For John Mastrangelo, the musician, see Johnny Maestro

John Battista Mastrangelo (born 1926) 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 in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. He made his NFL debut in 1947

1947 NFL season

The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season by one game from eleven games per team to twelve, a number that remained constant until the 1961 season....

 with the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

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. He played in the NFL for 3 years, playing for the Steelers, New York Yankees

New York Yankees (NFL)

The New York Yankees were a short-lived professional American football team from 1926 to 1928. The team was a member of the first American Football League in 1926, and later the National Football League from 1927-1928. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium...

 and New York Giants

New York Giants

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 over the course of his career.

Prior to joining the NFL, Mastrangelo played college football

College football

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 at Notre Dame University where he received All-American honors. He also played in the College All-Star Game

College All-Star Game

The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a preseason American football game played annually from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year...

in 1947.