Connecticut Gridiron: Football Minor Leaguers of the 1960s and 1970s

by William J Ryczek

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478330
• ISBN13: 9780786478330
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher