Joseph Albert Scibelli (April 19, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

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 – December 12, 1991 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former American football

American football

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 tackle and guard who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 with the Los Angeles Rams.

He helped the Rams win the 1967 and 1969 NFC Coastal Division and the 1973-75 NFC West.

During his tenure with the Rams they led the NFL in scoring in 1967 and 1973, total yards gained in 1973 and the NFC in yards rushing in 1973.

He died in 1991 of cancer at the New England Baptist Hospital

New England Baptist Hospital

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