Union College Athletics

The 1983 football Dutchmen competed in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the 1983 NCAA Division III Championship, losing to Augustana by four points (21-17). Union, the ECAC Team of the Year, was 8-1 during the regular season and finished 10-2, the school’s first 10 victory season. Coach Al Bagnoli’s team featured NCAA wins against Hofstra and Salisbury, and the captains were Tim Howell and Tom Quirk. Union scored 370 points (an average of 30.8 per game), and Howell was an Associated Press All-American linebacker with 125 tackles. Bagnoli was named the Kodak Region 1 Coach of the Year.

Members of the team:
Thomas Almeida
Steven Alves
Ronald Amidon
Lawrence Arin
Dale Bajcer
Earl Ball
Richard Becchetti
Robert Bertagna
Joseph Bogan
Eugene Bowler
Christopher Bowler
Paul Brant
James Brawley
Winston Britton
James Brown
Gerry Campanelli
Alan Cann
George Capozzi
Steven Cireillo
Gregory Clark
Brian Cox
Ronald Davis
Eric DeMarco
Stefan Deptula
Timothy Devlin
Patrick Donegan
Joseph Duffy
Sean Duffy
Luke Fannon
Paul Flannigan
Alan Freeman
Jonathan Ford
Jason Ginder
Martin Glaze
Bradley Gordon
Roger Harris
Richard Hellard
Christopher Heyer
Robert Hickson
Scott Himmel
David Hinkel
Timothy Howell
Louis Hughes
Leonard Huttner
William Huttner
John Johnson
Todd Johnston
Richard Kellaher
Robert Koonce
Frank Kraft
James Kurbiel
Bartlett Lehmann
William Lonbardi
Robert Loparo
William Magnotta
Peter Martin
Mark McKelvey
William Nowak
Steven Olsen
Sherman Parrott
Kyle Peck
Thomas Plungis
Arthur Polimeno
Thomas Quirk
Timothy Ramundo
Alexander Rita
Steven Rooney
Andrew Ross
Gary Rotsch
Pat Salvatore
Mark Sasse
Jeffrey Sears
Kevin Sisco
Robert Smit
Daniel Stewart
Gregory Sticka
Mark Tavitian
Anthony Valente
Steven Valenti
Joseph Vito
Reinhard Walker
Todd Walker
Joseph Waters
Patrick Wright
Joseph Zimiles