Connecticut Gridiron

Football Minor Leaguers of the 1960s and 1970s

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical research and interviews with nearly 70 former players, broadcasters and journalists. Only a few players--like Marv Hubbard, Lou Piccone and Bob Tucker--made it to the NFL, but many more played for as little as $25 per game in their quest to make it big or just have fun. Wealthy men like Pete Savin and Frank D'Addario owned teams in Hartford and Bridgeport.In the days before cable television saturated the media with live sports, small town fans turned out to support their local heroes, often men who worked on construction crews during the week and stopped by the diner Sunday morning to talk football. Now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, these men share their stories of a simpler era; the good times, like the Hartford Knights' 1968 ACFL championship season, and the long bus rides and missed paydays that were as much a part of minor league ball as first downs and interceptions.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-10-29
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt517 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor388
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786478330

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: The Twenty-First Century 11. A Minor League Town 132. One Big Step from the NFL 193. That’s What They Do in the Fall 244. A Football Crazed Town: The 1962–63 Ansonia Black Knights 385. The 1962 Stamford Golden Bears 626. A Hopeful Beginning and a Rude Awakening: The 1964–65 Hartford Charter Oaks 707. It’s Hard to Be a Major League: The 1966–67 Hartford Charter Oaks 978. Two Steps from the Major Leagues: The Meriden Shamrocks and New Britain Bees 1169. An Unhappy Relationship: The 1966–67 Waterbury Orbits 13810. A New Team in Hartford 16111. The Championship Team: The Right Place at the Right Time 17912. The Championship Season: The 1968 Hartford Knights 20113. The 1969 Hartford Knights 22414. The Snow Bowl: The 1970 Hartford Knights 23915. Hi Ho, Hi Ho, to Bridgeport We Go: The 1968–70 Bridgeport Jets 26016. A Four-Team ACFL: The 1971 Hartford Knights and Bridgeport Jets 28717. A Perfect Season in an Imperfect League: The 1972 Hartford Knights 30218. Back in the ACFL: The 1973 Hartford Knights and Bridgeport Jets 320Epilogue 335Appendix: Scores and Records by Season 351Chapter Notes 359Bibliography 365Index 367