team's backfield coach. In 1948, the Packers had the worst season in club history, finishing with a 3-9 record. In February 1949, head coach Curly Lambeau announced a wholesale shakeup in the coaching staff, and Molenda was replaced after two years coaching the team's backs. Chicago Hornets In March 1949, Molenda signed with the Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference as the team's backfield coach. He spent the 1949 football season in Chicago with the Hornets. Menlo College In March 1950, Molenda was hired as the athletic director and head football coach at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California. He remained at Menlo for nearly 20 years, retiring in 1969. Molenda's Menlo College team's won seven championships, but went into a winless streak in 1966 that lasted until 1968. Molenda won national attention when he noticed a soccer player go into convulsions after being knocked unconscious in a collision with another player. Molenda was credited with saving the unconscious player's life after he pried the player's mouth open with his pipe and pulled his tongue clear of his windpipe. During Molenda's final game as a coach was a November 1969, after which Molenda told a reporter: "I've played on nine championship teams during my career, and last Saturday was a helluva way to end it all. We lost 70-6." He was inducted into the Menlo College of Atherton Hall of Fame in 1999. Later years In 1975, 13 living members of the 1925 Michigan team, including Molenda, Benny Friedman, and Bennie Oosterbaan returned to Ann Arbor and were introduced to the homecoming crowd of 93,000 fans. Molenda died in July 1986 in Banning, California. After his death in 1986, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's veterans committee was reportedly considering Molenda as a possible inductee. He was buried in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. See also History of the New York Giants (1925–1978) 1925 College Football All-America Team References External links 1905 births 1986 deaths American football fullbacks American football halfbacks American football quarterbacks Green Bay Packers players Menlo Oaks athletic directors Menlo Oaks football coaches Michigan Wolverines football players New York Giants players New York Yankees (NFL) players People from Oglesby, Illinois Sportspeople from Decatur, Illinois Players of American football from Illinois Sportspeople from Manhattan Beach, California Burials at Riverside National Cemetery