TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil for Life and four-year Sun Devil football letterman John Joseph Zucco has passed away at the age of 92.
Zucco was football captain during his tenure at Arizona State, eventually receiving his Masters in Education, first teaching in Bagdad, Ariz. for two years while coaching their football team to its first state championship.
The Bostonian began teaching and coaching football at Tempe High in 1953, taking just three years to add another trophy to his case in 1956. Zucco won two state championships that year: one in football and one in track and field.