Dr. Vincent D. Lacava was a semi-professional
football
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coach and general manager in 1927 for the Hartford Giants. The team had previously been known as the
Hartford Blues
The Hartford Blues of the National Football League played only in the 1926 NFL season, with a record of 3–7. The team was based in Hartford, Connecticut but played at the East Hartford Velodrome.
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and played in the
National Football League
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, the
year prior. However after the Blues'
1926 season, the NFL's owners voted to streamline the league and cut back from 22 to 12 teams. As a result, half of the 1926 NFL teams were scrapped, including Hartford. So in 1927, Blues' owner
George Mulligan
George F. Mulligan (1880–1955) was the leading sports promoter in Connecticut during the early 1900s. He was also the founder and owner of the Hartford Blues of the National Football League. The Blues, which were referred to as the Waterbury Blue ...
created the Hartford Giants, a
semi-pro
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team with many of the players from the Blues, however the Giants folded after the season.
Under Lacava, surviving team records show that the Giants posted a 7-1 record, losing only a State Championship Series game to
New Britain
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on November 20, 1927. The Championship series Game 3 was cancelled on December 4, 1927 due to a dispute between the New Britain and the Giants. The Giants permanently disbanded shortly after.
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Complete Football Records
Hartford Blues coaches
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