Passananti played on Tackle on the offensive line. The 1973 defense was one tough unit with John Teerlink, Steve Silosky and Dave Tipton on the defensive line and with Steve Mertens and Dickie Vasquez at inside Linebacker. Washington Bush, Tony Cozzi and Thomas Henderson alternated at outside Linebacker. The secondary featured Charlie Boston, Ken Kennedy, John Wrenn and Gary Birch.Leatherneck57 wrote:I would love to know the stats of some of the great players like Passananti, Tipton, Craig Phalen, Bobby Harding, Huskinson and many others. I'm sure they had great numbers because of their All American status. I would imagine our defense was tough as nails with Passananti and Tipton on the front line! The stats I've got are for the '78 and '79 seasons.
I played with Dave Tipton in an Alumni game in 1982 or '83 and he was preparing for USFL tryouts...the guy was a beast! He was strong as an OX! He threw WIU players around like rag dolls. He played in the USFL for a long time and is now a pastor.
That year the old alumni lost to the team 10-6. We had a really good alumni team as you can imagine. I've got photos of the defense from that game I'll post.
Bob