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Vinnie Mazzilli (little vinny) #17 There is so much I am planning to say about little Vinny that it will have to wait for another day. But for starters, I think he was an all-city quarterback in high school, he was the fastest person on the field. He caught anything JImmy threw near him and he was a great and smart defensive back.. Against the Lynvets at St. Raphels when they had the ball on our 3 yard line little Vinny called the dive play they ran--we stopped them for a loss. They tried the end run that had brought them down to the 3 but Vinny broke through the line behind the play and ran Mike D'Amato down for a 7 yard loss. Then they tried the same thing to the other side and Vinny did it again--another 7 yard loss. It was now 4th and 15! They tried a field goal, (modesty prevents me from identifying the player who hit the ball at the line of scrimmage) Little Vinny caught the ball on the fly and returned for a few yards. Four big plays when we needed them most and he was there
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In the photo above Little Vinnie catches a touchdown pass against the Lynvets in our 13-0 win in the championship playoff game in 1963. That year he was voted the outstanding offensive back in the league. (photo supplied by Torchy--it is a copy of one that hangs in his fooball shrine.)


NOTE all these photos are also in the PHOTOS section where you will be able to enlarge them if you want to.

This is a photo of Vinnie against Electchester in the 1962 championship game.

Here he is against the Lynvets in 1962 at Farmer's oval combining on a tackle.
#35 is Joe Florenza, #82 is Bobby Blake, #64 is Herman Dreier, #19 on the ground is Decatur Rodgers, #8 in the background inTommy Wilson and the Blue Face mask #33 is Roger Smith (me) and #55 is Bob Werkmeister. The Poor guy didn't have much of a chance on this play. I don't know the Lynvet numbers (is #8 Bob Schmidt?).
The second photo is probably Vinnie returning a punt.





This picture is from the same game. I think he is intercepting a pass since Decature is off to his right we must be on defense.


The 1962 champs.

I m not sure but this may also be against Electchester.
















This picture is also probably from the 1962 championship against Electchester.