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Football legend Joe Namat is connected to both the Gambinos and the Luccheses through its seedy Upper East Side bar, Bachelors III.

So many bookmakers, loan sharks and gangsters came in that the NFL ordered Namath to sell his stake in the club!

In 1967, the FBI created a dossier on Namath – another entry in a list known as “Hoover’s Files”.

They later received information that he was visiting the Pussycat Bar in New York City.

It is clear that the Pussycat was actually owned by Carmine Tramunti, a member of the Lucchese family, and was heavily saturated with the mafia presence.

While it doesn’t appear that Namath has gotten too deep into the world of crime (allegations that he fixes games have never been substantiated), former linebacker Jack Lambert, a close friend of Namath, has described Joe’s involvement in the mafia as follows: described: “Joe just likes excitement. (He) liked being involved in dangerous things.”

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