Jim Crocicchia
American football player (born 1964)
American football player
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| Born: | (1964-02-19) February 19, 1964 (age 60) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Waterbury (CT) Holy Cross | ||||||||
| College: | Penn | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1987 | ||||||||
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James Francis Crocicchia (born February 19, 1964) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was a replacement player with the New York Giants in 1987. In 1988, Crocicchia played for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League.
College career
Crocicchia played for the University of Pennsylvania, leading the Quakers to three straight Ivy League championships in 1984-86.[1]
Professional career
New York Giants
After going unselected in the 1987 NFL Draft, Crocicchia was signed by the New York Giants during the 1987 NFL strike.[1] He started for New York in Giants Stadium on Monday night, October 5, 1987 against the San Francisco 49ers, making him the first ex-Penn quarterback to play in an NFL game since Pard Pearce in the 1920s. However, Crocicchia was not effective, completing only six of fifteen passes for 89 yards and a touchdown; he was replaced with Mike Busch in the second half. The 49ers won, 41-21, and Crocicchia was cut the next day.
New York Knights
In 1988, Crocicchia played for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League.[2] As the Knights starting quarterback, Crocicchia went 111-for-238 for 1,601 yards, with 26 touchdowns and nine interceptions. (Crocicchia's favourite receiver, with 40 receptions, was Edwin Lovelady, who had played with him on the Giants.) The Knights went just 2-10 under Crocicchia, however, and when the Knights folded at the end of the season, it spelled the end of the quarterback's professional career as well.
References
- ^ a b Reid, Ron (October 7, 1987). "A Giant Leap For An Ex-penn Qb". The Inquirer. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ^ Wallace, William N. (April 27, 1988). "Strike-Time Passer Tries Indoor Game". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
External links
- Pro-Football reference
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Penn Quakers starting quarterbacks
- Carl S. Williams (1893–1895)
- David F. Weeks (1897)
- Vince Stevenson (1904–1905)
- Charles Keinath (1908)
- Albert Miller (1909)
- Bert Bell (1915–1917)
- Jonathan K. Miller (1920–1922)
- Rich Ross (1956)
- Tom Twitmyer (1957)
- Larry Purdy (1958)
- George Koval (1959–1960)
- Porter Shreve (1960)
- Luther Gray (1961)
- John Owens (1962)
- Donald Challis (1963)
- Tom Kennedy (1964)
- Bill Creeden (1965–1967)
- Bernie Zbrzeznj (1968)
- John Brown (1969)
- Pancho Micir (1970)
- Gary Shue (1971)
- Tom Pinto (1972)
- Marty Vaughn (1973–1974)
- Bob Graustein (1975–1976)
- Tom Roland (1977–1978)
- Doug Marzonie (1979–1981)
- Gary Vura (1980–1982)
- John McGeehan (1983–1984)
- Jim Crocicchia (1985–1986)
- John Keller (1987)
- Malcolm Glover (1988–1989)
- Doug Hensch (1990)
- Jimmy McGeehan (1991–1993)
- Mark DeRosa (1994–1995)
- Steve Teodecki (1996)
- Tom MacLeod (1996)
- Matt Rader (1997–1998)
- Gavin Hoffman (1999–2001)
- Mike Mitchell (2002–2003)
- Pat McDermott (2004–2005)
- Bryan Walker (2004–2007)
- Robert Irvin (2006–2008)
- Kyle Olson (2008–2009)
- Keiffer Garton (2008–2009)
- John Hurley (2009)
- Ryan Becker (2010, 2013)
- Billy Ragone (2010–2013)
- Andrew Holland (2012)
- Alek Torgersen (2014–2016)
- Andrew Lisa (2015)
- Will Fischer-Colbrie (2017)
- Nick Robinson (2017, 2019)
- Ryan Glover (2018)
- John Quinnelly (2021)
- Aidan Sayin (2021–2023)
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