THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 Page 3 Documentary to revive Revere’s 1964 tainted football legacy City will honor the 1964 RHS Football Team with halftime ceremony at season opener Friday, Sept. 6, at Harry Della Russo Stadium By Dom Nicastro T hey are the greatest 1-8 Revere High School football team of all-time: the 1964 RHS Patriots. They’re also likely the most talked-about 1-8 Revere football team. Or any 1-8 football team, for that matter. That includes conversations still happening today between former teammates. In their hearts, they believe they’re not a 1-8 team. They believe they are the unbeaten Class B champions who captured the title with an 8-0 win over rival Winthrop two days after Thanksgiving. History says otherwise, though. For the record books, the 1964 Revere High School football team is most defi nitely a 1-8 team because eight of those games resulted in a forfeit. Revere had an ineligible player: star running back Paul Nuell. The Massachusetts Secondary Schools Principals Association made that decision when Revere was 7-0-1 heading into that Thanksgiving showdown with Winthrop. Thanks to the efforts of a young filmmaker — Revere football alum, 2016 graduate and current assistant coach Brandon Brito — those conversations around the 1964 team will be immortalized in a documentary airing in November. And the City of Revere will celebrate the 60th anniversary of that historic season by honoring some of those players from 1964 in a halftime ceremony at Revere’s season opener against Whittier Tech on Friday, Sept. 6, at Harry Della Russo Stadium. The game starts at 6 p.m. Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net Eastern Bank Building on Rte. 1S 605 Broadway, #301 * Saugus (781) 233-6844 www.bostonnorthdental.com Shown from left: Brandon Brito, Matthew Brito and Paul Nuell in Las Vegas. Brito’s documentary is expected to air Nov. 23. The city is planning a premiere party. This all began when Brito was making a short documentary on Revere football for a college class; 1964 came up, of course. He was enlightened, intrigued and fascinated. “I kind of stumbled upon an article about four or fi ve years ago, remembering Revere’s golden age of sports,” said Brito, 27, a Boston College graduate and Master’s student who teaches health at Garfi eld Elementary School. “And there was a comment under that article that said, ‘Why no mention of the 1964 football team that went undefeated? We had to forfeit all our games, but we still played on Thanksgiving, and we won, and we showed people that we were still unbeaten and that we were still the best.’ I thought that was an amazing story.” Amazing enough to start work on his documentary — tentatively titled “Beach City Blues.” Brito traveled as far as Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for interviews. That Vegas interview? Perhaps the documentary’s central fi gure: ineligible player Paul Nuell, who missed the Thanksgiving Day game. Why ineligible? Was it the right decision? Was there justifi cation to strip a Class B championship from the hands of dozens of Patriots players? You’ll have to catch the documentary for that one. That’s REVERE 60s | SEE Page 6 Monogram D4 Double siding Cedar impression half rounds Dr. Priti Amlani Dr. Bhavisha Patel * Restorative Dentistry * Cosmetic Dentistry * Implant Restoration * Zoom Whitening * Teeth in a Day - All on 6 * Invisalign * CEREC Crowns (Single Visit Crowns) * Root Canal Treatment * Sedation Dentistry ~ Full Mouth Rehabilitation ~ Before After Harvey Vinyl 66 Replacement Windows Custom Aluminum Trim work Windows & Doors Top quality Vinyl Siding! •Vinyl Siding •Carpentry Work •Decks •Roofing •Free Estimates •Replacement Windows •Fully Licensed •Fully Insured
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