DiGalbo twins brace for football separation

Posted on May 28, 2015 in Newspaper.

Bonner-Prendie quarterback Colin DiGalbo, seen here scoring against Archbishop Ryan last November, went on a number of such successful scrambles through holes that brother and starting center Chistian helped create. TOM KELLY IV — DAILY TIMES

Bonner-Prendie quarterback Colin DiGalbo, seen here scoring against Archbishop Ryan last November, went on a number of such successful scrambles through holes that brother and starting center Chistian helped create. TOM KELLY IV — DAILY TIMES

Delco Times

By Jack McCaffery

At some point in the Hero Bowl Thursday night, Christian DiGalbo will snap a football into the hands of Colin DiGalbo, who likely will execute the play with precision, the last in a long, long, long series. In the stands, Anthony DiGalbo will be smiling, even if it doesn’t show.

“He’ll probably be crying,” Colin said.

Long involved in Delaware County boxing, as a trainer, a manager, a teacher and a fighter, Anthony DiGalbo has absorbed harder punches without blinking. But when his twin sons play football together for the final time, that could be a shot to the gut unlike anything in a ring.

“Bittersweet,” he said. “It’s going to be very, very bittersweet.”

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