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Conti HOF

Louis J. Conti

  • Class
    1941
  • Induction
    1983
  • Sport(s)
    Football

He was an outstanding guard on Cornell’s great football teams of 1939 and 1940, with the ’39 squad going 8-0. In 1940, he received Associated Press All-America honorable mention honors and played in the ’41 East-West Shrine game. From 1949-55 he was an assistant football coach for the Big Red with the exception of 1951 when he was recalled to active duty in Korea. From 1941-48 he was a Marine pilot, taking part in some of the Pacific campaigns and coaching service teams in 1944 and 1948. He was chairman of Cornell’s Athletic Advisory Committee.

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