Ernest Ernie Repetti organized and directed the semi-professional Hamilton Packers football team, members of Long Island NY''s Suffolk County Football League. Previously, Repetti was a metropolitan all-scholastic football star at Brooklyn's Alexander Hamilton High School, going on to study at the City College of New York and serving four years in United States Army. A manager in the lumber industry, he also served as President of the Suffolk County Baseball, a position he held for over 25 years, starting in 1947.