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Born: | Delran Township, New Jersey, U.S. | December 12, 1971
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
Undrafted: | 1995 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
John Sacca (born December 12, 1971) is a former American football quarterback in the Arena Football League (AFL) who played for the Connecticut Coyotes. [1] He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Eastern Kentucky Colonels. [2] He also played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) for the Amsterdam Admirals.
Raised in Delran Township, New Jersey, Sacca played prep football at Delran High School. [3]
His brother Tony Sacca also was a quarterback at Penn State. [4]
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