Vince Promuto

Vincent Louis Promuto (June 8, 1938 – June 1, 2021) was an American professional football player who played guard for the Washington Redskins (now the Washington Commanders) in the National Football League, and who later served as a Drug Enforcement Administration official.

Promuto was born on June 8, 1938, in New York City and grew up in the Pelham Bay section of The Bronx. As a youth in the 1950s he was a member of a neighborhood gang. He did not begin playing football until his junior year of high school at Mount St. Michael Academy. He went on to play college football at the College of the Holy Cross, where he was a starter from his sophomore through senior years. As a senior he was named first-team All-New England and an honorable mention All-America.

In the NFL, Promuto played on the offensive line for Washington. His career overlapped in 1960 and 1961 with that of Art Donovan, then a defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts; their teams met on September 25, 1960, and November 26, 1961.

On November 14, 2024, Promuto was posthumously inducted into the Mount St. Michael Academy Athletic Hall of Fame, joining NFL Hall of Famers Bill Polian and Art Donovan among others.