St Louis, Missouri’s Open Cup roots run deep.
Nowhere is that tradition clearer than in the Eppy Family, where father (Bill) and son (Joe) lifted that same old trophy with the same St Louis Kutis Club – 29 years rushing like the Mississippi in between.
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“It all started with the Italians up on the Hill,” said the late Bill Eppy [top row, fourth from left in the photo above] who won the Open Cup in 1957 with St Louis Kutis and passed away last September at the age of 89. “We played on Sundays against guys from up there like Frank [Pee Wee] Wallace, Gino Pariani and Frank Borghi.”