began a coaching career, first atEast Liverpool High Schoolin Ohio and then as an assistant atDenison UniversityandIndiana Universityin the 1930s and 1940s. His career was interrupted by service in theU.S. NavyduringWorld War II.He returned to Indiana in 1945 as an assistant toBo McMillinas the team won theBig Ten Conferencechampionship. When McMillin became head coach of the Lions in 1948, Temerario moved with him. He worked there for two years before being hired as an assistant for the Browns in 1950. The Browns won theNFL championshipthat year.

Temerario spent two seasons with the Browns before becoming an assistant atNorth Carolina State Universityand theUniversity of Pennsylvania.The Redskins hired him as an assistant in 1960, a position he retained through 1965. He then became the team's director of player personnel, staying in that role until his retirement in 1978. He was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.

Early life and college

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Temerario was born inLorain, Ohioand attendedLorain High School.[1]His father was a construction worker who traveled frequently, and Temerario later enrolled at two other high schools.[2]He spent hisjuniorandsenioryears atNew Brighton High SchoolinPennsylvania,where he played as acenteron the football team.[2]He graduated in 1927.[2]

Temerario enrolled atGeneva CollegeinBeaver Falls, Pennsylvaniaand played football there under head coachesBo McMillin,Mack FlennikenandHoward Harpster.[3][4]He played center,quarterback,end,guardandlinebacker.[2]Temerario was voted themost valuable playerof a 1931 team that went undefeated under Harpster.[2]He graduated later that year.[5]

Coaching career

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After college, Temerario began a football coaching career atEast Liverpool High SchoolinEast Liverpool, Ohio.[5]He then worked for three years as the line coach for the freshman team atIndiana Universitybefore being hired as the varsity line coach at Ohio'sDenison Universityin 1938.[5]He remained at Denison until returning to Indiana as the varsity team's ends coach in 1941.[5]The team finished with a 2–6win–loss recordthat year.[6]

Temerario left Indiana later in 1941 to serve in theU.S. Navyas American involvement inWorld War IIintensified.[2]He was initially placed in a physical education program run by Navy coachTom Hamilton,but later requested a transfer to active duty.[5]He served as a beachmaster during thePhilippines Campaignand atUtah Beachduring theNormandy landingsin 1944.[2]He rose to the rank oflieutenant commanderand was in the military until the war ended in 1945.[2]

Temerario returned to Indiana in 1945 and was an assistant under Bo McMillin, his first coach when he played at Geneva.[2]TheIndiana Hoosiers footballteam finished with a 9–0–1 record that year and won theBig Ten Conferencechampionship.[2][7]Indiana was ranked fourth in theAP Pollof the best college teams in the nation.[8]

Temerario rose to become McMillin's top assistant at Indiana, and earned a master's degree in physical education while he was there.[5]When McMillin left to become head coach of theDetroit Lionsof theNational Football Leaguein 1948, Temerario went with him.[5][9]He was an assistant for the Lions in the 1948 and 1949 seasons, both of which ended with losing records.[10][11]

Paul Brown,the head coach and general manager of the NFL'sCleveland Browns,appointed Temerario the team's ends coach and chief scout in April 1950.[5]He replacedDick Gallagher,who had left to become the head football coach atSanta Clara University.[5]Led by quarterbackOtto Grahamand endsDante LavelliandMac Speedie,the Browns finished with a 10–2 regular-season record and won theNFL championshipin Temerario's first year.[12][13]He continued in Cleveland through the 1951 season, when the Browns again reached theNFL championshipbut lost to theLos Angeles Rams.[14]

Temerario left the Browns in 1952 because of an unspecified "disagreement" with the team.[15]Two months later, he became the ends coach atNorth Carolina State University.[9][16]Pennsylvania State Universityhired him as its line coach in early 1954.[17][18]Penn won theIvy Leaguechampionship in 1959 after finishing the season with a 9–2 record.[19]

Temerario joined theWashington Redskinsas an assistant coach in 1960, overseeing the ends and the defense at different stages through 1965.[1]He became the Redskins' head of pro player personnel in 1966 and served in that position for 13 years until his retirement in 1978.[2]In 1975, he considered bringing in professional wrestlerAndré the Giantfor a tryout in training camp.[20]Temerario called and then canceled a press conference with the 7-foot-four-inch wrestler, which led to speculation that he had been signed.[20]Temerario, however, said he had only pondered the possibility and that André the Giant's salary requirements made the move impossible.[20]He was then making about $200,000 a year ($1,132,468 in 2023 dollars).[20]The Redskins never had a winning season while Temerario was an assistant coach, although the team advanced to the playoffs five times during his career as an executive.[21]The team reachedSuper Bowl VIIin 1972, but lost to theMiami Dolphins.[22]

Later life and death

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Temerario stayed in theWashington, D.C.area after retiring.[3]He was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 and into theBeaver County, Pennsylvaniasports hall of fame in 1980.[3][23]He died of heart failure in 2001 and was interred atArlington National Cemetery,inArlington, Virginia.[24]He and his wife Charlotte had one son.

References

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  1. ^ab"Tim Temerario".The Pro Football Archives. Archived fromthe originalon June 10, 2015.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  2. ^abcdefghijk"Redskins exec in Hall".Beaver County Times.March 6, 1980. p. B–3.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  3. ^abc"Tim Temerario".Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived fromthe originalon May 31, 2014.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  4. ^"GT Coaching Records".Geneva College 2012 Football Media Guide:42. 2012. Archived fromthe originalon September 8, 2008.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  5. ^abcdefghi"Browns Appoint Lorainite Coach".Cleveland Plain Dealer.April 3, 1950. p. 24.
  6. ^"Indiana Yearly Results".College Football Data Warehouse. Archived fromthe originalon September 1, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  7. ^"Indiana Yearly Results".College Football Data Warehouse. Archived fromthe originalon September 1, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  8. ^"Indiana In the Polls".College Football Data Warehouse. Archived fromthe originalon September 1, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  9. ^ab"Wolfpack Boasts Pennsylvania Coaching Staff".Beaver Valley Times.November 13, 1952. p. 18.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  10. ^"1948 Detroit Lions Statistics & Players".Pro Football Reference. Archived fromthe originalon October 3, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  11. ^"1949 Detroit Lions Statistics & Players".Pro Football Reference. Archived fromthe originalon October 23, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  12. ^Piascik 2007,pp. 178–182.
  13. ^"1950 Cleveland Browns Statistics & Players".Pro Football Reference. Archived fromthe originalon October 19, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  14. ^Piascik 2007,pp. 232–234.
  15. ^"Timerario Quits Post With Browns".Cleveland Plain Dealer.March 2, 1952. p. 2–C.
  16. ^"Temerario Joins Wolfpack Staff".Cleveland Plain Dealer.May 4, 1952. p. 1–C.
  17. ^"Temerario Joins Penn Grid Staff".Cleveland Plain Dealer.Philadelphia. Associated Press. March 24, 1954. p. 34.
  18. ^"Penn Scout Lauds Work Of Moore Against TCU".Reading Eagle.Philadelphia. October 26, 1954. p. 24.RetrievedOctober 10,2013.
  19. ^Baumgartner, Paul (April 12, 1973). "Pros Gallagher, Temerario Join Lorain Sports Hall of Fame".Cleveland Plain Dealer.p. 4–F.
  20. ^abcdChick, Bob (September 17, 1975)."Redskins Back Away From Giant".St. Petersburg Independent.p. 2–C.RetrievedOctober 11,2013.
  21. ^"Washington Redskins Franchise Encyclopedia".Pro Football Reference. Archived fromthe originalon October 12, 2013.RetrievedOctober 11,2013.
  22. ^"Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins, January 14, 1973".Pro Football Reference. Archived fromthe originalon October 18, 2013.RetrievedOctober 11,2013.
  23. ^"Temerario, Tim".Lorain Sports Hall of Fame. Archived fromthe originalon April 5, 2015.RetrievedOctober 11,2013.
  24. ^"Burial Detail: Temarario, Carmel Arthur".ANC Explorer.Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).

Bibliography

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  • Piascik, Andy (2007).The Best Show in Football: The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns.Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing.ISBN978-1-58979-571-6.
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