Dick Cassiano

Richard "Dick" Peter Cassiano (October 7, 1917 – May 14, 1980) was a halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940 NFL season. He died in 1980 at an Albany hospital. Dick Cassiano, a member of the socalled "dream backfield" at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1930's, died of cancer Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany. He was 62 years old and had been restricted to a wheelchair for several years.