NO BLES Bul le tin - Noble and Greenough School
NO BLES Bul le tin - Noble and Greenough School
NO BLES Bul le tin - Noble and Greenough School
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Nob<strong>le</strong>s Hall of Fame<br />
Steve Owen '66<br />
FOR THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME, <strong>NO</strong><strong>BLES</strong><br />
will honor 11 individual ath<strong>le</strong>tes, one coach <strong>and</strong> one team on Reunion/Graduates’ Day.<br />
All are welcome to attend the ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 2 p.m.<br />
in the Morrison Ath<strong>le</strong>tic Center.<br />
The Hall of Fame project began to take shape two years ago, when a graduate focus<br />
group compi<strong>le</strong>d a Mission Statement <strong>and</strong> guidelines for the se<strong>le</strong>ction process. Throughout<br />
the fall, a committee of Nob<strong>le</strong>s graduates joined Director of Ath<strong>le</strong>tics Bob Moore <strong>and</strong><br />
Director of Graduate Affairs Brooke Asnis ’90 to consider nominations <strong>and</strong> se<strong>le</strong>ct the<br />
2010 Class.<br />
“From the start, we hoped that the Hall would honor individual <strong>and</strong> team accomplishments whi<strong>le</strong><br />
also ce<strong>le</strong>bra<strong>tin</strong>g the proud tradition of Nob<strong>le</strong>s ath<strong>le</strong>tics. It is a fun addition to the school <strong>and</strong> Reunion Day,”<br />
explains Moore.<br />
Asnis adds: “This first class ref<strong>le</strong>cts the school’s history in many ways, with inductees spanning eight<br />
decades <strong>and</strong> represen<strong>tin</strong>g multip<strong>le</strong> sports. Robert Summers ’26 is our only posthumous inductee, <strong>and</strong><br />
he personified the early days of Nob<strong>le</strong>s ath<strong>le</strong>tics. He played four sports extremely well, <strong>and</strong> he even tied<br />
a world record in track.”<br />
Brian Ford will be inducted for his ro<strong>le</strong> as coach of the girls’ crew program; among the many highlights<br />
of his coaching at Nob<strong>le</strong>s, Ford’s teams won four consecutive first-boat races in the New Engl<strong>and</strong> Interscholastic<br />
Rowing Association Championships at Quinsigamond (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) in a coxed four<br />
<strong>and</strong> a gold medal at the National Championships in Indianapolis in 1992 in an eight.<br />
The 1951 football team was se<strong>le</strong>cted as the first team to be inducted; this squad was undefeated, achieving<br />
the best record of any Nob<strong>le</strong>s football team in 34 years <strong>and</strong> breaking a 10-year losing streak against Milton.<br />
Steve Owen ’66, who was described by former Headmaster Eliot Putnam as the best ath<strong>le</strong>te in the<br />
first 100 years of the school, will be inducted alongside his son, Steve Owen ’97, also a memorab<strong>le</strong> three-<br />
16 l THE <strong>NO</strong><strong>BLES</strong> BULLETIN l SPRING 2010
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