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{{Short description|American football player (1919–1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image       =
| position    = [[Guard (American football)|Guard]]
| number      = 27
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1919|6|14}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1992|01|08|1919|06|14}}
| death_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Waltham High School|Waltham (MA)]]
| draftyear   = 1942
| draftround  = 5
| draftpick   = 36
| college     = [[Holy Cross Crusaders football|Holy Cross]]
| teams       =
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1942}}–{{NFL Year|1944}})
* [[Boston Yanks]] ({{NFL Year|1946}}–{{NFL Year|1947}})
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 42
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 21
| statlabel3  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue3  = 1
| highlights  =
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1942 NFL Championship Game|1942]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] (1942)
| pfr         = ZenoJo20
}}
'''Joseph H. Zeno''' (June 14, 1919 – January 8, 1992) was an [[American football]] [[Guard (American football)|guard]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Washington Redskins]] and the [[Boston Yanks]].
==Early life==
Zeno was born in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and played [[high school football]] at  [[Waltham High School]] in [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Massachusetts]].  He then went on to play [[college football]] at the [[College of the Holy Cross]].
==Professional career==
Zeno was [[NFL Draft|drafted]] in the fifth round of the [[1942 NFL draft]] by the [[Washington Redskins]], where he played until [[1944 NFL season|1944]].  During his tenure with the Redskins, he was named to the [[Pro Bowl]] in 1942 and won the [[1942 NFL Championship Game]].  Zeno then took time off to serve in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=obit>{{Cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-17-sp-145-story.html|title=Former Area High School Coach, Redskin Player Joe Zeno Dies at 72|date=January 17, 1992|access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref>  He then played for two more seasons with the [[Boston Yanks]].
==Coaching career==
After retiring from the NFL, Zeno moved to [[California]] and became an assistant football coach at [[Arcadia High School (California)|Arcadia High School]] for one season.<ref name=obit />  He then was [[head coach]] of the [[Santa Paula High School]] football team for 15 years, retiring in 1974.<ref>{{cite web | work=Santa Paula Times | url=http://www.santapaulatimes.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/7208/Cardinals_coached_by_Joe_Zeno_for_15_great_years_in_the_60s_and_70s.html | title=Cardinals coached by Joe Zeno for 15 great years in the 60s and 70s | accessdate=2008-02-11}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Many members of Zeno's family were also football players.  His sons, Larry and Joe, and his twin grandsons, [[Lance Zeno|Lance]] and Eric, are former [[UCLA Bruins]] football players.<ref name=obit />  Lance Zeno would eventually play in the NFL with the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Green Bay Packers]].  Zeno died from complications of [[Parkinson's disease]] on January 8, 1992, at a hospital in [[Glendale, California]].<ref name=obit />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=Joe-Zeno|ESPN= |cfl= |cbs= |si= |yahoo= |pfr=ZenoJo20 }}
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{{1942 Washington Redskins}}
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[[Category:1919 births]]
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[[Category:American football offensive guards]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Boston Yanks players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Washington Redskins players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Waltham High School alumni]]
[[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in California]]