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class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1920-12-11</span>)</span>December 11, 1920<br /><a href="/wiki/Sealy,_Texas" title="Sealy, Texas">Sealy, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 18, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-05-18)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Playing career</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1941–1942</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Texas A&M</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1946</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Texas A&M</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">Fullback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1947</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/McAllen_High_School" title="McAllen High School">McAllen HS (TX)</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1948</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_Texans_football" title="Tarleton State Texans football">John Tarleton</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1949–1950</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Tarleton State</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1951</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro_High_School_(Texas)" title="Hillsboro High School (Texas)">Hillsboro HS (TX)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1952</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/UT_Arlington_Mavericks_football" title="UT Arlington Mavericks football">Arlington State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1953–1960</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M football">Texas A&M</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1961–1962</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders football">Texas Tech</a> (OL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1963</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_football" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys football">Oklahoma State</a> (OL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1964–1975</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a> (OL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1976–1977</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (DL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1978–1980</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> (DL)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1981–1985</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> (DL)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Basketball</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1950–1951</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_Texans_men%27s_basketball" title="Tarleton State Texans men's basketball">Tarleton State</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overall</th><td class="infobox-data">19–10–1 (junior college football)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;">Football<br />1 <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Conference_(junior_college)" title="Pioneer Conference (junior college)">Pioneer Conference</a> (1952)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;">Second-team All-<a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_All-Southwest_Conference_football_team" title="1946 All-Southwest Conference football team">1946</a>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Willie Frank Zapalac</b> (December 11, 1920 – May 18, 2010) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player and coach. He served as the head football Tarleton State College—now known as <a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_University" title="Tarleton State University">Tarleton State University</a>—from 1949 to 1950 and Arlington State College—now known as the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Arlington" title="University of Texas at Arlington">University of Texas at Arlington</a>—in 1952, when both schools were <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior colleges</a>. Zapalac played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">Fullback</a> at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas—now known as <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a>. He was an assistant coach at Texas A&M from 1953 to 1960, Texas Technological College—now known as <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a>— from 1961 to 1962, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University%E2%80%93Stillwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma State University–Stillwater">Oklahoma State University–Stillwater</a> in 1963, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a> from 1964 to 1975. He then coached in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a> from 1976 to 1977, the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> from 1978 to 1980, and the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> from 1981 to 1985. </p><p>While at the University of Texas, Zapalac coached under <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Royal" title="Darrell Royal">Darrell Royal</a> for 12 seasons. During that time, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas Longhorns</a> won seven <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a> (SWC) championships and two <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championships</a>. Zapalac was known for producing many <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive lines</a> for Texas's <a href="/wiki/Wishbone_formation" title="Wishbone formation">wishbone</a> offense. For a period of five years, at least one offensive lineman was named to All-American teams and two of those five have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_playing_career">Early life and playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Zapalac&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zapalac was born on December 11, 1920, in <a href="/wiki/Sealy,_Texas" title="Sealy, Texas">Sealy, Texas</a>, to V. R. Zapalac and Mary Louise Sodolak.<sup id="cite_ref-legacyobit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legacyobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He starred in football at <a href="/wiki/Bellville_High_School" title="Bellville High School">Bellville High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bellville,_Texas" title="Bellville, Texas">Bellville, Texas</a>. Zapalac lettered in football Texas A&M in 1941 and 1942 before joining the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> as a bombardier during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. He served in the Philippines and Japan, reaching the rank of first lieutenant.<sup id="cite_ref-completesstaff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-completesstaff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zapalac returned to Texas A&M, letter again in 1946 when he was named to the <a href="/wiki/1946_All-Southwest_Conference_football_team" title="1946 All-Southwest Conference football team">All-Southwest Conference</a> second team by the <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">United Press</a> (UP).<sup id="cite_ref-UP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating from Texas A&M in 1947, Zapalac was signed to play for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> of the NFL, but a recurrent knee injury ended his playing career.<sup id="cite_ref-completesstaff_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-completesstaff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Zapalac&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zapalac began his coaching career in 1947, when he was hired as an assistant football coach at <a href="/wiki/McAllen_High_School" title="McAllen High School">McAllen High School</a>, in <a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen, Texas</a>, under head coach <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Moser" title="Chuck Moser">Chuck Moser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-completesstaff_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-completesstaff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Zapalac&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zapalac had two sons, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Zapalac" title="Bill Zapalac">Bill</a> and Jeff, who played football at the University of Texas. Bill played professionally three seasons in the NFL for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Zapalac&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_college_football">Junior college football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Zapalac&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Junior college football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_Texans_football" title="Tarleton State Texans football">Tarleton State Plowboys</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Junior_College_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwestern Junior College Conference">Southwestern Junior College Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1949)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_junior_college_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 junior college football season (page does not exist)">1949</a> </td> <td>Tarleton State </td> <td>4–6</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>6th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_Texans_football" title="Tarleton State Texans football">Tarleton State Plowboys</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Conference_(junior_college)" title="Pioneer Conference (junior college)">Pioneer Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1950)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_junior_college_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 junior college football season (page does not exist)">1950</a> </td> <td>Tarleton State </td> <td>7–3</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2nd</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Tarleton State:</b> </td> <td>11–9</td> <td>7–7</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/UT_Arlington_Rebels_football" class="mw-redirect" title="UT Arlington Rebels football">Arlington State Rebels</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Conference_(junior_college)" title="Pioneer Conference (junior college)">Pioneer Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1952)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_junior_college_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 junior college football season (page does not exist)">1952</a> </td> <td>Arlington State </td> <td>8–1–1</td> <td>3–0–1</td> <td>1st</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Arlington State:</b> </td> <td>8–1–1</td> <td>3–0–1</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>19–10–1</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><small><span style="background-color:#ffcc66; 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May 20, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 29,</span> 2022</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Legacy.com" title="Legacy.com">Legacy.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Austin+American-Statesman&rft.atitle=Willie+Zapalac+Obituary&rft.date=2010-05-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legacy.com%2Fobituaries%2Fstatesman%2Fobituary.aspx%3Fpid%3D142933796&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillie+Zapalac" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-completesstaff-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-completesstaff_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-completesstaff_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-completesstaff_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monitor/149063552/">"Naming of Willie Zapalac Completes Staff of Bulldogs"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monitor_(Texas)" title="The Monitor (Texas)">The Monitor</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen, Texas</a>. 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