Tony Sardisco

American football player (1932–2006)

Anthony Guy Sardisco (December 5, 1932 – May 28, 2006) was an American football guard/linebacker.

Sardisco played guard and linebacker for the Green Wave teams of 1952–55. He served as team captain his senior season, leading Tulane to a 5–4–1 mark that year, including an upset win over eighth ranked Alabama and a 13–13 season ending tie with LSU. Sardisco was a two time All Southeastern Conference choice at guard during his years at Tulane and was named a first team All American by the Football Writer's Association of America in 1955. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1956 NFL draft as an offensive guard for the San Francisco 49ers, where his first contract was for $7,500 with a $250 bonus. After 10 games, he was traded to the Washington Redskins, where he finished the season. His positions were linebacker and guard, and he wore number 64. His professional football career was then interrupted when he served in the U. S. Air Force. He continued to play football, making All Air Force in 1957 and All Service in 1957 and 1958. Sardisco was an assistant coach at Temple under George Makris in 1969. In 1970, Sardisco became the head football coach at Jesuit High School (now Loyola College Prep) in Shreveport, Louisiana. He subsequently became their athletics director and a psychology teacher in 1973, and remained as the athletics director at Jesuit High School for twelve more years.

He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982 and to the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He also was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He died at age 73 from a myocardial infarction at his home in Shreveport.