Dom Principe

Dominic Alfred Principe (February 9, 1917 – April 9, 2010) was an American football player. He played college football for Fordham and professional football for the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Dom Principe

Dom Principe, 1939
Personal information
Born:	February 9, 1917 Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:	April 9, 2010 (age 93)
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Brockton (MA)
College:	Fordham
Position:	Fullback, Linebacker
NFL draft:	1940 / round: 9 / pick: 80
Career history
New York Giants (1940–1942) Brooklyn Dodgers (1946)
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-American (1939) First-team All-Eastern (1939)

Early years

Principe was born in 1917 in Brockton, Massachusetts, and attended Brockton High School.^[1]

Fordham

He played college football for the Fordham Rams football team from 1936 to 1939.^[1][2] He was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team back on the 1939 All-Eastern football team.^[3] He was also selected by the AP, United Press and Newspaper Enterprise Association as a third-team fullback on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.^[4][5][6]

Professional football and military service

Principe was drafted by the New York Giants with the 80th pick in the 1940 NFL draft and played for the Giants during the 1940, 1941, and 1942 NFL seasons.^[7] His football career was then interrupted by service in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) during the 1946 season.^[8] He appeared in a total of 34 NFL and AAFC games, nine of them as a starter. He tallied 152 rushing yards, 112 receiving yards, scored two touchdowns, and intercepted one pass.^[1]

Later years

After football, Principe worked as a Special Agent with the FBI, retiring in 1974, in New York City.

Principe died in 2010 in Jupiter, Florida.^[1]

References

1. "Dom Principe". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
2. "Dom Principe, Fordham Star, May Win Madow Trophy Tomorrow". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 1, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Cornell Places Trio On AP's All-Eastern". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1939. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "The 1939 A.P. All America". San Antonio Express. December 9, 1939.
5. "U.P. Team Lists Kinnick As Best". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. November 29, 1939.
6. Harry Grayson (November 28, 1939). "NEA Picks All America Eleven: Nile Kinnick Named Back of Season". Ironwood Daily Globe.
7. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
8. "Dom Principe". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2015.