A slice of Ansonia football history that was sent to Mayor Dave Cassetti earlier this year by former resident Gary Ewen, has been professionally copied, put in a new binder and is ready for permanent viewing at Ansonia Library.
The book will be available for public viewing beginning Monday June 4.
It is a magnificently chronologically paginated 118-page scrapbook of the first Ansonia football state championship of the 1976 season, as it appeared in mostly the former Evening Sentinel. The undefeated season culminated with a 6 – 0 win over rival Derby in the Class S State Championship game.
It also contains nuggets of other gems such as proclamations, scorebooks, photos and more.
1976 is typically recognized as the beginning of the great run Ansonia has enjoyed with state football championships, now totaling 20 since. Its cumulative record over this span is 450 – 50, a .900 winning percentage.
The original scrapbooks will be returned to Mr. Ewen, now residing in Florida.
Mayor Cassetti is shown viewing this scrapbook in his office, before turning it over to the library.
In one of the photos, an afternoon home game that season attracted a crowd of more than 8,000.
Unfortunately, how times have changed. Perhaps it’s time to consider Saturday afternoon football games again!
