64 years ago this week the Antioch Quarterback Club has First Gala Night

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64 years ago this week, February 21, 1957, the Antioch Quarterback Club met at Club Marchetti for the first Gala Sports Night. The Master of Ceremonies was Bob Fouts, the Forty-Niner play by play announcer and father of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts. Future ASL Hall of Fame inductees Worth Shaw and Nick Rodriguez were actively involved. The Quarterback Club’s mission was to “Promote, encourage athletes of all types to people of all ages” Be sure to read the guest list, some of the biggest athletes to come from our area were there, at the first Quarterback Clubs Gala Sports Night!

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