1. Benito Modesto "Ben" Pucci was an American professional football tackle who played three seasons for the Buffalo Bisons, Chicago Rockets and Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference between 1946 and 1948.
16 Facts About Ben Pucci
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Ben Pucci joined the Bisons in 1946, where he stayed for a year before moving to the Rockets and then the Browns in 1948.
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Ben Pucci was sent to the AAFC's Baltimore Colts in 1949, but left the team after he was asked to take a pay cut.
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Ben Pucci grew up in The Hill, a historically Italian American neighborhood in St Louis, and attended Southwest High School, where he played on the varsity football team for four years and was named an all-district and all-city player.
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Ben Pucci played for the Hollywood Rangers of the short-lived American Football League in 1944, and had to turn down an offer to join the football program at Tulane University the following year because he had lost his amateur status by playing professionally.
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Ben Pucci was given a chance to play for the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League in 1945, but decided not to take the offer.
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Ben Pucci joined the Buffalo Bisons of the All-America Football Conference in 1946, the league's first year of play, and played as a tackle in 11 games.
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Ben Pucci moved in 1947 to the Chicago Rockets, another AAFC team, and played in 13 of the team's 14 games that season.
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Ben Pucci was traded in early 1948 to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for tackle Roman Piskor and the rights to draft Notre Dame's Pete Ashbaugh.
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Ben Pucci played 12 games for the Browns, who had an undefeated season and won their third straight AAFC championship.
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Ben Pucci played for the Colts for the first five games of the season, but quit after he and several other players were asked to take a pay cut.
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Ben Pucci left football after quitting the Colts and started a career in the transportation industry.
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Ben Pucci's career took him to California, Missouri, South Bend, Indiana and finally to San Antonio, Texas in 1980.
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Ben Pucci was a color commentator for the St Louis Cardinals in the 1960s.
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Ben Pucci had two sons and a daughter with his wife Shirley.
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Ben Pucci is a member of the walk of fame in The Hill in St Louis.