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Football ... Italian style
Published April 7, 2008 at 12:04 p.m.
No, I'm not talking about soccer, I'm referring instead to "Gridiron Gladiators" Italian-Americans in College, Semipro & Pro Football, Vol. 1: 20s-30s-40s," by Italian author Fausto Batella.
Like my cousin in Sestri Levante, who has played in Italy's American football league, Batella certainly knows more about the game than I do. But his book is such a labor of love -- and no small amount of research -- that his passion for the game is palpable and infectious.
I was excited to read that Peter "Pete" Robotti, who went to Connecticut State, played for the Jersey City Giants. Maybe he was a cousin of mine. His neighbor in the book, Paul Romano, who played for the Akron Bears and Paterson Panthers of the AFL, went to Wisconsin. Long-time Packers star Tony Canadeo is in there, along with his Green Bay teammate Chick Forte.
Across 225 pages, Batella details all the Italian-American players of American football across three decades, listing their schools, their teams and offering biographical information where possible, too.
The book is available from iUniverse, via the link below.
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Posted by Bobby Tanzilo on April 8, 2008 at 7:56 a.m. (report)
Thanks Rick, I should have pointed that out. Interestingly, Grisham's book (which is a novel), is an American writing about American football in Italy, while Batella is an Italian writing about Italian-Americans playing in the U.S. Talk about internationalism! :-)
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Posted by rick4206 on April 7, 2008 at 6:41 p.m. (report)
John Grisham has a good book about this subject as well. I think its called "Playing for Pizza".
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