George Brancato is a former football player and coach.

Both an offensive

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 and defensive

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 player in college, he played 5 games for the Chicago Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 during the 1954 NFL season

1954 NFL season

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. He rushed the ball twice for 26 yards and caught three passes for 28 yards. In 1955

1955 NFL season

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 he played in the Cardinals' defensive back

Defensive back

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field. He joined the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 as halfback for the 1956 season

1956 in Canadian football

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. He played defensive back for the Ottawa Rough Riders

Ottawa Rough Riders

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...

 for seven seasons, occasionally playing on offense.

After his retirement, he taught at Montreal

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's Loyola High School

Loyola High School (Montreal)

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 before returning to Ottawa

Ottawa

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 as an assistant coach. In 1974

1974 CFL season

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 he was promoted to head coach after Coach of the Year Jack Gotta

Jack Gotta

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 left to become head coach and general manager

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 of the World Football League

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's Birmingham Americans

Birmingham Americans

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. In 1975

1975 CFL season

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 he won the Annis Stukus Trophy

Annis Stukus Trophy

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 as CFL's Coach of the Year after a first place 10-5-1 finish. The following season he defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

 23-20 in the 64th Grey Cup

64th Grey Cup

The 64th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1976, before 53,467 fans at the Exhibition Stadium at Toronto. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders by the score 23 to 20 in what is considered one of the most thrilling Grey Cup games and with perhaps the most exciting plays in...

. After a 4-12 1984 season

1984 CFL season

The 1984 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 31st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 27th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1984:...

 he was relieved of his coaching duties and appointed director of player personnel.

In 1989 he was hired to coach the Chicago Bruisers

Chicago Bruisers

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 of the Arena Football League

Arena Football League

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. After the team folded he served as an assistant under Ernie Stautner

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 with the expansion Dallas Texans

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.

He returned to Ottawa in 1993

1993 CFL season

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 as Ron Smeltzer's special teams and secondary

Defensive back

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 coach. The following season he served as the offensive coordinator

Offensive coordinator

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 of the Shreveport Pirates

Shreveport Pirates

The Shreveport Pirates were a Canadian Football League team, playing at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, in 1994 and 1995....

. His next coaching job was as Defensive coordinator

Defensive coordinator

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 of the Anaheim Piranhas

Anaheim Piranhas

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. In 1999 he returned to the AFL with the Florida Bobcats

Florida Bobcats

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 as the team's defensive coordinator. It was his final coaching job as he retired at the end of the season.