John Sacca

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John Sacca
Personal information
Born: (1971-12-12) December 12, 1971 (age 52)
Delran Township, New Jersey, U.S.
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 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 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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References

  1. "John Sacca - ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com.
  2. CROWE, JERRY (14 September 1990). "For Sacca, It's Been Mostly a Sad Saga : College football: Quarterback who will lead Penn State against USC Saturday admits he has been erratic" via LA Times.
  3. "QB Sacca shopping for his new school", The Record (Bergen County) , December 13, 1993. Accessed January 1, 2019. "But when John Sacca's relationship with Penn State coach Joe Paterno went sour, Sacca said goodbye. Three months later, the former Delran High School star, who was courted by several big-name universities five years ago before choosing Penn State, is knocking on the doors of Division I-AA colleges, looking for a team."
  4. "John Sacca joins brother in Phoenix". The Daily Collegian.