B2 - Wednesday, August 25, 1982 - North Shore News

From being Vancouver’s most eligible celebrity
and a sport’s hero to working around the house in
a quiet neighborhood of Delbrook might seem a
bit of a downer to some, but Bobby Lenarduzzi

has enjoyed the transition.

The 27-year-old former
North American Player of
the year in the North
American Soccer League
and veteran of the
Whitecaps has become much
less high profile since those
halcyon days of Soccer Bowl
‘79 and that suits him just
fine.

“TI haven't done anything
spectacular this year, but I
don't think ['ve screwed up
either,” he says in describing
his consistent and depen-
dabie play as fullback under
the John Giles’ coached side.

But he did get married last
December and has settled
into a domestic life with a
comfortable sigh.

Content now to spend
quite a bit of tame working
around the house, Bobby
Lenarduzzi is more than
satisfied with his life

He and Deanne, the
daughter of Danny Veitch,
former GM of the
Whitecaps, are planning
their futures for the time
when the playing days are
done

The attractive couple are
arranging to take a
marketing program at BCIT
come the fall although it’s as
much something they want
to learn more about as it is a
definite career path.

“I'm still not sure what I
want to do when I finish
playing, but both Deanne
and I want to keep our
options open.”

At present, Deanne keeps
herself busy as a_ realtor
while Bobby toils his trade
with the "Caps.

Living the quiet family life
comes easy for the fullback.

The soccer playing
Lenarduzzi family and
parents have become

legendary for the closeness
in the homestead of East
Vancouver.

And it's something that's
rubbed off, though he’s still
“the apprentice” to his Dad
who has been showing
Bobby the ropes as far as
being a handyman 1s con.
cerned around their North
Shore property.

Beginning his playing

career as a professional in

by Andy Fraser

Happy in suburbia

Reading, England, Bobby
Lenarduzzi was a member of
the first Whitecaps team
back in 1974 when, as he
Says, “we were as much an
all-star amateur team as
professionals.”

There have been many
changes since those early
days including the big years
of "78 and "79 when Bobby
became the celebrity sports
star.

He was an all-star, he won
top honors as_ North
American, the team won
Soccer Bowl and he became
a familiar face on TV
commercials.

Of course the glory had
another side. At the same
time he was being applauded
by some, he was taking quite
a rap from many of the fans.

They almost seemed
pleased to have the hand-
some young star make a
mistake so they could give
vocal vent to their feelings.

But things have quictened
down lately. Playing on the
back line without all the
publicity, Lenarduzzi has
become solid and depen-
dable, something he always
wanted. “I feel com-
fortable,” he says of his
relative anonymity on the
back line

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