Tim Temerario was an assistant football coach
in both the college and professional ranks from 1934 to 1965 and was
director of player personnel and executive assistant to the general
manager of the Washington Redskins from 1965 to 1978. After his
retirement in 1978, he continued to reside in the Washington
DC area. Tim was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1906 and came to
Beaver County in 1925. For two years he was varsity football center
at New Brighton High School, graduating in 1927. He then played four
years of football at Geneva College under coaches
Bo McMillan and
Howard Harpster. After seeing action at quarterback, end, guard,
center, and linebacker, the versatile Temerario was named MVP on the
undefeated 1931 Geneva team. He later served as line coach at
Indiana University, Denison College, North Carolina State, and Penn
State. In the pros, Tim was line coach for the Detroit Lions
(1948-1950), Cleveland Browns (1950-1951), and an assistant coach
for the Washington Redskins (1960-1965). Indiana was Big Ten
champion in 1945 and the Browns were NFL champs in 1950 while Tim was on their staffs. He was a Navy lieutenant commander in
World War II, serving as a beachmaster at Omaha Beach on D-Day in
Normandy and also during the invasion of the Philippines.
Tim Temerario was an assistant football coach
in both the college and professional ranks from 1934 to 1965 and was
director of player personnel and executive assistant to the general
manager of the Washington Redskins from 1965 to 1978. After his
retirement in 1978, he continued to reside in the Washington
DC area. Tim was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1906 and came to
Beaver County in 1925. For two years he was varsity football center
at New Brighton High School, graduating in 1927. He then played four
years of football at Geneva College under coaches