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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

Bravest In The Movies

Last year, at the end of the season, some members of the Bravest Team had the opportunity to be extras in the making of a film. "Just Like Joe" is being shown in the Long Island International Film Expo at the Bellmore Movies on Friday, July 9th at 9:30 pm. Tickets are $9.00. Click here for more info and to buy tickets.

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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

  Artie Sartor 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
 

 

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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