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Diehard since '65
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I became a fan in 1963 when at 8 years old I went with my father (UConn Grad) to
1. Every home game at the old fieldhouse watching Toby, Wes, Staak, etc play against all those New England teams and seeing Dr J - having season tickets from 1963 thru 2008, Watching the away games on the old black and white TV remembering my father moaning about Art Stephenson of URI while drinking a Carling Black Label.
2. Going to NYC to the few NITs in those early days (taking the train and subways and exiting still feeling clean!)
3. Going to all those BE tournaments, starting in Providence and ending at the Garden
4. Going to UConn soccer with my father in 1963 and on, first at a home field that ran in the opposite direction of current stadium with no bleachers, no fences, nothing but 2 goals and two wooden benches for the teams. Becoming a member of Friends of Soccer and growing with the team as it dominated the regional national scene.
5. Going with my father in the early 60s to watch UConn baseball play on a field with a backstop and fences on only as far as the infield baselines with cinderblock dugouts with half roofs.
6. Watching UConn hockey in an open air rink.
Placing both the 2011 and 2014 championship flags on my father's grave site is what makes me a UConn fan.
1. Every home game at the old fieldhouse watching Toby, Wes, Staak, etc play against all those New England teams and seeing Dr J - having season tickets from 1963 thru 2008, Watching the away games on the old black and white TV remembering my father moaning about Art Stephenson of URI while drinking a Carling Black Label.
2. Going to NYC to the few NITs in those early days (taking the train and subways and exiting still feeling clean!)
3. Going to all those BE tournaments, starting in Providence and ending at the Garden
4. Going to UConn soccer with my father in 1963 and on, first at a home field that ran in the opposite direction of current stadium with no bleachers, no fences, nothing but 2 goals and two wooden benches for the teams. Becoming a member of Friends of Soccer and growing with the team as it dominated the regional national scene.
5. Going with my father in the early 60s to watch UConn baseball play on a field with a backstop and fences on only as far as the infield baselines with cinderblock dugouts with half roofs.
6. Watching UConn hockey in an open air rink.
Placing both the 2011 and 2014 championship flags on my father's grave site is what makes me a UConn fan.
