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  1. Alex "Allie" Sherman was an American football player and coach who played 51 games in six seasons in the National Football League as a quarterback and defensive back, and afterward served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and of the New York Giants of the NFL. He later worked as a cable television and sports marketing executive and media personality.
    BornFebruary 10, 1923 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 3, 2015 (aged 91) · New York, New York, U.S.
    Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
    Weight175 lb (79 kg)
    Early life

    Sherman was Jewish, and his parents migrated to New York in 1920. Sherman was born in Brownsville in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, then lived in New Lots, East New York, and Crown Heights. He attended P.… See more

    Brooklyn College

    Sherman entered Brooklyn College, and tried out for football again, but this time coach Lou Oshins took him on as a quarterback, recalling, "His dedication to football was absolute, astonishing." When Sherman's … See more

    NFL playing career

    After he graduated in 1943 (a psychology major), the Philadelphia Eagles' future Hall of Fame coach, Earl "Greasy" Neale, took Sherman on as a "prospect" and to help the Eagles and their All-Pro quarterback Roy Zimmerman convert … See more

    Coaching career

    Sherman spent the 1948 season as a rookie head coach and quarterback for the Paterson Panthers, a minor league New Jersey team, and won the championship. In 1949, upon Neale's recommendation, he became ba… See more

     
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