Brian Piccolo, 1967
Photo: Chicago Bears, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Wake Forest, 1961–⁠64

Brian Piccolo

Born
Oct 31, 1943, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Died
Jun 16, 1970, in New York City, New York

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Brian Piccolo played running back at Wake Forest (1961–⁠64). He finished 10th in the 1964 Heisman vote.

At a glance

Best season
1964
ACC Player of the Year, First-team All-ACC and 3 more
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in points, 1964

Honors

All-America: AP second team 1964; NEA second team 1964; UPI second team 1964; AFCA third team 1964; Central Press third team 1964; The Football News 1964

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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