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Joe Paterno
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joseph Vincent Paterno, Joseph Paterno, JoePa
American college football coach (1926-2012)
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Vinony's link graph records 1,001 inbound references to Joe Paterno, and connects out to Gerald Ford, Brooklyn and National Collegiate Athletic Association.
It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 2012 deaths and 21st-century American writers.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Nittany Lion
- Patereno
- We Are Penn State!
- Paterno
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 48
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Sports profile
- Sport
- American Football
- Position
- Quarterback
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- State College
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- Brown University
- Employer
- Pennsylvania State University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- cornerback
- Country for sport
- United States
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Joe Paterno - Penn State - Outback Bowl pep rally 123110 cropped.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-12-21
- date of death
- 2012-01-22
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- Commons category
- Joe Paterno
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (7)
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Connections
Gerald Ford
Entity
Brooklyn
Concept
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Entity
Big Ten Conference
Entity
NCAA Division I
Entity
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year
Entity
college football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
Entity
Curt Cignetti
Person
Mario Cristobal
Person
James Franklin (American football coach)
Person
Matt Campbell (American football coach)
Person
Brian Kelly (American football coach)
Person
Kalen DeBoer
Person
New York City
City
Ronald Reagan
Person
World War II
Concept
George W. Bush
Person
John F. Kennedy
Person
George H. W. Bush
Person
Richard Nixon
Person
Categories
1926 births2012 deaths21st-century American writersAmerican children's writersAmerican football cornerbacksAmerican football quarterbacksAmerican male writersAmerican men's basketball playersAmerican people of Italian descentBrooklyn Preparatory School alumniBrown Bears football playersBrown Bears men's basketball playersCatholics from New JerseyCatholics from New York (state)Catholics from PennsylvaniaCoaches of American football from New York (state)College Football Hall of Fame inducteesDeaths from lung cancer in PennsylvaniaJoe PaternoMilitary personnel from New York CityPenn State Nittany Lions athletic directorsPenn State Nittany Lions football coachesPennsylvania RepublicansPeople appearing on C-SPAN