Anthony Edward Golembeski (May 25, 1900 – March 9, 1976) was a professional football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player and coach in the National Football League

National Football League

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 for the Providence Steam Roller

Providence Steam Roller

The Providence Steam Roller was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. Providence was the first New England team to win an NFL championship...

. He also played at the college level

College football

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 and became an All-East football star while attending Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

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. In 1926–27 he coached the Providence College

Providence College

Providence College is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic...

basketball program to its first officially recognized NCAA win in the school history.He served as the head football coach at Providence from 1925 to 1933 compiled a record of 27–34–12.