He debuted in 1980 and won five times - the Buick Open (1985), the International (1986), the Canadian Open and Greater Milwaukee Open both in ’88 and the KMart Greater Greensboro Open (1989), along with finishing second seven times. The Danbury native’s achievements on the PGA Tour were impressive, to say the least.
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The first was in 2010 when he was named the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award recipient after losing the lower half of his right leg in a 2009 RV accident and this year, he is being inducted into the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing of FCSC’s Hall of Fame. The Fairfield Country Sports Commission is honoring Green for a second time. He might have played for himself, but he also played for his country, earning a spot on the 1989 Ryder Cup team, a memory Green said he’ll never forget.
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He was a free spirit then and still is today. He played golf his way and the only way he knew, all out. Green played for himself, PGA commissioners Deane Beman and Tim Finchem be damned. He was unabashed, unashamed, flamboyant - remember those bright green golf shoes? - and unforgiving. Green was the PGA Tour’s bad boy long before John Daly took over the mantle. Ken Green claimed it was non-alcoholic, but it wasn’t. Once, playing with the great Palmer at the Masters, he even toasted his hero with a beer. He played the game the way Arnold Palmer played it, hitching up his pants and going for broke on just about every shot. They join Tom and Jim Penders as the only other father-son tandem. With the Kuczos being enshrined it will be the first time that a father and son have gone into the HOF together. With Tomasiewicz Nogay’s induction as the first Weston honoree, a total of 19 different towns are now represented in the Hall of Fame. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing: JOHN KUCZO (STAMFORD), the late PAUL KUCZO SR. James O’Rourke Amateur Wing: RASHAMEL JONES (STAMFORD), CLAIRE BETH TOMASIEWICZ NOGAY (WESTON) MLECZKO GRISWOLD (NEW CANAAN), TRAVIS SIMMS (NORWALK) Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing: the late JACK CASAGRANDE (NORWALK), GUY WHITTEN (WILTON)įor only the third time in the 15-year history of the Hall of Fame, there was a tie in the voting with three inductees selected in the amateur wing. James O’Rourke Amateur Wing: PAT DUFFICY (TRUMBULL), ROGER HAGGERTY (STAMFORD), PETE TUCCI JR. But she pointed out to the brothers that the color scheme should have been red and white, not blue and white.Jackie Robinson Professional Wing: CHARLIE MORTON (REDDING), HEATHER DALY-DONOFRIO (FAIRFIELD) Patti Pane Bourque was surprised to see one of the cars driven by her father, Lou Pane, among the model display. "Some we did from pictures, others from memory," Milt Molinaro said. Most of the models began life as plastic kits that were popular years ago, but were modified and painted to resemble the Racearena cars. Race fans could also take a look at the more than 120 scale models of cars that ran at Danbury, built by brothers Milt and Eugene Molinaro. For those whose memories went back even further, silent films were available, set to music, of races from the 1960s. It's all about speed," he said.įans could also purchase a DVD, with sound, of old home movies taken of races at the Danbury track during the 1970s. Some of the cars, like Art Knapp's Pinto, which ran at Danbury in 1975, were more bare-bones, pieces of sheet-metal bolted to a frame with a single, extremely uncomfortable-looking aluminum seat for the driver. From deep reds to lush oranges, Connecticut residents can travel around the state to bask in the foliage while it remains for its short time span.