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{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
| name                = Gary Marangi
| image               = 
| image_size          = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| number              = 17
| position            = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Rockville Centre, New York]], U.S.
| height_ft           = 6
| height_in           = 1
| weight_lbs          = 201
| high_school         = [[Elmont Memorial High School|Elmont Memorial (NY)]] 
| college             = [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
| draftyear           = 1974
| draftround          = 3
| draftpick           = 70
| pastteams           = 
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|1974}}–{{NFL Year|1977}})
|statlabel1=[[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
|statvalue1=12-21
|statlabel2=Passing yards
|statvalue2=1,373
|statlabel3=[[Passer rating]]
|statvalue3=36.1
| pfr                 = MaraGa00
}}

'''Gary Angelo Marangi''' (born July 29, 1952) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Buffalo Bills]] and the [[Boston College Eagles]].

==Boston College==
Marangi played football at Boston College from 1971 to 1973. He completed 235 of 447 passes for 2,739 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions. Although Boston College was 20–13 during Marangi's tenure, including a 9–2 sophomore season, the Eagles never made it to a bowl game.

==Buffalo Bills==
Marangi was selected by the Bills in the third round (70th pick overall) of the [[1974 NFL draft]]. He was the backup quarterback in 1974, behind [[Joe Ferguson]]. He appeared in 3 games, completing 9 of 18 passes for 140 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The first pass that Marangi ever threw in the NFL was a touchdown to [[JD Hill]] in a game against the Miami Dolphins, in 1974. In 1975, he appeared in 5 games, completing 13 of 33 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. In 1976, Joe Ferguson was leading all quarterbacks in most statistical categories going into the 7th game against the [[New England Patriots]], Ferguson sustained a back injury and was sidelined for the season. Marangi replaced him and finished the season completing only 82 of 232 passes (35.3%) for 998 yards, 7 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schatz|first=Aaron|title=It's Another Falling Leaf|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=schatz/050812&num=3|work=ESPN.com|access-date=19 August 2012}}</ref> His 35.3 completion percentage is the worst all-time completion in a season (minimum 200 attempts).<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/wordpress/?p=351 Pro-football-reference.com blog » Fun QBs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Marangi himself spent most of his time in Buffalo battling shoulder injuries, a factor in his consistently poor performance and early retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabato |first=Nick |date=November 23, 2022 |title=O.J. Simpson opens up about record-breaking game in Bills' 1976 Thanksgiving loss |url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/o-j-simpson-opens-up-about-record-breaking-game-in-bills-1976-thanksgiving-loss/article_115b44b0-6b8f-11ed-9a43-5f3e508441b6.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=Niagara Gazette |language=en}}</ref>

==After football==
Marangi is currently a Dean of [[Patchogue-Medford High School]] in [[Medford, New York]].,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pat-med.k12.ny.us/schools/hs/faculty/index.htm |title=Welcome to Patchogue Medford High School! |access-date=2008-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309041237/http://www.pat-med.k12.ny.us/schools/hs/faculty/index.htm |archive-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where he is currently the head football coach. Prior to that he was the quarterbacks coach at [[Connetquot High School]] also the offensive coordinator at [[Sachem High School]] East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://recruit-match.ncsasports.org/fasttrack/client/RecruitingProfile.do?method=getProfileForPrint&clientID=19086&u= |title=NCSA Scouting Report - Print |access-date=2011-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727114137/http://recruit-match.ncsasports.org/fasttrack/client/RecruitingProfile.do?method=getProfileForPrint&clientID=19086&u= |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, he was named the [[New York Jets]] Tri-State Area Coach of the Week after a 31-7 victory over Floyd.<ref>Gregg Sarra, "Patchogue-Medford's Gary Marangi wins Jets high school coach of the week award", Newsday, October 2, 2013: http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/football/patchogue-medford-s-gary-marangi-wins-jets-high-school-coach-of-the-week-award-1.6186460  . Retrieved November 11, 2014.</ref>

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