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A team for the ages: The 1970s
Quick ReadA look at the top high school football players who starred on Long Island gridirons in the 1970s.
Photo credit: Newsday File Photo | Before the NFL, CBS and WFAN, Boomer Esiason starred at East Islip High School.
Mockumentary of the Boomer and Carton Show on WFAN
The Seventies will be remembered for the disco beat, Watergate, world championships by the Yankees, Knicks and New York Nets and futility on the part of the Giants and Jets. It was a decade defined by John Travolta's portrayal of Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Reggie Jackson's portrayal of Mr. October.
Pro football was not king in the 1970s but on Long Island, high school football...
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