Ben Scotti
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Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||
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Born: | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | June 9, 1937||||||||
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College: | Maryland | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1959 | ||||||||
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Benjamin Joseph Scotti (born June 9, 1937) is a former producer and former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). A graduate of the University of Maryland (1959), Scotti played for the Washington Redskins (1959–1961), the Philadelphia Eagles (1962–1963), and the San Francisco 49ers (1964). In late November 1963, Scotti received brief national attention when he precipitated a fight with teammate John Mellekas that sent Mellekas to the hospital.[citation needed] He is the brother of media mogul Tony Scotti, with whom he co-produced a few television programs, most notably the lifeguard drama Baywatch, and also co-founded the Scotti Bros. record label which released music by artists such as Leif Garrett, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic until the label was dissolved in the mid-1990s. He went on to form Banders.
External links
[edit]- Ben Scotti at IMDb
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Newark, New Jersey
- American football defensive backs
- Maryland Terrapins football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs