Michael Anthony D'Amato (March 3, 1941 – November 22, 2023) was an American professional football defensive back.
[1] That season, the Jets defeated the Oakland Raiders in the AFL Championship game, and went on to humble the heavily favored NFL champion Baltimore Colts in the third AFL-NFL World Championship game (retroactively known as Super Bowl III).
He followed Jets center John Schmitt as the second Hofstra alumnus to play for the team.
D'Amato was also Hofstra's Special Assistant to the President for Alumni Affairs.
In 2004 Hofstra honored D'Amato with the Joseph M. Margiotta Distinguished Service Award.