In basketball, he set several Lackawanna League scoring records, was widely considered one of the top inside players and was named to The Scranton Times All-Regional team twice.

[4] O'Malley became football, basketball, and athletic director at Brown High School in Atlanta, Georgia after his playing career.

[5] O'Malley married Sally Dodson in 1956, they had one daughter Shawn O’Malley, then separated and divorced in 1959.

[6] The couple lived in Conyers, Georgia and had three children Karen, Joseph II and Mike.

[8] He is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.