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Milt Piepul
	Pielpul carrying the ball in 1939
No. 71
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	September 14, 1918; Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:	March 19, 1994 (aged 75); Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Enfield (CT)
College:	Notre Dame
NFL draft:	1941 / round: 11 / pick: 95
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1941);
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-American (1939);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	12
Starts:	2
Rushing Yards:	56 (2.8 average)
Touchdowns:	0

Milton John Piepul (September 14, 1918 – March 19, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. He was selected as a second-team fullback on the 1939 College Football All-America Team and a third-team player on the 1940 team.^[1]

He was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the 95th pick in the 1941 NFL draft and played for the Lions during the 1941 NFL season.^[2] He played just the one season for the Lions, appearing in 12 games while starting twice.^[3]

Piepul served as the head football coach at American International College from 1971 to 1975 and as the school's athletic director from 1971 to 1986. Previously he was an assistant football coach at Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the College of the Holy Cross.^[4]

References

^ "U.P. Team Lists Kinnick As Best". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. November 29, 1939.
^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "Milt Piepul," Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com
^ "New Grid Coach". Naugatuck Daily News. Naugatuck, Connecticut. February 6, 1971. p. 7. Retrieved May 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .