Russell R. Wren is the latest representative of a significant group that is the future of tabletop sports gaming: retirees who return to the games that fueled their youth.  

Wren, who grew up not far from APBA’s original headquarters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, retired as athletic director of the Great Valley School District (the Patriots) before the pandemic. The many players he has coached include NFL pros Nasir Adderley and Matt Schaub.

He has returned to APBA Football and baseball, and even has hit 24-year-old son interested in playing.

Counting APBA Hall of Famers Ted Knorr and Skeet Carr among his longtime friends, he recalls being in a football league with then during his gaming life. Beginning college near 1001 Millersville Road, he went on to hold a range of coaching jobs, including as football coach at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

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