Tony Curcillo played at Ohio State and was the starting quarterback in 1950 and 1951, and then playing running back, linebacker and center in 1952. Curcillo was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Cardinals and spent the 1953 season with them. Curcillo spent 1954 and 1955 in the United States Army and played military football. Curcillo rejoined the Cardinals in 1956, but was released and came to Canada.
Tony Curcillo had a short but interesting CFL career. In 1956, Curcillo joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and played 7 games at quarterback. It was a pretty good seven games as Curcillo completed 54.6^ of his passes for 1726 yards and 18 touchdowns. In 1957, Hamilong acquired Bernie Faloney, and the future hall of famer took over at quarterback, bumping Curcillo out of a job. Curcillo switched to linebacker and won East All-Stars in both 1957 and 1958 at that position (there were no CFL All-Stars until 1962). Curcillo had three interceptions in both years. After not playing in 1959, Curcillo returned to Hamilton in 19360, but played only t wo games.
| Year | Team | GP | PA | PC | % | Yds | TD | Int | Sacked | Yds | TC | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Long | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | HAM | 7 | 152 | 83 | 54.6 | 1726 | 18 | 20 | 39 | 335 | 8.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1957 | HAM | 13 | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | HAM | 12 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | HAM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year | Team | Int | Yds | Avg | TDInt | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | HAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | HAM | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1958 | HAM | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1960 | HAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
