The trophy maker also was great at making friends
Joe Lupacchino ran Hottinâs Trophies for 30 years and ânever met a stranger.â
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Joe Lupacchino posed in his trophy shop, Hottin s Trophies, in 1994. His work was a craft, said friend Peggy Comerford. It was an art. [ DAMASKE, JIM | St. Petersburg Times ]
Published Jan. 25
The chipmunk trophy went to his mom, who caught the rodents in her Pennsylvania neighborhood and released them at a nearby park.
For his nephew, Joe Lupacchino made a replica of the Philadelphia Eaglesâ 2018 Super Bowl trophy.
And for a 50th birthday, Mr. Lupacchino took a smashed racquet and