Phil Perlo

Phillip Donald Perlo (1935-1993) was an American football linebacker who played one season (1960) with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Maryland and attended Theodore Roosevelt High School (Washington, D.C.)[1]

Phil Perlo
No. 56
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1935-12-06)December 6, 1935
Washington, D.C.
Died:December 11, 1993(1993-12-11) (aged 58)
Houston, Texas
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Theodore Roosevelt High School (Washington, D.C.)
College:University of Maryland, College Park Team name-Maryland Terrapins
Career history
  • Houston Oilers (1960)
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Biography

Phil Perlo was born December 6, 1935 in Washington, D.C., son of Abraham Perlo and Eva Orleans Perlo. Married Sue Gwen Ginsberg Perlo.

Early life

Phil Perlo is recognized as one of the best football players to emerge from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In his senior year at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Washington, D.C.). Perlo, as quarterback and linebacker, led his team to the City Championship . The only Jewish player recruited by coach Jim Tatum of the University of Maryland, where he was the starting linebacker and fullback on the 1956 Maryland championship team that went to the Orange Bowl.[2]

Career

In 1960, the Houston Oilers recruited Perlo (no.56) as their starting linebacker. After major injury in his first season, Perlo’s sports career was ended. Phil Perlo was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

Death

Died in December 11, 1993 in Houston, Texas. Buried in Washington, DC.[3]

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References
  1. "PHIL PERLO". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. https://www.benderjccgw.org/hof/phil-perlo/
  3. https://www.geni.com/people/Philip-Perlo/6000000011631589509
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