Lou Palatella

Louis M. Palatella (born July 28, 1933) is a former American football player who played for San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).

Lou Palatella
No. 68
Position:Guard
Personal information
Born: (1933-07-28) July 28, 1933
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:Vandergrift (PA)
College:Pittsburgh
NFL Draft:1955 / Round: 12 / Pick: 141
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Football career

Palatella played football for Vandegrift High School and college football at the University of Pittsburgh,[1][2] and then played as a guard and a linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers[3] for four seasons.[1][4]

Later career

After retiring from football, Palatella became a liquor distributor in Southern California. He owns a tequila company[4] and a bourbon distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, which his wife Marci and he opened in 2018.[5][6]

Personal Life

Lou Palatella is married to Marci Palatella who was charged in connection to 2019 college admissions bribery scandal and is facing mail fraud charges for allegedly paying $575,000 to a nonprofit that allegedly assisted in her son’s SAT test and conspiring to bribe a University of Southern California athletic director to designate her son as a football recruit.[7][8]

References
  1. "Lou Palatella NFL & AFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  2. https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/feds-bust-wife-of-former-vandergrift-high-nfl-player-in-college-admissions-scandal/
  3. Phil Barber (March 12, 2019). "Healdsburg woman swept up in college admissions scandal". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California.
  4. David Driscoll (June 16, 2013). "A Tequila Adventure". K&L Spirits Journal.
  5. Jim Brooks (February 13, 2016). "NFL legend and his wife are bringing Bardstown its first craft distillery". Nelson County Gazette.
  6. Billy Kobin (March 13, 2019). "'He can never know': Kentucky bourbon distillery owner charged in college cheating scam". Louisville Courier Journal.
  7. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/22/college-admissions-scandal-bay-area-parents-additional-grand-jury-charges/
  8. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/03/15/lou-palatella-wife-charged-college-admissions-scandal/


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