John Gangloff, devoted Buffalo baseball fan, with two sentimental Buffalo Bisons tickets. The one on his left is one of the last games at the Rockpile and the one on his right is the first game at the then-Pilot Field.
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He loved his Rockpile season tickets so much that when he left he took part of his seat with him. John Gangloff, well known local baseball fan, at his North Tonawanda home on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
John Gangloff never gave up hope, not even when the Buffalo Bisons made their ill-fated move in 1961 from Offermann Stadium to the Rockpile, or – hardest of all – when the International League Bisons of 1970 left Buffalo entirely to play in Winnipeg.
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Memorabilia at John Gangloff's North Tonawanda home: Some old Buffalo Bisons tickets and a piece of his chair where he sat for years at War Memorial Stadium, better known as the Rockpile.
John Gangloff, devoted Buffalo baseball fan, with two sentimental Buffalo Bisons tickets. The one on his left is one of the last games at the Rockpile and the one on his right is the first game at the then-Pilot Field.
He loved his Rockpile season tickets so much that when he left he took part of his seat with him. John Gangloff, well known local baseball fan, at his North Tonawanda home on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
Memorabilia at John Gangloff's North Tonawanda home: Some old Buffalo Bisons tickets and a piece of his chair where he sat for years at War Memorial Stadium, better known as the Rockpile.
