Background
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
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He was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
Scalissi played with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference in 1947. He had also been drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventeenth round of the 1947 NFL Draft. Collegiately, he played at Ripon College.
Scalissi also played for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the National Basketball League during the 1947-1948 season.
The National Basketball League was a forerunner to the modern National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association).
