[1] In 1936, he wrote two columns challenging head football coach Fielding H. Yost decision to not play Notre Dame.
[1] In 1940, DeLano became the acting director of publicity for the University of Michigan athletic department when Philip C. Pack entered the Army National Guard.
[5] He returned to Michigan later that year to become the publicity manager for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
[11] In 1957, he became the vice president and general manager of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association after the team relocated from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
[18] In 1972, he became the assistant news editor at Observer Newspapers Inc.[19] DeLano died on February 24, 1989.