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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = John Kaleo
| image         =
| caption       = 
| number        = 3
| position      = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|2|5}}
| birth_place   = [[Bowie, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 0
| weight_lbs    = 210
| high_school   = [[Bowie High School (Maryland)|Bowie]]
| college       = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| undraftedyear = 1993
| pastteams     =
* [[Sacramento Gold Miners]] ({{CFL Year|1993}})*
* [[Toronto Argonauts]] ({{CFL Year|1993}})*
* [[Indiana Firebirds|Albany Firebirds]] ({{AFL Year|1993}})
* [[Cleveland Thunderbolts]] ({{AFL Year|1994}})
* [[Memphis Pharaohs]] ({{AFL Year|1995}})*
* [[St. Louis Stampede]] ({{AFL Year|1995}}–{{AFL Year|1996}})
* [[San Jose SaberCats]] ({{AFL Year|1997}})
* [[Anaheim Piranhas]] ({{AFL Year|1997}})
* [[New England Sea Wolves]] ({{AFL Year|1999}})
* [[Tampa Bay Storm]] ({{AFL Year|2000}}–{{AFL Year|2003}})
* [[Austin Wranglers]] ({{AFL Year|2004}})
* [[Los Angeles Avengers]] ({{AFL Year|2005}})
* [[Columbus Destroyers]] ({{AFL Year|2006}})
* Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|2007}})
| pastcoaching  =
* [[Iona Gaels football|Iona]] (QB/OC) (2007–2008)
* [[Towson Tigers football|Towson]] (QB) (2009–2010)
* Tampa Bay Storm (OC) (2011)
| highlights    =
* [[ArenaBowl]] champion ([[ArenaBowl XVII|XVII]])
* All-American (1990)
* NJCAA Player of the Year (1990)
* Montgomery College HoF (1998)
* [[NJCAA]] Hall of Fame (1999)
| aflstatlabel1 = Comp. / Att.
| aflstatvalue1 = 2,929 / 4,880
| aflstatlabel2 = Passing yards
| aflstatvalue2 = 35,335
| aflstatlabel3 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| aflstatvalue3 = 581–146
| aflstatlabel4 = [[Passer rating]]
| aflstatvalue4 = 99.57
| aflstatlabel5 = Rushing TD
| aflstatvalue5 = 59
| afl           = 881 
}}

'''John Kaleo''' (born February 5, 1971) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL) for the [[Indiana Firebirds|Albany Firebirds]] (1993), [[Cleveland Thunderbolts]] (1994), [[St. Louis Stampede]] (1995–1996), [[Anaheim Piranhas]] (1997), [[San Jose SaberCats]] (1997), [[Toronto Phantoms|New England Sea Wolves]] (1999), [[Tampa Bay Storm]] (2000–2003, 2007), [[Austin Wranglers]] (2004), [[Los Angeles Avengers]] (2005), and [[Columbus Destroyers]] (2006). He won [[ArenaBowl XVII]] with the Storm in 2003.  He retired from playing after the [[2007 Arena Football League season|2007 season]].

==Early life==
John Kaleo attended [[South River High School (Maryland)|South River High School]] in [[Edgewater, Maryland]] and [[Prince George's County Public Schools|Bowie High School]] in [[Bowie, Maryland]]. John Kaleo was a one-year [[Varsity team|varsity]] [[Starting lineup|starter]] at South River High School and two-year starter at quarterback on the Bowie High football team, and also played [[basketball]], [[Track and field|track & field]], and [[baseball]].

==College career==
Kaleo attended [[Montgomery College]] for two years. As a sophomore, he was a Junior College [[All-American]], the [[NJCAA]] Player of the Year, and was voted the JUCO Player of the Year by the  [[Washington, D.C. Touchdown Club]].

Kaleo then transferred to the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] for his final two seasons. As a senior, he set single-season school records in passing yards (3,392), completions (286), attempts (482), total yards (3,472) as well as single-game touchdown passes with five.  After his senior year, he participated in the [[Blue–Gray Football Classic]].

==Coaching career==
Kaleo served two seasons, 2007 and 2008, as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the [[Iona College (New York)|Iona College]] [[Iona Gaels|Gaels]].<ref>[http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1104213 John Kaleo Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001723/http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1104213 |date=2011-07-13 }}, Iona College, retrieved July 23, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web | access-date=2007-12-21 | archive-date=2011-07-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001708/http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71072&SPID=7109&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1104213&Q_SEASON=2007 | url=http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71072&SPID=7109&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1104213&Q_SEASON=2007 | title=John Kaleo | publisher=Iona College Gaels | url-status=dead | work=icgaels.com}}</ref> In 2009, newly hired [[Towson Tigers|Towson]] head coach [[Rob Ambrose]] selected Kaleo as his quarterbacks coach.<ref>[http://www.towsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21300&ATCLID=3654402 John Kaleo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717083753/http://www.towsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21300&ATCLID=3654402 |date=2011-07-17 }}, Towson University, retrieved July 23, 2009.</ref>

Kaleo was named the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Storm in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tampabaystorm.com/2011/02/21/kaleo-and-abraham-join-coaching-staff/ | title=Kaleo and Abraham Join Coaching Staff | publisher=Tampa Bay Storm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061307/http://www.tampabaystorm.com/2011/02/21/kaleo-and-abraham-join-coaching-staff/ | archive-date=September 27, 2011 | url-status=dead | work=tampabaystorm.com | date=21 February 2011}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=881 Stats at ArenaFan]
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041301685.html Kaleo Isn't Ready to Exit Arena]

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