Frank Caricchio, a starter on the Italian-American Sport Club team that captured the 1963 U.S. Amateur Cup championship that led to the formation of the original Rochester Lancers, died Saturday. He was 78. Caricchio, who was inducted into the Lancers Wall of Fame in 2017, passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

A long-time member of the ISAC, Caricchio helped anchored the team’s backline as it captured the Amateur Cup title. Four years later, he was a member of the Lancers team that entered the American Soccer League. He played with the Lancers from 1967-69.