Joseph Martin Silipo was a Canadian

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 and American football

American football

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 player in three professional football leagues.

An offensive lineman and a graduate of Tulane University

Tulane University

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, Silipo played two games with the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 in 1981. He then moved to the USFL

United States Football League

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, where he played with the Denver Gold

Denver Gold

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 in 1983 and the San Antonio Gunslingers

San Antonio Gunslingers

The San Antonio Gunslingers were a professional American football team based in San Antonio, Texas that played in the USFL in 1984 and 1985. Rick Neuheisel was the team's quarterback and only recognizable name. The team played in Alamo Stadium...

 in 1984 and 1985. In 1987 he was a NFL

National Football League

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 strike replacement player with the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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, playing 1 game.

His son, Joe Silipo Jr., is a defensive lineman with the University of Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes

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 Buffaloes.