A team for the ages: The 1980s
Photo credit: Newsday/Al Stephenson | President Ronald Reagan takes a look at the Heisman Trophy with winner Vinny Testaverde during a White house ceremony.
The 1980s will be remembered for MTV, the Miracle on Ice, Ronald Reagan, Bill Buckner and a Jamaican bobsledding team. The Mets won a World Series, and the Giants won a Super Bowl.
And Long Island’s high school gridirons were working overtime, churning out future NFL players such as Jumbo Elliot, Jay Fiedler, Quinn Early, Rob Moore and, of course, Vinny Testaverde. Here, then, is Newsday’s...
