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Daniel Patrick Trant

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All-American Money

Michael Jordan was third ‹ that is how good the N.B.A. draft was that year. Dan Trant was 228th.

Last pick, last round. Last laugh, too, sometimes. When Mr. Trant, a bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald, and his best friend, Lance Faniel, joined the bruising pickup games down on West Fourth Street years later, players chose Mr. Faniel first. "They'd look at Danny and they'd look at me," Mr. Faniel said, noting that he is black and had a few inches and pounds on the white friend he called Money. Then Money got his turn, and players saw what the Celtics had seen in the All- American guard they had picked but could not place, maybe because of those inches he did not have.

"We'd walk away laughing," Mr. Faniel said.

"He was able to exceed his All-American status as a father," said Mr. Faniel, who spent Mr. Trant's last night with him and the Trant boys ‹ Daniel, 12, and Alex, 10 ‹ waiting for the rain to stop at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Trant, 40, and his wife, Kathy, also had a daughter, Jessica, 19, whom he coached in soccer. He loved sports, but "he loved me more," Mrs. Trant said. He quit professional basketball in Ireland to marry her, and turned down seats to a Knicks game offered by a job interviewer. Can't, gotta baby-sit, he had said, Kathy is going to the Grammys. He was hired.
Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 29, 2001.


Daniel P. Trant, bond trader; at 40

By Globe Staff, 9/17/2001

A memorial Mass will be said today for Daniel Patrick Trant, a bond trader with the firm of Cantor Fitzgerald, who was killed Tuesday inside the World Trade Center during the terrorist attack on New York. He was 40.

Mr. Trant grew up in Westfield and graduated from Westfield High School, where he played soccer and basketball, in 1979. He also attended Suffield Academy in Suffield, Conn., and Clark University in Worcester. He was a two-time All-America basketball player at Clark, leading the team to the NCAA Division 3 finals in 1983.

He played professional basketball in Ireland for teams in Dublin and Belfast. He also played for the Springfield Fame of the United States Basketball League, leading them to a league championship.

In 1986, Mr. Trant joined the Hampden district attorney's office, where he worked for five years in the victim-witness program.

He moved to Long Island, N.Y., and began a career on Wall Street in 1991. Mr. Trant worked for several brokerage firms before starting at Cantor Fitzgerald in 1997.

He leaves his wife, Kathy (Schiaffino) of Northport, N.Y.; a daughter, Jessica; two sons, Daniel and Alex; his parents, William T. and Mary C. (Fay), of Winter Haven, Fla.; three brothers, Kevin of Kensington, Md., Timothy of Manassas, Va., and Matthew of Bethesda, Md.; and four sisters, Patricia Madamas of Westfield, Maureen Landry of Willington, Conn., Sally of Reston, Va., and Sheila Inserra of Park Ridge, Ill.

The Mass will be at 11 a.m. in St. Philip Neri Church, Northport.

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Dan, missing you so much today but I’m in Westfield with Matt and his kids, Kev and Lena, Melissa, Allison, Dennis and their kids, Ben, Dan and Diana and so many others! So many of your friends are sharing stories of you with Daniel and it’s great to see him beaming with pride. His laugh is just like yours! You have amazing boys. And Daniel has the most amazing girl in his life! You’d love Diana. Kiss Mom and Dad for me. It’s twice as hard this year without Mom but, as always, Westfield...

When you and I were inducted into the Clark HOF in 2009 one of my fondest memories was sitting down with your mom after the ceremony to reminisce about the good ole days. Now you are together reminiscing about them together. I hope you are enjoying the laughter and memories in heaven. 20 years later and you are still my hero. Love ya man.

Dan, it´s so hard to believe it will be 20 years since 9/11. Mom joined you and the other boys in February and I´m happy you´re all together but it´s hard without you here. I miss you so much. I´ll be in Westfield for the anniversary. This is the first year none of the parents will be with us, which will be tough. Not a day goes by that I don´t think of you. You would be so proud of your boys. They are amazing young men. I´m so glad we are close. I love you so much!

Dan, remembering you on this fateful day back in 2001. You are and always be my hero. It was a blessing to get to know you, be friends with you and to play with you. Your smile was infectious and will be a lasting memory. Keep shooting pal.

Although its been almost 40 years since I first met Dan, it seems like only yesterday that we were battling it out against one another on the basketball courts of Clark and Brandeis. As Dan was a year ahead of me, his legend had already been growing when I arrived at Brandeis, fresh out of Catholic Memorial. The rivalry between Clark and Brandeis was a good one back in the early and mid-80s with Clark having the best of it. When I first met Dan, we had an immediate kinship and we certainly...

Dan, my dearest, miss you everyday. Youd love how the family has grown. I love you more each dayMom

Sending our deep thoughts of sympathy to your family. Words will never remove the deep pain of loss. With each new day may God continue to give the comfort and peace needed. There were many lives touched by Dan, he will always be remembered with love and never forgotten.

Another year has gone by. I have been lucky enough to connect with some of your family through social media, and have had dinner in your honor with Jess. They still miss you so. ❤

Still a shining star.