Gino entertained us by the thousands when he first opened his hamburger chain with the road signs below, which were outlined in neon at night. Hilarity ensued! People would drive by them at night just to have another snort and giggle!
Posted on 04/30/2019 10:45:11 AM PDT by EveningStar
He was rugged, rangy and relentless in his pursuit of quarterbacks. For 13 years during their heyday, the Baltimore Colts were defined by a slab of a man known simply as Gino.
No Colts player epitomized the club — or the city — better than Gino Marchetti, the Hall of Fame defensive end who died Monday of pneumonia. Marchetti, 93, passed away at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pa.
“I kissed him and he knew me and smiled,” said Joan Marchetti, his wife of 41 years. “That was Gino’s way of saying goodbye.”
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Helluva an all star football team Up There under coach Lombardi.
Football when pride & the game mattered!
US Army machine gunner in WWII Battle of the Bulge. Nice.
Gino’s in Dundalk near Ft Holabird! What a find at that time!!
RIP.
Damn good player and his burgers were good too.
RIP
In 60’s went to Gino’s on outskirts of West Chester,PA.
Another indicator that times have changed. Recall how Pat Tillman was mocked by other players for enlisting in the US Army? In Gino’s day, a pro athlete enlisting, or a veteran embarking on a pro career was all in a day’s work. These days, it’s national news.
RIP Gino. your Baltimore Colts will always epitomize pro-football for me.
Worked at Gino’s #11 near Dundalk ‘62-’64. When he came in the door once he blotted out the light he was so large.
Gino entertained us by the thousands when he first opened his hamburger chain with the road signs below, which were outlined in neon at night. Hilarity ensued! People would drive by them at night just to have another snort and giggle!
There was a Gino’s at 7 corners Virginia. It was pretty good.
No doubt enjoying some beer and cold cuts with Art Donovan right now.
I remember that at one time, Gino’s had Kentucky fried chicken in Gino’s fast food places.
My city didn’t have a team in the 50’s so as a youngster I adopted the Colts. Unitas, Berry, Marchetti, lipscomb, Donavan, Ameche, Moore and Thurston. All except Moore and Berry are gone now so I guess WR’s are a hardy lot.
When the first “Gino’s” fast food restaurant opened in Brooklyn, they gave away a burger, fries and drink to the customer. A 60’s icon with a rocket used on the signage.
I remember his “interviews” for NFL films.
His personality was bigger than life.
The end of the Gino’s fast food gig was when rodents were discovered in one or more of the stores. Probably in Baltimore where the rats with both four and two legs outnumber the humans hugely.
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