Share Three-year lettermen played in the “snow bowl”, alongside Janowicz and in a win over Michigan COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tony Curcillo, who was the starting quarterback for Woody Hayes’ first Ohio State team, passed away this past Tuesday. Family representatives contacted the Ohio State Department of Athletics with the news. Curcillo, who was 89, lived in Murrieta, Calif. “Our father would be honored to be remembered for his love of Ohio State University,” son David Curcillo said, “and for the privilege he had of being the first quarterback for Woody Hayes. He was also very proud of the fact that he was probably the oldest, for a while, of all the Ohio State quarterbacks.”