Word: connecticut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shea Stadium in four of the seven languages he speaks with facility? English, Spanish, Italian and of course, Polish (French, Latin and German are the other three) and drew applause by simply pronouncing place names with theatrical timing, greeting the crowds "from Long Island? and New Jersey? and Connecticut [pronouncing all three c's]? and [long pause] Broke-leen...
...halfback Frank RiCapito, the contest had not yet ended. He pranced on the now-empty field, juggling the ball from one foot to the other, between the legs of the last Connecticut defender, and into the net for the score--or so he imagined...
...final ten minutes against the Huskies. RiCapito is a defender; and Ford had decided that the way to beat the Huskies was to hold down the fort, not attack rashly. After a shaky first few minutes the Crimson defense did just that, eventually shutting down the high-powered Connecticut forward line all together in the second half...
...other guys give me a purpose in games when I'm not sure what's going on," he explained. Several times in the first half he wasn't sure of just what was going on. Connecticut repeatedly attacked up the left side, scoring once and putting tremendous pressure on goalie Bill Blood. Once Harvard tied the score, however, RiCapito settled down. His fullbacks no longer needed to direct him, and the Huskies were forced to stop patrolling Blood's territory...
Relaxing after the Connecticut game, he showed some confidence in his role with the team' "I played more today because I'm a defender. That...