Mike Siani is a former professional American football

American football

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 player who played wide receiver

Wide receiver

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 for nine seasons for the Oakland Raiders

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 and Baltimore Colts

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. He was a first round draft pick of the Raiders in 1972 from Villanova

Villanova University

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. Before that, Siani was a high school football star with the New Dorp High School "Centrals", in New Dorp, Staten Island, New York, graduating in 1968. He is currently the head coach of the Richmond Raiders in the Arena Football League

Arena Football League

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