Tony Sacco - Football

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986

Tony Sacco didn’t spend his entire college career with St. Ambrose, but still ended up being a two-sport star for the Bees.

As a freshman quarterback in 1936, Sacco led St. Viator College to the Little Nineteen Conference championship. Then, after transferring to St. Ambrose, he led the 20-2 Bees to the Iowa Conference basketball title for the 1938-39 season between two successful football seasons under coach Dukes Duford, 7-0-1 in 1938 and 6-1-1 in 1939.

Playing both offense and defense, he was all-conference, all state and Little All-American in football in 1939 and then was voted to the Chicago Tribune College All-Star team in 1940.

Sacco graduated in 1940.