Nicholas Anthony Prisco (January 12, 1909 – June 13, 1981) was an American football tailback who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Edgewater, New Jersey and attended Leonia High School in Leonia, New Jersey before playing college football at Rutgers University.[1] His surname has also been spelled as "Priscoe".[2]
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Born: | Edgewater, New Jersey, U.S. | January 12, 1909
Died: | June 13, 1981 Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S. | (aged 72)
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) |
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High school: | Leonia (NJ) |
College: | Rutgers |
Position: | Tailback |
Career history | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Prisco played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. He won the George T. Cronin Trophy his senior year in 1932.[3]
Prisco played in two games for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1933.[1]
Prisco became head football coach of the Woodbridge High School Barrons of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey in 1935.[4] He won the state championship in 1938, 1939 and 1960. He was also a physical education teacher and baseball coach at Woodbridge.[4] The school's football field was later renamed "Nicholas Priscoe Field".[5]