Mackrides played
college football for the
University of Nevada, Reno and led the nation in passing in 1946. In his last professional season in 1953, Mackrides played for the
Pittsburgh Steelers and was the last Steeler to wear uniform number 13 in a regular season game until punter
Jeremy Kapinos wore that number in 2010. Mackrides later gained degrees (MS and PhD) in education, undergraduate at
West Chester State College, a master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in psychology at the University of New Mexico. He has since retired and resides in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He also founded Indian Springs Day Camp, a summer day camp in
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, in 1959, which family owned and operated as of 2013. ==See also==