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Howard Garfinkel - 86

Garfinkel was also eminently quotable. The Syracuse newspapers used to go to him for a sound byte type quote a lot when Syracuse would get a verbal to give SU fans a feel for what the player brought to the table.

Here are a few I remember (at least I think I remember):

Frank Tourella (sp?) was a skinny 7 foot center from NYC who verbaled to SU. He had health or grade issues, maybe both and never arrived on campus.

Garfinkel's description:

"An advance poster for famine"


Red Bruin was one of SU's first HS AAs. He was from Queens.

"Best swingman since Benny Goodman"

Rafael Addison was a skinny SF from Jersey City

"Kisses the glass like Casanova"

Howard was a character. Great ambassador for the game...he was kind of a lesser known version of Dick Vitale. RIP.
 

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