FDNY BRAVEST FOOTBALL CLUB

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Save the date FDNY vs NYPD

Sunday, June 1st is the date for the 36th Annual Fun City Bowl. It will be held at Hofstra University. Kick-off is set for 2:00 pm. BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Brand New Van

The Bravest Football Club would like to thank the FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation for their recent dedication of a brand new van to the memory of those members of the BFC killed on 9/11. Click to see pictures of the van.

Pictures of the Bravest Football Club

Our photographer, Maggie Narducci, has taken many photos of the Bravest over the years. Take a look at what's been going on. Visit www.MamaMaggie.com

Links

Bravest Football Club Memorial Page

On September 11th, 2001, the Bravest Football Club lost 22 of it's members. 8 active players/staff, and 14 members of its alumni association who were still active firefighters. Visit the Memorial Page

2008 FDNY Bravest Football Roster

#

NAME

POSITION

HEIGHT/WEIGHT

COMPANY

2

John Walsh

DB

5'9", 170 lbs

L-15

3

Rob Gnerre

DB

5'9", 185 lbs

E-246

4

Justin Zaleski

LB

6'0", 210 lbs

E-163

5

John Carlson

WR

5'9", 195 lbs

L-169

6

Kenneth DeForrest

WR

5'10", 190 lbs

E-155

7

Paul Neuman

RB

5'6", 185 lbs

L-28
8 Brian Tourloukis DB 5'9", 180 lbs L-9
9 Bobby Gerace LB 6'0", 230 lbs E-314

10

Ryan Davan

QB

6'5", 215 lbs

L-45
11 Joseph Metress WR 5'11", 190 lbs L-131
12 Sean Schneider RB 5'11", 200 lbs E-247

13

Tom Cuozzo

LB

6'0", 220 lbs

E-226

14

Matt T. Quinn

DB

5'11", 175 lbs

L-105

15

Lucas Niskanen

WR

6'2" , 220 lbs

E-31
16 Mike Molinini LB 6'0", 220 lbs E-158

17

Mike Patroni

WR

5'9", 170 lbs

E-24

18

Gordon Tunison

DB

5'8", 155 lbs

L-15
19 Aaron Gardner DB 5'11", 205 lbs L-176
20 Craig Manfredonia DB 6'1", 225 lbs E-277

21

Rob Hoey

DB

5'7", 185 lbs

L-143

22

Darshone Bethea

LB

5'11", 220 lbs

L-154

23

Daniel Sullivan

DB

6'3", 220 lbs

L-116

24

Sal Ferraioli

DB

5'7", 175 lbs

E-246

25

Tom O'Reilly

RB

5'10", 205 lbs

l-102

27

Alex Pagan

DB

5'10", 170 lbs

E-277

28

Jesus Marcano

LB

5'11", 215 lbs

E-326
30 Craig Mosia LB 5'10", 215 lbs B-3
31 Tim Mingo DB 6'1", 217 lbs E-302

32

Tom Cozzi

WR

6'0", 225 lbs

E-89
33 Jeremiah Selletti FB 5'10", 225 lbs E-247

34

George Oostmeyer

K

5'10", 175 lbs

E-303

36

Desmond DeFreitas

RB

5'10", 220 lbs

E-257

38

Justin Mastriano

FB

6'3" , 270 lbs

E-302
39 Matt Meagher K 6'1" , 180 lbs L-174

40

Cameron Peek

DB

6'0", 195 lbs

Sq-252
41 Matt J. Quinn LB 6'0", 225 lbs L-175

42

Steve Orr

DB

5'10", 185 lbs

Retired

44

Terence Halloran

LB

6'0", 200 lbs

E-294
45 David Brennan FB 6'0", 230 lbs L-158

47

Todd Bilgore

DB

5'9", 215 lbs

EMS B-58
48 Roy Vaccaro FB 5'11", 225 lbs E-302
50 L. Hollingsworth DL 6'0", 240 lbs L-107
51 Peter Connolly DL 6'1", 250 lbs L-33
52 Mike Scanna LB 6'2", 230 lbs E-68

53

Alex Sayers

LB

6'2", 215 lbs

L-122

56

Spencer Moroney

OL

6'5", 255 lbs

L-18
59 Robert Martell OL 6'0", 250 lbs EMS B-55

63

Tony Mastrelli

OL

5'8", 235 lbs

L-56
64 Adam McEntee OL 6'0", 270 lbs L-166
65 Bryan Steinmuller OL 5'11", 240 lbs L-25

66

William Greenberg

OL

6'3", 275 lbs

L-17

68

Steve Murphy

OL

6'2", 275 lbs

L-1
69 Woody McHale OL 6'3", 270 lbs FM

72

Dan Ligarzewski

DL

6'2", 245 lbs

L-18
73 Bobby Eustace OL 6'3", 300 lbs L-27

74

Christopher Spagnola

DL

6'3", 270 lbs

L-113

75

James Turchiano

OL

6'1", 275 lbs

E-280
76 Tim Sommerlad OL 6'0", 315lbs Retired

77

Shawn Healy

OL

6'2", 290 lbs

EMS B-19

78

Scott Burik

LB

6'2", 215 lbs

Sq 288

80

Anthony Abbatemarco

WR

5'10", 190 lbs

E-80

81

Timothy Olin

WR

5'11", 200 lbs

E-93

83

Michael Wildes

WR

6'2", 225 lbs

E-279
86 Justin Waltz WR 6'4", 225 lbs L-144
87 Paul Mannix DL 6'2", 230 lbs D-6

89

Bryan Vomero

WR

5'10", 180 lbs

E-247
91 Anthony Petito DL 6'2", 215 lbs L-131
93 Tom Hainas DL 6'2", 255 lbs E-97
95 Jason Charles DL 5'10", 250 lbs E-50
99 Aaron Martin DL 6'3", 295 lbs L-170

        Captains Highlighted in red.  First year players highlighted in green.

 

Coaches

 

 

 

Mike Stackpole

Head Coach

L-133

 

Sal Lupia

Offensive Coordinator

E-318

 

Tony Marden

Offensive Line

Retired
  Marc Poppe
Offensive Line
Retired
 

Tom Melia

Receivers

Retired

 

Rick Kotula

Receivers

E-284

 

Jaime Resker

Running Backs

Retired

 

John Rosati

Defensive Coordinator

B-1

 

JJ Nesheiwat

Defensive Backs

Civilian
  Arnie Galvez
Defensive Line
L-4
  Tim Jones
Defensive Line
 
  Artie Sartor
Defensive Line
Retired

 

Craig Cardi

Linebackers

E-307

 

Brian Hennelly

Special Teams

E-42
   
 

 

Staff

 

 

 

Pudgie Walsh

Founding Head Coach

Retired

 

Bob Broderick

General Manager

Retired

 

John Mooney

Field Manager

L-154

 

Mike Narducci

Special Assistant

E-28
 

Jim Welch

Trainer

L-7
  Gene Giammarino
Trainer
Civilian
 

Maggie Narducci

Photographer
Civilian
   
 

 

Board

 

 

 

Troy Roberts

President

L-31

 

Steve Orr

Vice President

Retired

 

Tom Narducci

Treasurer

E-201

 

Alex Sayers

Sergeant-at-Arms

 L-122

 

Jim Grillo

Recording Secretary

L-24

 

Bob Gerace

Defensive Player Rep.

E-314

 

Rob Gnerre

Defensive Player Rep.

E-246

 

Paul Neuman

Offensive Player Rep.

L-28
 

Tom Cozzi

Offensive Player Rep.

E-89 

 

Mike Hyland

President - Alumni Assoc.

Retired

 

Bob Sutherland

V.P. - Alumni Assoc.

Div-6

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