The Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy was an individual honor awarded by the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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 football team

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 to its most outstanding lineman of the past season. The trophy was awarded from 1947 to 1969. From 1970 to 1995, it was replaced by the Bob Beall Trophy and Tommy Marcos Trophy.

The award was named in honor of 2LT

Second Lieutenant

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 Anthony C. Nardo, a United States Army

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 officer killed in action

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 in Belgium

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 during the Second World War. Nardo was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the University of Maryland where he played football in 1942, before being commissioned into the Army. Nardo was serving in H Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

101st Airborne Division

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 when he was killed on January 4, 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart. His remains are interred at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

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 in Luxembourg

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Recipients

Year	Player	Position
1947	Pat McCarty	G
1948	Gene Kinney	T
1949	Award not bestowed
1950	Bob Ward	G
1951	Bob Ward	G
1952	William Maletzky	G
1953	Stan Jones Stan Jones (American football) Stanley Paul "Stan" Jones was an American football guard and defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991...	T
1954	Bob Pellegrini Bob Pellegrini Robert Francis Pellegrini was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Maryland, where he was an All-American as a center. Pellegrini was drafted in the first round of the 1956 NFL Draft...	G
1955	Mike Sandusky Mike Sandusky Mike Sandusky was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1957 NFL Draft. Sandusky attended the University of Maryland.-External links:*...	T
1956	Al Wharton	T
1957	Don Healy Don Healy Michael Donald Healy is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills in 1962...	T
1958	Fred Cole	T
1959	Tom Gunderman	G
1960	Gary Collins	E
1961	Bill Kirchiro Bill Kirchiro William "Bill" John Kirchiro is a former American football player. Kirchiro was selected in the seventh round of the 1962 NFL Draft and played in the National Football League for one season....	T
1962	Dave Crossan Dave Crossan David Harry Crossan is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the third round of the 1963 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Crossan was also selected in the...	T
1963	Olaf Drozdov	T
1964	Dick Absher Dick Absher Richard Alfred Absher, Jr. is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Philadelphia Eagles...	E
1965	Dick Absher	E
1966	Jam Lavrusky	LB
1968	Ron Pearson	E
1969	Peter Mattia	DT