Gerald P. Marciniak is a retired Canadian Football League

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 player.

Marciniak was raised in Chicago

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 and played football for Mount Carmel High School

Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)

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. He was the co-captain of Mount Carmel's 1954 football team that won the Chicago Catholic League championship and then lost in the city championship game.

After graduating from high school, Marciniak attended the University of Michigan

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 starting in 1955. He played college football

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 at the tackle

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 for the 1957

1957 Michigan Wolverines football team

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 and 1958 Michigan Wolverines football team

1958 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 1958 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1958 college football season. The team's head coach was Bennie Oosterbaan...

s.

He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

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 during the 1959 season.

After retiring from football, Marciniak worked as a sales representative for Bliss & Laughlin in Harvey, Illinois

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. He was also a member of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley

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's commission on human relations in the 1960s.

In 1991, Marciniak was named to the all-time football team from Mt. Carmel High School.