Hal Giancanelli


Harold Arthur Giancanelli is an American former professional football player who was a Halfback for four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football for the Loyola Lions.
Prior to his NFL career, Giancanelli served in the Navy during the Korean War. After his NFL career, and a brief stop in the Canadian Football League where he won the 1958 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Giancanelli returned to his alma mater and served as the head football coach at Lincoln High School. From there he became the head football coach at El Camino Real High School just prior to that school's opening in 1969.