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During the summers between his college years, Restic was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Playing for a farm team in Salina, Ks., a medium-sized city about 15 miles from Ike Eisenhower's hometown, he had the experience of striking out Mickey Mantle, then a player for the Yankees' Joplin, Mo. farm team. Unbeknownst to him, however, his pro play was illegal given his school-year activities at Villanova, an infringement he paid for by forfeiting two years of eligibility at the college...
After the 1958 season, Restic followed Kelley to Colgate where he served as the coach's first assistant and defensive coordinator. There he served through the 1961 season in his only stint as a defensive coach (he has since dealt mainly with the offense and, in particular, the offensive backfield...
...Hamilton, N.Y., was not exciting enough, Restic made the jump to Canadian professional football and the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1962. That year, he served as a backfield coach under Jim Trimble. In 1963, after Trimble left, Restic stayed at Hamilton under Ralph Sazio as first assistant and offensive coordinator. There, in 1968, he got his first head coaching opportunity with the Tiger Cats...
...Restic's head coaching career in Hamilton lasted only three years, but it was nonetheless impressionable. Engineering a highly-explosive Tiger Cat offense, he compiled a 22-17-3 record--excellent by Hamilton standards--and captured an CFL Eastern Division Championship with an 8-5-1 mark...
After listening to Restic enthusiasticallydiscuss in brief his love of the game, theimportance of people in making coachingworthwhile, and the number of ways that moderncollege sports--in their desperate pursuit of winsand money--have reneged on their obligations todevelop young athletes as human beings, I'vefinally managed to drive him into talking abouthis war years...