Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame

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Vic Esposito

Vic Esposito, the 1959 New York City Player of the Year and a Scholastic Coach High School All-American two-way tackle, starred on three city championship teams at New Dorp High School. A three-year starter at North Carolina, Esposito helped lead the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a Gator Bowl victory, before playing in the Canadian Football League and Continental Football League.(Read more...)

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Al Fabbri

Al Fabbri, the Father of High School Football on Staten Island, built a regional powerhouse at Cutis High School, kept the game alive during the Great Depression, and mentored the generation of coaches who would carry the game into the modern era. In the period from 1928 to 1936, his teams went 59-9-3 – in 1928 the Warriors won eight of nine games by shutout, outscoring their opponents 241-13 – while seeking out the best (Read more...)

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Mike Gilsenan

Mike Gilsenan was a three-dimensional football star at Tottenville High School, a Scholastic Magazine honorable mention All-American, and member of the Staten Island Advance All-Century Team; and a repeat Staten Island champion in the 220 and 440-yard dash. He played in four major bowl games as a Penn State defensive back; but in his hometown Gilsenan is best remembered for scoring both Tottenville touchdowns in an epic 1974 upset of Monsignor Farrell, one a long (Read more...)

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Steve Gregory

Steve Gregory played eight NFL seasons, most of it as a safety with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots, and retired with eight career interceptions and two defensive touchdowns. Gregory was an All-East back at Curtis High School, where he scored 51 TDs, ran for an Island record 2,060 yards, and led the Warriors to back-to-back city championships, before becoming a four-year starting defensive back, wide receiver, and special-teams star at Syracuse.(Read more...)

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Walt Hameline

Walt Hameline coached the Wagner College football team to the 1987 NCAA Division III national championship, as well as a Lambert Cup, five ECAC titles, two Northeast Conference championships; and, after overseeing the program’s move to Division I, the school’s first and only FCS playoff victory. Hameline’s 223 victories, all at Wagner, put him in the top 50 in college football history, fifth among FCS coaches. The 2012 FCS National Coach of the Year is (Read more...)