Andrew Nacrelli was a mainstay on the Fordham football teams of the mid-1950's, capping his career with Second Team All-East honors at tight end in 1954.
 
A two-way starter as a junior and senior, Nacrelli led the team in receptions. Following his senior season, he was invited to play as a punter in the 1954 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. That year he received team Most Valuable Player honors and was named All-Catholic All-American for Fordham.
 
After graduating from Fordham, Andy was drafted into the Army. While serving at the Brooke Medical Center, he played football for their team at Fort Houston Texas and was named to the Army Times All-Army team for 1957. After his discharge from the Army he played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger Cats, and then was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958.