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  • Alan Ameche
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  • Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (June 1, 1933 – August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Iron Horse", or simply "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League after winning the Heisman Trophy in college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
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draftyear
  • 1955
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Number
  • 35
statvalue
  • 4
  • 4.200000
  • 7.300000
  • 40
  • 733
  • 4045
Birth Date
  • 1933-06-01
death place
Name
  • Alan Ameche
  • Ameche, Alan
NFL
  • AME207645
draftround
  • 1
Date of Death
  • 1988-08-08
debutteam
  • Baltimore Colts
Birth Place
College
highschool
death date
  • 1988-08-08
Highlights
  • 1950.0
Place of Birth
Place of death
debutyear
  • 1955
CollegeHOF
  • 50081
ID
  • 50081
  • a-ameche54
Position
draftpick
  • 3
Teams
  • * Baltimore Colts
Date of Birth
  • 1933-03-01
Short Description
  • American football player
finalteam
  • Baltimore Colts
statlabel
  • Receiving yards
  • Rushing TDs
  • Rushing average
  • Rushing yards
  • Receiving TDs
  • Receiving average
finalyear
  • 1960
abstract
  • Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (June 1, 1933 – August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Iron Horse", or simply "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League after winning the Heisman Trophy in college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played." With colleague (and former Colts teammate) Gino Marchetti, Alan Ameche founded the Gino's Hamburgers chain. He also founded the Baltimore-based Ameche's Drive-in restaurants. Ameche died in Houston, Texas.