Anthony Robert Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1952, although he missed most of the 1944 season and the entire 1945 season while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Tony Canadeo from little-known Gonzaga University was an unsung ninth-round choice of the Green Bay Packers in 1941 but it wasn't long before he earned the reputation of being a budding superstar who could – and would – do anything on a football field.

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Jan 2, 2025 · Young Tony Canadeo was an unlikely star on the Steinmetz High School football team on the north side of Chicago. Although just 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds, he was fast...

Tony Canadeo, nicknamed “The Grey Ghost of Gonzaga,” exemplified the true spirit of perseverance in professional football. Selected by the Green Bay Packers in the ninth round of the 1941 NFL draft, Canadeo defied expectations placed on him as a supposedly “slow” halfback to become one of the most versatile and accomplished players in ...

May 13, 2015 · A native of Green Bay, Ruth was 22 years old when she met Tony, a star halfback for the Packers from 1941-44 and again from 1946-52. Tony would have his No. 3 retired following his career and...

Nicknamed the "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga," Canadeo was a scrappy, punishing runner and the third in NFL history to surpass 1,000 yards rushing in a season. Canadeo cracked the barrier in 1949 on a...

Mar 7, 2018 · Anthony Robert “Tony” Canadeo was born almost a century ago, but is still remembered, or at least recognized, by Packers fans everywhere. What Canadeo was best known for were his years as a member...

Canadeo, Anthony Robert (“Tony”)(b. 5 May 1919 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 29 November 2003 in Green Bay, Wisconsin), halfback for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs and the Green Bay Packers who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

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