Ralph Guglielmi

Ralph Vincent Guglielmi (June 26, 1933 – January 23, 2017), sometimes known by the nickname "the Goog", At the end of the 1954 season, he won the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy as the best collegiate back, was a consensus first-team pick as the quarterback on the 1954 All-America college football team and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting. He played for the Redskins in 1955, then entered the United States Air Force. He was a member of the Bolling Air Force Base team that included Bernie Faloney, Doyle Nix, and Billy Reynolds and won the Shrimp Bowl in 1956 and 1957. He returned to the Redskins in 1958. In 1960, he fourth in the NFL with a 56.1% pass completion percentage, sixth with 1,474 yards of total offense, and seventh with 1,547 passing yards. He also ranked fourth in the NFL with 19 interceptions.

On September 12, 1961, the Redskins traded Guglielmi to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for George Izo. Guglielmi appeared in nine games for the Cardinals, completing 56 of 116 passes for 927 yards. Guglielmi was a backup to Y. A. Tittle in 1962, completing 14 of 31 passes for 210 yards. Guglielmi quit the NFL rather than report to the 49ers. He was then signed by the Philadelphia Eagles on October 24, 1961. He appeared in six games in 1963 (four for the Giants, two for the Eagles), completing seven of 24 passes for 118 yards, zero touchdowns, and three interceptions.

Guglielmi was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

Guglielmi moved to Wallace, North Carolina, in 2003. He died in January 2017 at age 83 due to complications from a stroke in Wallace, North Carolina.