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]

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