Simsbury Taverneers

Vintage Base Ball Club

Simsbury, Connecticut - Established 2004

 
 
 
 
 
 

John "Lucky" Lucker

Team Co-Founder

Joined the Simsbury Taverneers in the 2004 season.

Age:              45

Height:           5 foot 10 inches

Weight:          170 pounds

Occupation:    Hardware Store Owner and Stadium Builder

Positions:        2B, OF

Throw/Bat:      Right/Left

Career:  Lucky co-founded the team with Judge MacKay.  He provides hardware for, and has helped to build, all of the Farmington Valley area base ball stadiums.  As a younger man, Lucky was a leading trick hitter for the Tenafly Tigers, a New Jersey base ball team affiliated with the New York City league.  Lucky led the league in cheap hits due to his ability to poke the ball onto the field for fair hits from whatever junk came his way.