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Joe Micchia

Joe Micchia

American football player (born 1966)

Joseph Matthew Micchia Jr.[1] (born December 30, 1966) is an American physician and former gridiron football quarterback.

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Biography

Micchia was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and attended high school there,[2] playing three sports.[3] He initially attended Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, but transferred to Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, after his freshman year.[3]

Micchia played college football for the Westminster Titans for the 1987 through 1989 seasons, going 31–0 as a starting quarterback.[2] The Titans won consecutive NAIA Division II Football National Championships, in 1988 and 1989, during which the team had a 27-game winning streak.[2] He was the school's first quarterback to accumulate 4,000 passing yards.[4] Micchia wore uniform number 10 in honor of Fran Tarkenton, his favorite player when he was growing up.[3] Micchia briefly played professionally, appearing in the final regular-season game of the 1990 Pittsburgh Gladiators of the Arena Football League.[5]

Micchia received a Bachelor of Science degree from Westminster.[6] Following his football career, Micchia attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine,[2] where he was a member of Phi Sigma Gamma.[7] He graduated in 1994 and later went into private practice in Wake Forest, North Carolina.[2]

In 2013, Micchia was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[2] He is also an inductee of the Titan Sports Hall of Fame at Westminster College (1995),[8] and the Mercer County Hall of Fame (2016).[9]

References

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    "About Joseph Micchia". npiprofile.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
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    "Joe Micchia". footballfoundation.org. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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    "Wake Forest doctor to be inducted in College Football Hall of Fame". Winston-Salem Journal. July 9, 2013. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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    Rupart, Wade (July 14, 2013). "Doctor named to Hall of Fame". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. p. M7. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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    Fink, David (July 28, 1990). "Detroit drives plast Gladiators, 40–33". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13. Retrieved October 13, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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    Catalog. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 1990–1991. p. 114. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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    Synapsis. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 1994. pp. 54–55. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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    "Joe Micchia". westminster.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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    "Joe Micchia". Mercer County Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2023 – via webflow.io.
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