SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco athletics department mourns the loss of USF Hall of Famer and Legend of the Hilltop, Gino Marchetti. The local product was a member of the celebrated "undefeated, untied and uninvited" 51 Dons football team. Marchetti passed away this morning at the age of 92 surrounded by his wife Joan and other family members.
The son of Italian immigrants Ernesto and Maria, Marchetti was born in Smithers, West Virginia but grew up in the Bay Area attending Antioch High School. After graduating, Marchetti enlisted in the Army and fought in World War II in the Battle of the Bulge as a machine gunner.