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  • Mel Maceau
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  • Melvin "Mel" Anthony Maceau (December 25, 1921 – February 16, 1981) was an American football center in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1948. Maceau grew up in Wisconsin and played football at the collegiate level at Marquette University. He served for two years in World War II between 1943 and 1944 before returning to Marquette at the end of the 1945 season. Maceau then signed with the Browns, where he played as a backup center for three years. Paul Brown, Cleveland's head coach, waived him before the 1949 season, and he retired from professional football. The Browns won the AAFC championship in each of the years Maceau played for the team.
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  • 1944
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  • 6
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  • 37
Birth Date
  • 1921-12-25
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  • 1948
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Name
  • Maceau, Mel
NFL
  • MAC185784
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  • MaceMe20
Caption
  • Maceau in 1946
pastteams
  • * Cleveland Browns
draftround
  • 141
Weight
  • 203
Date of Death
  • 1981-02-16
debutteam
  • Cleveland Browns
Birth Place
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death date
  • 1981-02-16
Highlights
  • * 3× AAFC Champion
Place of Birth
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Place of death
  • Bowling Green, Ohio
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  • 24
Alt
  • A headshot of Mel Maceau from a 1946 Cleveland Browns game program
debutyear
  • 1946
draftpick
  • 14
Date of Birth
  • 1921-12-25
Short Description
  • American football player
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  • Cleveland Browns
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  • 0
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  • Games played
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  • 1948
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  • Melvin "Mel" Anthony Maceau (December 25, 1921 – February 16, 1981) was an American football center in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1948. Maceau grew up in Wisconsin and played football at the collegiate level at Marquette University. He served for two years in World War II between 1943 and 1944 before returning to Marquette at the end of the 1945 season. Maceau then signed with the Browns, where he played as a backup center for three years. Paul Brown, Cleveland's head coach, waived him before the 1949 season, and he retired from professional football. The Browns won the AAFC championship in each of the years Maceau played for the team.