John Stephen Spagnola is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, and the Green Bay Packers. Spagnola played tight end at Bethlehem Catholic High School in Pennsylvania and went to Yale University . As a Boy Scout, he was awarded Scouting's highest honor, the Eagle Scout rank and was recently inducted into the Eagle Scout Hall of Fame. He left Yale University as the all-time leading receiver in receptions and yards . He was an honorable mention All-American tight end at Yale in '79. He was a high school... classmate of running back Mike Guman, who later starred at Penn State, and played professionally for the Los Angeles Rams. Spagnola was drafted in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He played in eleven NFL seasons from 1979 to 1987 for the Philadelphia Eagles, 1988 for the Seattle Seahawks, and in 1989 for the Green Bay Packers. Spagnola was voted the Eagles' MVP in 1984.
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