42nd Hall of Fame Induction - Graber Associates

42 nd Hall of Fame InductionInductees:Gene DeFilippoDirector of AthleticsPete Olivieri ‘65AdministrationCara Blumfield ‘03SoftballScott Gieselman ‘85FootballJay Hutchins ‘84SoccerAmber Jacobs ‘04BasketballBrian Leetch ‘87HockeyGeorge Ravanis ‘78BaseballBill Romanowski ‘88FootballKatie Ryan Kieran ‘02Cross Country, Track & FieldJack Farrell ‘50Football and BaseballJack Flanagan ‘59FootballTom Meehan ‘58FootballBernie Teliszewski ‘57Football and BaseballDon Croatti ‘60William J. DonlonSpecial Achievement AwardSeptember 16, 2011

www.bceagles.comWe salute and thank our friends in the Athletics Department for their steadfastsupport and encouragement in our work of preserving thetraditions and fostering the ideals of Boston College as exemplifiedby our University’s matchless athletic program. We also extend our gratefulappreciation to all whose help made this weekend’s events possible, includingDave Early and the Bureau of Conferences, the Boston College Dining Service,Police Department, and Buildings and Grounds Department.As sons and daughters of Boston College, Varsity Club members share withoutreservation our Athletics Department’s commitment to the quest for excellenceand to the highest standards of integrity,ethics, and honesty in everything we do.Always an Eagle!

THE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMETHE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMEEstablished in 1970, the Boston College Hall of Fame honors thosemen and women whose exceptional performance on the fields of friendlystrife and, in later years on other fields, merits special recognitionfrom alma mater. Each year’s inductees are honored at a special ceremony.Hall of Fame members are permanently enshrined on the Wall ofFame in the west concourse of Conte Forum.To be considered for induction, nominees must have completedtheir eligibility at least five years previously. If a prospective inducteehas gone on to professional athletics, he/she must have retired fromactive competition.Voting Process: Selection CommitteeThe president of the Varsity Club is Chair of the Hall of FameSelection Committee and presides at all meetings of that committee. Thefirst vice president serves as Chair in the absence of the president. TheChair may appoint alternates to the Selection Committee in the event ofunforeseen absences. Alternates should be chosen from past VarsityClub presidents, current of former officers or executive committee members,or persons who demonstrate an understanding of the mission ofthe Varsity Club.TABLE OF CONTENTSCara Blumfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Gene DeFilippo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Jack Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Jack Flanagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Scott Gieselman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Jay Hutchins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Amber Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Brian Leetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Tom Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Pete Olivieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27George Ravanis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Bill Romanowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Katie Ryan Kieran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Bernie Teliszewski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Don Croatti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Hall of Fame Members List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Hall of Fame Weekend Chairman:Chris Conley ‘91Master of Ceremonies:Dan RocheEach member of the Selection Committee receives a binder with all nominationsfor the current year. Any Selection Committee member may nominatea candidate or candidates from his/her binder. Not all candidates whose namesappear in the binder are automatically presented for consideration. A memberof the Selection Committee must place a candidate’s name for consideration ata committee meeting.To ensure that the process of selection is equitable, and that every candidategets proper consideration, the voting is performed in multiple phases.Candidates are presented for consideration by the Chair or by members of thecommittee. The floor is then opened for discussion of the candidates by allcommittee members. Once the candidates have been presented for consideration,the floor is closed and no other candidates will be considered for that year.The Selection Committee then proceeds through a series of confidential,handwritten votes under the direction of the Chair. The Chair requests that thecommittee members vote for their top candidates in each round of voting. Theobjective of each round is to narrow the field of candidates in a fair and equitablemanner. Candidates that poll the highest in a given round remain in consideration,while candidates that receive few or no votes in a given round aresubject to elimination from consideration. Discussion and additional review ofeach candidate’s qualifications may be entertained after each round. The goalis to select the eight (8) most qualified candidates for induction to the Hall ofFame each year.Established in 2011, the Hall of Fame Veterans’ Committee is charged withscreening eligible Hall of Fame Candidates that completed their Boston Collegeathletic careers prior to 1970. The committee’s recommendations are forwardedto the Varsity Club President and presented to the Hall of FameSelection Committee by the Chairman of the Veterans’ Committee.The Hall of Fame Club was established in 1990. Gold Memberships andMaroon Memberships are open to all Hall of Famers, their families and friends,and all supporters of Boston College athletics. Proceeds from Hall of Fame Clubmemberships, and from the Club’s receptions before and after each home footballgame, assist the Varsity Club in the production and maintenance of theplaques honoring Hall of Fame members.Boston College Varsity ClubConte Forum 310140 Commonwealth AvenueChestnut Hill, MA 02467-3800(617) 552-9280Email: varsity.club@bc.eduOn-Field Host:Reid Oslin ‘68, MSP ‘71CreditsThis book was written and edited by Tom Burke ’71, MBA ’81,communications consultant and public address announcer for BostonCollege Football and hockey.Photo courtesy of the inductees, Boston College Media Relations, andUniversity Archives.Special thanks to:Media Relations - Chris Cameron, Dick Kelley, Stephanie Tunnera, TimClark, Matt Lynch, and Stephanie O’Leary.Archives - Amy Braitsch, Justine SundaramColonial Lithograph - Charlie GuilletteRR Donnelley - Gerard Phelan, Steve StoddardPrinting by RR Donnelley, 411 D Street, South Boston, MA 02210.1

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THE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUBTHE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMEThe mission of the Boston College Varsity Club is to preservethe traditions, foster the ideals, and advance the interestsof Boston College, especially as those traditions, ideals,and interests are exemplified by and embodied in BostonCollege Athletics.The Varsity Club also strives, through services to its membersand through providing them with opportunities to assistthe school, to improve the quality and prestige of BostonCollege Athletics and the benefits of supporting and associatingwith them.The Varsity Club seeks to carry out its mission of service toBoston College and to Club members in many ways, includingbut not limited to:1) Supporting the efforts of other clubs that focus on aparticular sport;2) Sponsoring and/or presiding at recognition eventsfor varsity sports which do not enjoy the support of aformal club dedicated to those sports’ advancement;3) Directing the affairs of the Varsity Club Hall of Fame,including the formulation of rules, procedures, andregulations for election to the Hall of Fame;4) Sponsoring periodic social events that promotefriendship and esprit de corps among Club members;5) Acting as a network for fellow Club members andvarsity athletes to provide career counseling andother needed advice; and6) Periodically communicating with members concerningClub activities and other endeavors relating toBoston College Athletics.Membership in the Boston College Varsity Club is open to allathletes who have been awarded a varsity letter in a recognizedsport. A limited number of individuals without varsityletters who are deemed worthy via a unanimous vote of theVarsity Club officers are also eligible for honorary membership.2011 VARSITY CLUB OFFICERSChristopher S. Conley ’91 ..............................................PresidentRichard P. Ramirez ’76 ....................................First Vice PresidentDavid Sheehan ’57 ....................................Second Vice PresidentG. Brooke Heald ’97 ......................................Executive SecretaryRalph Parent ’02 ............................................................TreasurerDavid P. Hasenfus ’65 ....................................................Historian1937 Warren McGuirk ’291938 D. Leo Daley ’161939 Robert G. Simmons ’191940 C. Owen Dooley ’281941-45 Thomas F. Scanlon ’201946 James J. Heggie, Jr. ’311947 Thomas Gemelli ’2819481John J. Convery ’3019499Walter A. Comerford ’231950 Louis F. Musco ’3441951 Hon. John J. Connelly ’3019526P. Joseph Killelea, Jr. ’341953 John J. Mahoney ’291954 John J. Brennan ’331955 Joseph Ingoldsby ’271956TCharles J. Bridey ’271957 John D. Martin ’291958 Thomas F. Cavanaugh ’2642VARSITY CLUB PRESIDENTS’ ROSTER1959 John B. Morris ’381960 Walter D. Fitzgerald ’441961 John J. Farrell, Jr. ’501962 Henry F. O’Brien ’531963 Thomas E. Moran ’481964 Richard P. Charlton ’541965-66 Daniel T. Brosnahan ’541967-68 John W. Warren ’331969 F. Alvin Ricci ’321970 Frederick A. Meier ’321971 Lawrence J. Rawson ’631972-73 Nathaniel J. Hasenfus ’221974-75 Edward S. McDonald ’421976 J. Frank Colbert ’261977-78 Arthur J. Conway ’311979 Francis R. Liddell ’351980-81 John V. Murphy ’711982 John F. Yauckoes ’4131983-84 Mark W. Holland ’711985-86 John J. Connelly, Jr. ’581987-88 James F. Mulrooney ’521989-90 Tamie Thompson Burke ’801991-92 Peter J. Cronan ’771993 Paul R. Connelly ’651994 Sahag R. Dakesian ’491995-96 Michael C. Mucci ’721997-98 John J. Hughes, Jr. ’701999 Thomas F. Lynch ’772000-01 Tracey Harney Blaisdell ’822002-03 Donald J. Croatti ’602004-05 Raymond G. Perrone ’802006 Kathryn J. Conry ’902007-08 Keith E. Barnette ’762009-11 Christopher S. Conley ‘9179T

www.bceagles.comCongratulations to the Varsity Club Hall of Fame Inductees!Magliozzi & Hasenfus FamiliesBurke-Magliozzi Funeral HomeMagliozzi Funeral Home390 North Main Street, Andover, MA 01810 23 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA 02155Phone: (978) 475-5200 Phone: (781) 395-0128Cherishing Life. Honoring Memories.Softball CongratulatesCara Blumfield ’03Our 1 st All-American!4

CARA BLUMFIELD ‘03Softball2010 INDUCTEEBoston College’s first softball All-Americandidn’t start playing the game until well intoher teenage years. She was just too good atbaseball.Cara Blumfield grew up in California andtook up tee-ball at the age of five. Even as asmall child she displayed an amazing aptitudefor baseball, basketball, and soccer. Hermother Caren, a physical education teacher,knew right away that Cara would be a star.The only question was which sport tochoose.“She was as good at soccer as she was at softball,and she loved basketball too. She’d bechanging her clothes in the car, going fromone sport to the next,” stated Caren, whoalso coached most of Cara’s teams.Cara moved into Little League and immediatelybecame an all-star. Girls who are goodenough to play in boys’ leagues are rareenough, but those who outshine their malecounterparts are rarer still. Cara made all theLittle League and Pony League all-star teams.She was a consistent hitter, but it was out onthe field that Cara dazzled all comers. Fanswould flock to games just to watch her playshortstop.By junior high school, baseball was no longeran option. She switched to softball and cameto the attention of Don Harris, coach of theSouthern California Stealth. Don knew thecollege coaches and the recruiting gamewell, and saw that he had a star among starswhen Cara joined the Stealth.“She had the finest set of hands, was thefinest defensive player, boy or girl, I eversaw. The only reason she switched frombaseball to softball was that they don’t havebaseball for girls in college,” said Don.“Every once in a while, to entertain the restof the team, I would hit balls right at her, ashard as I could, with the worst bounces, andlet her put on a show. She had unbelievableinstincts. She just couldn’t be moved out ofthat shortstop position.”Ones of Cara’s Stealth teams had four othergirls who would go on to play shortstop atDivision One colleges. On the Stealth, theyhad to play elsewhere – outfield, second andthird base.At El Camino Real High School, Cara won aslew of honors too numerous to recount here– All-City, All-State, MVP and others – as asoftball shortstop and as a point guard on thebasketball team.“She could have been a Division One, probablyAll-American basketball player,” statedHarris.The Stealth played in tournaments all overthe country, and Cara had many collegeoptions and offers. UCLA, her mother’s almamater, had recruited another shortstop anddidn’t offer scholarship aid. Though she wasn’tkeen on traveling far from home and playingin a colder climate, Cara knew thatBoston College was the best choice.BC coach Jen Finley had holes to fill for the2000 season and anticipated a rebuildingyear. But Blumfield and second baseman JenAsbury, another Californian, stepped in toplug the middle of the infield and lead theteam in batting. Blumfield started all 45games, finished with a .271 average, and hadtwo home runs.Asked about how she developed as a playerin college, Blumfield states,“The weight room. We’d work out two daysa week, even starting at 6:00 a.m. Afterfreshman year, I bulked up. When I touchedthe ball it would fly.”As a sophomore, Blumfield smacked 14 homeruns and raised her batting average to .389.The next season it was .445, with eighthomers.“I became extremely comfortable at theplate. And as I got older, I understood moreabout the game, and about things like pitchselection,” she said. Cara also changed theopen, baseball-style stance and swing to atechnique that was closed and better suitedto softball.In her junior year, Cara was named secondteam All-America shortstop by LouisvilleSlugger. She was the only player so honoredwhose team did not qualify for the NCAATournament. That experience, along withclouting a home run over the left-field scoreboardin front of friends and family at UCLA,rates among Cara’s fondest memories.Cara was durable, playing and starting 208games at Boston College. She missed onlyone game, sitting out as a precaution after acollision that may have put her at risk for aconcussion. She holds Eagles’ career recordsfor average (.348); runs (123); and RBIs(127.) She is second all-time in home runs(34) and hits (214). Her single-seasonrecords that still stand include homers (14);average (.445); RBI (51) and total bases(117).“If I had to describe myself, I’d say I wasconsistent. I also hate to lose. You can see itin my expressions on the field. I get animated,and pumped up, and I like to be incontrol and take over games. That’s onething I don’t like about coaching – you haveabsolutely no control once they start playing,”she said.Cara stayed around Boston for a year aftergraduation. She coached softball at NewtonSouth High and taught at Oak Hill MiddleSchool. The Newton South experience propelledher – eventually – to a coachingcareer.She turned down an invitation to play inIsrael and took a fling at her other dream, tobe a sports caster. She landed a job at KABCin Los Angeles as a producer, and then was areporter and entertainment show host.But Cara missed the athletic field and theyoungsters. She obtained teaching credentialsat Concordia University, and is presentlyhead girls’ basketball coach at her oldhigh school, El Camino Real.“Now that I coach and work with kids, I amso thankful for all the experiences I had andall the coaches I had. I never appreciatedthem at the time. The best thing I got out ofBoston College was the people I’ve met.“That’s the most important part about athletics,and why this honor is so important tome. I couldn’t have done it without my familyand my coaches,” she said.5

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2010 INDUCTEEUNDER ARMOUR ®CONGRATULATESGENE DEFILIPPOBC ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE!UNDER ARMOUR ®IS PROUD TO BE THE OFFICIAL OUTFITTEROF BOSTON COLLEGE ATHLETICS.7

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GENE DEFILIPPODirector of AthleticsFootball fans of the SoutheasternConference once had a devilishly delightfulpractice reminiscent of Delilah’s snippinga lock of Samson’s hair. It was a triumphof the greatest magnitude for anyonewho could pilfer the distinctiveStetson hat that was always worn – outdoorsonly – by Alabama football coachPaul “Bear” Bryant.There’s no record of how many daringpeople were able to purloin Bear’s holyhoundstooth, but one of them, back in1974, was a kindergarten teacher namedAnne DeFilippo. She spirited the chapeauaway from the coatroom of a Knoxville,Tennessee restaurant. Her husband Gene,then a grad assistant coach at the Universityof Tennessee, gleefully wore it on the drivehome.The DeFilippo family: Matt Eldred, Katherine Eldred,Christine (DeFilippo) Eldred, Anne, Gene, Mary, and John.uate studies. At age 25, Gene became offensivecoordinator at Youngstown State. Sevenyears of coaching there and at Vanderbilt layahead before he moved to administration atVandy under Roy Kramer. His experience asa coach shaped his philosophy of managementin positions that followed at SouthCarolina-Spartanburg, Kentucky, Villanova,and Boston College.“I used to tell my players four things. First,work hard. We all have troubles and problems,but for two hours, let’s check our problemsand egos at the door. Second, worksmart. Follow the plan. Your coaches haveburned the midnight candle to put it together.Third, play together. The best playersdon’t always win, but the best team does.And fourth, have fun.”“I’ve seen the cat skinned so many differentways. There are lots of ways to be successful.I also learned that if you’re going to make afriend, you’ve first got to be a friend,” headds.Gene’s colleague Leo Sullivan, remarked,“The thing that most impresses me mostabout Gene is his energy. He’s always goingoff in six different directions. He’s on thephone constantly – the number of peoplewho seek him out for advice is amazing.”When Gene arrived on campus, football andhockey were mired in down cycles and theNational Women’s Law Center had named BCin a Title IX class action lawsuit that took fiveyears to resolve. That was then.The DeFilippo legacy is still very much awork in progress, but on the eve of his Hallof Fame induction his era at the helm hasincluded 12 football bowl appearances; 14NCAA berths for men’s and women’s basketball;three national titles in men’s hockey;2010 INDUCTEEBryant was one of Gene DeFilippo’s professionalidols, and he still is. But after watchingTexas defeat Navy in the 1964 CottonBowl, and witnessing a dashing youngLonghorn coach being carried off the field byhis players, the Northampton, Massachusettseighth grader didn’t want to be Bear Bryant.He wanted to be Darrell Royal.“I thought that would be the greatest thing inthe world. To put together a team, to getthem to play together, to work together,” hesaid.That was the beginning. There would bemany stops along the way for Gene and theformer Anne Foley, his high school sweetheart,before he assumed the duties ofBoston College athletics director onSeptember 16, 1997. They were marriedwhen Gene was entering senior year atSpringfield College. A wishbone quarterbackfor coach Ted Dunn, he wanted nothing morethan to coach college football.So in the spring he wrote letters to dozens offootball coaches around the country. Almostall responded with polite declines. But two ofthe best, Bill Battle and Joe Paterno, offeredencouragement. Gene and Anne hopped intoher Volkswagen, drove 22 hours toKnoxville, and grabbed the opportunity thatBattle offered. Gene could coach the JV backsand run the scout team. There would be nopay, and he’d have to foot the tuition bill forhis master’s degree.Battle also helped Anne land a teaching slot,and the DeFilippos were off on their familyand career adventure. Professor Earl Ramer,president of the NCAA, guided Gene in gradnewand improved indoor and outdoorfacilities; and a 100% graduation rate for21 sports in both 2009 and 2010.Ask Gene about his tenure at BostonCollege, and he’ll point to his staff – somehe hired, others were here when hearrived. “Ask anybody in the ACC, andthey’ll tell you that Boston College has thebest department in the conference. That’sone thing I’m really proud of – the greatpeople we have. I see my job as athleticsdirector to provide leadership and organization,and then to provide the climateand the resources necessary for our peopleto do their jobs.”Commissioner John Swofford of the ACCstates, “Gene is unquestionably one of thebest athletic directors in the business. He’sstood the test of time, faced different challengesat different institutions, and donethings the right way. He’s a people personwith a great sense of humor but insidethere’s a burning intensity for excellence inwhatever he’s a part of. “Gene is a voracious reader, and leadership ishis favorite subject. Every summer, hereturns to Bill Walsh’s “Building aChampion: On Football and the Making of aChampion.” He’s also devoured works byand about Pope John Paul II, GeorgeWashington, Vince Lombardi, Pop Warner,Abe Lincoln and many others. But thoughhe greatly admires Lombardi, Gene pointsout how sad it was that Vince seldom foundtime to play ball or spend time with his ownchildren.Gene and Anne have three children.Christine (Eldred) is the mother ofKatherine, their first grandchild. John isoffensive coordinator at San Jose State.Mary played lacrosse at BC, graduated in2007, and works for Fenway SportsManagement.DeFilippo seldom had time for golf when thekids were young, recently but he’s made upfor that. He and Anne have been to Italy ahalf-dozen times. Over there, in the oldcountry, Gene discovered that he was a buddingoenophile. He smiles,“I like nothing better than sitting on theback porch, sipping red Italian wine.”Life’s good at the DeFilippos’. And thanks toGene, athletic life at Boston College isextremely good as well.9

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2010 INDUCTEELinda & Steve MillerCongratulateJack Farrell, Jack Flanagan& Gene DeFilippo11

www.bceagles.comTHE OFFICIAL FAN CLUB OF BOSTON COLLEGE FOOTBALLSalutes our Eagle football greats on their inductionSalutes the newest members of theto the Varsity Club Hall of Fame!Varsity Club Hall of Fame!Jack Farrell ‘50Jack Flanagan ‘59Pete Kendall ‘95George Radachowsky ‘84Scott Gieselman ‘85Tom “Tank” Meehan ‘58Bill Romanowski ‘88Bernie Teliszewski ‘57Scholars, Athletes & GentlemenPr 01st V r r r 2nd V r 1Trrer 3r iFor more information on joining the Gridiron Club, contact 12

JACK FARRELL ’50Football and Baseball2010 INDUCTEEFor as long as he can remember,Jackie Farrell wanted to be a collegefootball player. He got his wish, letteringfor four years at BostonCollege and playing both ways, athalfback on offense and as a defensiveback.But like many members of theGreatest Generation, Jack was a“delayed vocation” on the gridiron.Four years of service in World War IIcame first. He received his highschool diploma in February of 1942,enlisted in the Navy, and spentalmost four years away from organizedsports.Jack grew up on the hill overlookingBillings Field in West Roxbury, wherehe’d play CYO football in the fall,hockey in the winter, and baseballevery spring and summer. He enrolled atBoston English High and played for BostonCollege Hall of Famer Bill Ohrenberger, athree-sport coach and mentor who, as Jackputs it,“Watched us all like a hawk. Every kid whoshowed potential, he made sure they movedon to college. Bill is the man who steered meto Boston College. Bill was much more thana coach. He was a mentor to a lot of kids.”Jack looked into Holy Cross and Villanova,but the Eagles were the only ones whooffered him a scholarship. He enrolled in thesummer of 1946, fresh off his service as aNavy signalman on a destroyer, the USSCowie. The ship was deployed in both theEuropean theater and the Pacific, and sawaction in the island campaigns during theclosing months of the war.Lest anyone think that Boston College wasnot a big-time program in those days, theschedule included Oklahoma, LSU,Mississippi, Wake Forest, Kansas State, andTennessee, among others. Many of Farrell’steam mates went on to play professional ball.Freshmen were eligible for varsity play inthose days, and Jack stepped right onto theteam. He lettered for four years in footballand as an outfielder for Freddy Maguire’sbaseball team. On the diamond, he was especiallyproficient at defense and was always athreat to steal bases. But on the footballfield, as he modestly puts it, “I was a jack ofall trades and master of none.”Jack has fond memories of Eddie Doherty,the former Eagle quarterback who coachedthe backfield that included such luminariesJack and Elizabeth Farrell with grandchildren Ryan, Shea and Jakeas Butch Songin, who later played for thePatriots, and Al “Crazy Legs” Cannava, whowent on to play at Green Bay.Other than having to lose some weight andget back into shape as a 20-year old freshman,Jack doesn’t recall any difficulty inadjusting to the football life after an absenceof four years. There was never any doubt inhis mind that he’d first fulfill his dream ofplaying college ball.“It was big time football. Each of the coachestook a real interest in the individual playersand they taught us a lot. The stances,how to block, how to tackle…it was likemoving to the majors after playing in theminor leagues,” said Farrell.As with many two-way athletes of his era,the contributions that Jack Farrell made tothe success of the team are not always quantifiedby statistics and numbers. Football wasvery much a ground game, and the need toplay two ways dictated that players be smallerand more versatile than they are nowadays.Though Jack had good speed and was effectiveon sweeps, he spent much of his timeblocking for the likes of Cannava, JoeDiminick, Maury Poissant, and Vic Palladino.Statistical summaries for that time show thatJack averaged 3.5 yards per carry in hisjunior season and 4.25 as a sophomore.Though individual defensive records forthose years have been lost, Jack had the reputationas an interception threat. His speedand agility made him a valuable defender inthe secondary.The combined record for Jack’s footballteams was 20-13-3. One of themost-remembered games was the finalone of his career, a 76-0 conquest ofarchrival Holy Cross before a capacitycrowd in Fenway Park. Jack scoredone of the Eagles’ touchdowns thatday.After graduation, Jack embarked on alaw enforcement career and joined theFBI. He worked in criminal investigationsand in background checking onthe civil side, seeing service in theBureau’s offices in California,Kentucky, and New York.After six years with the Bureau, hecame home and connected up withEddie Barry, a former Boston Bruinsand Boston Olympics goaltender.Eddie and Jack are still together, morethan 50 years later, at the Barry and FarrellInsurance Agency in Needham.Jack and his wife, the former ElizabethKelley, had three sons. Bill, who graduatedfrom UNH in 1988, captained the Wildcats’football team, and is now working for theMassachusetts Court System. Mike graduatedfrom Roger Williams College in 1990 andis in business with his father at Barry &Farrell. John, a self-employed electrician,graduated from Westfield State in 1998.Mrs. Farrell, who is now deceased, taughtschool for many years.Jack is still active in his beloved sport offootball. He has been involved with theGridiron Club of Greater Boston for manyyears as a member of its evaluation andselection committee for the prestigiousawards such as the Bulger Lowe Award andthe Swede Nelson Award. He also has beena leader of the Class of 1950’s alumni activitiesat Boston College. In 1975, his class’sSilver Anniversary year, Jack was co-chairmanof the gift committee. They raised aclass gift which, to that point in BC history,surpassed all others.Like many numerical records, both in dollarlevels of class giving and in such categoriesas yards gained, points scored, and passesintercepted on football fields, that mark wassoon eclipsed. But what can never be surpassedwas the overall record of achievementof the men and women of Jack Farrell’sera, who preserved and defended the countryin war time and went on to build theworld’s most prosperous and successfulnation.13

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JACK FLANAGAN ‘59FootballAll it took for Jack Flanagan to make thebelated launch of his football career was achange of clothing.“One of my buddies told me to take off myleather jacket, get off the street corner, andgo out for football,” he said. “So I did, insenior year. Played a few games, got hurtfor a few games.”The minimal football experience thatFlanagan received at Boston College HighSchool was good enough for his coach andmentor, Charlie McCoy, to tab the youngman as a college football prospect.“He saw something that I didn’t knowexisted in me,” said Jack, who started atfullback in the season-opening jamboree.“When we came back to practice the nextweek, he said ‘There’s a lot of changes.Flanagan’s an end.’ I didn’t know how heknew I could catch a pass, but God blesshim!”Jack’s mother Ruth Rubicus was a hardworkingsingle parent who lived in thethree-deckered neighborhood of Dorchesterknown as Savin Hill. She saved as much aspossible of her salary and tips from waitressingand bartending to send Jack, herolder son, to school at BC High just acrossthe Southeast Expressway. While Jack didattend the Jesuit institution, for his firstthree years he preferred to hang out in the‘hood rather than participate in schoolsports.Classmate Jim Cotter finally persuadedFlanagan to give football a whirl. His seasonwas cut short by an injury to his midsection,but Jack saw that he liked the game. Itturned out that he had a good bit of innateathletic talent. His mother, a big, strongwoman of Lithuanian descent, had beengood enough to be invited to the U.S.Olympic tryouts in shot put and javelin duringthe 1930s.Flanagan told McCoy that he was planningto go into the army after graduation, butCharlie prevailed upon Fordham to giveFlanagan, Cotter, and Jack Furey footballscholarships. Then a slight problemcropped up. Fordham dropped football.Flanagan, Furey and Cotter came back toBoston and tried out at Boston College.McCoy, who had entered the seminary,urged head coach Mike Holovak and endcoach Bill Flynn to give the raw but talentedFlanagan a fair shot at making the teamand earning a scholarship.“Bill Flynn was my real mentor. He likedme and taught me how to play football,”says Jack. “We called him The Whip. He’dget down in the trenches and block withyou. The Whip made you tough. The agreementI had was that if I made the team I’dget a scholarship. My Mom didn’t havemoney to send me for more than the firstyear, so it was either knock people down ordon’t go to school.”Flanagan liked knocking people down. Heplayed both offensive and defensive end asa freshman, then started on both sides ofthe ball for nearly his entire varsity career.He was durable, missing just one game.“Playing both ways was the great part, andkids nowadays don’t get to enjoy it. Theyonly do one thing. It took a unique type ofa person. You couldn’t just be big and toughand tackling people. You couldn’t be thelight kid running down the field catchingpasses either. You’d have to come back anddo something very different afterwards.Knockin’ em down on defense was the mostfun, and you got your rewards from offense.You got to kick some butt and be a herotoo.”Don Allard, Alan Miller, and Jim Colcloughwere the BC stars of Flanagan’s era. Theteam had an overall mark of 18-10, includingthe 7-2 record in Jack’s junior year of1957, the first year of play in AlumniStadium. Jack never led the team in passescaught in any season, but at the time of hisgraduation he ranked fourth all-time in passreceptions.As a senior in 1986, Jack hauled in sixtouchdown passes to lead the team in scoringwith 36 points. He won the ScanlonAward as the outstanding student athleteand was runner up in the voting for the2010 INDUCTEEO’Melia Award, given to the most valuableplayer in the Holy Cross game.Jack enrolled in the Platoon Leaders Courseat BC, thinking he’d be joining the Marinesafter graduation. No NFL team drafted him,though he did get calls from Weeb Ewbankof the Colts and Jim Lee Howell of theGiants. Jack signed with the ChicagoCardinals, a team that needed more helpthan the Colts or the Giants. But thatspring, when playing in an alumni game atBoston College, he cracked a vertebra in hisback. He went to camp with the Cardinalsbut hurt the back again and had to retire.With his football career prematurely overand the Marines no longer an option, Jackreturned to BC High and served for a yearas assistant football coach. He liked it buthad to resist the Jesuits’ continual recruitingpitches for the Society. A summer constructionjob helped him land a positionwith Combustion Engineering inConnecticut. He sold nuclear boilers, andin 1974 he caught on with StorageTechnology, a startup firm that was an earlyhigh technology marvel.“Growing up in a neighborhood like SavinHill was a good preparation for the businessworld. You just had to be a little tougherthan other kids, and you wouldn’t take griieffrom anybody, in the computer businessor anywhere else,” said FlanaganJack stayed with Storage Technology for therest of his career, handling major telephoneindustry accounts in the Boston area. Afterretiring he was a consultant to vendorsseeking to sell to the telephone industry.Jack is an avid golfer and teaches the gameto kids at the Clearway School. His sonChris, who went to UVM, lives in SanDiego. Daughter Donna lives on the Capeand is in the computer business. Reflectingback over the years, Jack says.“Father Charlie was great because he gotthe coaches to watch me. The first playthat I was on at BC was a tackling drill, andJimmy Colclough just ran around me. Butthe agreement coach McCoy got for methere was ‘You play, we pay.’”“This sums it up. A kid from Dorchester gotlucky with a good high school coach.”15

www.bceagles.comTHE OFFICIAL FAN CLUB OF BOSTON COLLEGE FOOTBALLSalutes and the thanks newest these members two great leaders of theVarsity Club Hall of Fame!on their induction to theVarsity Club Hall of Fame!Pete Kendall ‘95Don Croatti ‘60Founder and Patriarch of Touchdown and Gridiron ClubsGeorge Radachowsky ‘84Gene DeFilippoBest athletic director in all college sportsScholars, Athletes & GentlemenPr 01st V r r r 2nd V r 1Trrer 3r iFor more information on joining the Gridiron Club, contact 16

SCOTT GIESELMAN ’85FootballScott Gieselman thinks of himself as theleast-prepared player ever to be offered acollege football scholarship by a majorinstitution.That’s highly debatable, but coach JackBicknell did take a flyer on the basketballplayer and late-arriving tight end fromWeston via Belmont Hill School. Bick hadbeen on the Boston College scene a coupleof months, was still casting around for athletes,and had recently signed another basketball-playingkid named Flutie.Barry Gallup, who had known Gieselmanfrom summer basketball pickup games,took Scott down to Bick’s office at halftimeof a game in February of 1981. They chatteda while, talked of things like weightprograms and post-graduate years, but bythe end of an hour Bicknell was ready tooffer Gieselman a scholarship. That’s howScott Gieselman came to Boston College togive football a shot, instead of going tosome Ivy or NESCAC school to play basketball.Bicknell wasn’t totally ignorant ofGieselman’s potential. Scott’s high schoolfootball coach Chip Dewar had taken itupon himself to send the BC coaches a filmfrom Scott’s senior year. That was unbeknownstto Gieselman, who’d made the allprepschool team. But he still thought ofhimself as a basketball player, with footballjust an outside possibility.Gieselman developed into one of the besttight ends in Boston College history, but healso came this close to transferring out.He’d sat out as a freshman, bulked upunder the tutelage of strength coach WesEmmert, and worked on speed and agilityover the summer with track coach DanDuncan at Weston High. His goal was tomake the travel roster as a sophomore, andto leave if he didn’t.Bicknell and offensive coordinator TomCoughlin had told Gieselman that his bestshot to play at BC was to switch to theoffensive line, which he simply did notwant to do. Scott Nizolek was an establishedperformer at tight end, and thecoaches had moved linebacker AndyHemmer to the position in pre-season.When he was left off the travel team forfirst game of 1982, Gieselman contactedanother school and gathered his transcriptsand papers.The Sunday after the Eagles destroyed theAggies 38-16 in College Station, Scott washeading for Bick’s office. Gallup metGieselman first, however, and told himthat Hemmer had sustained an injury andwouldn’t be playing. Scott suited up afterall, and he caught his first pass for a touchdownat Navy two games later.That wasn’t the only fortunate coincidence.Bicknell and Coughlin knew theyhad an exceptional leader in Flutie, andthey revamped the entire offense to takeadvantage of his skills and football savvy.That meant an aggressive, pass-happyoffense modeled after teams like the SanDiego Chargers, and more pass routes atvaried distances for the tight end. Blockingfor runners like Troy Stradford and SteveStrachan was also a requirement, but therewould be a tilt toward more pass catchingby the tight end, playing right intoGieselman’s growing strengths.Gieselman caught only two passes as asophomore and was used sparingly. Heblossomed as a junior after Nizolek left,snaring 45 passes for 525 yards and fourtouchdowns. Nine of those catches came ina game against West Virginia. In that yearhe earned AP honorable mention All-America and All-East accolades.Scott was all-ECAC as a senior and fifthyearsenior and finished out his careerwith 120 catches for 1485 yards, an averageof 12.4 yards per catch, and ten touchdowns.He is the Eagles’ 11th all-time inreceptions, 15th in yardage with 1,485,and 18th in touchdowns with ten. Not badfor a kid from a small town who was head-2010 INDUCTEEed for a college career in basketball, a pathhe could easily have pursued.Encouraged by his father John, a Syracusenative who’d played college basketball atNiagara, Scott went to play at the Dan MarrBoys’ Club in Boston on weekends, facingthe likes of local high school hoop legendsTim O’Shea and Patrick Ewing.Scott was good enough to go to the 5 StarBasketball Camp in Pittsburgh, one of thesport’s hottest recruiting venues.Gieselman did well there; in a one-on-oneplayoff tournament he drew a kid fromNorth Carolina named Michael Jordan. Thepair battled into overtime, and Jordan prevailed13-11. Gieselman made one mistake.“I hit him in the nose. I think it wasan accident, but that made him mad, andthat was the end for me,” he says.Scott was drafted in the fourth round bythe Patriots, but neck injuries there andlater on at a Dolphins’ training camp curtailedhis playing days. After bidding arueful farewell to Don Shula and DanMarino, he returned to Boston College, finishedhis MBA, and caught on with themergers and acquisitions group at the WallStreet juggernaut, Goldman Sachs.Gieselman remarks that he was even lesswell prepared for varsity high finance thanhe was for varsity football. In his first yearat the firm, his only days off wereChristmas and Easter. That work paid offwhen he was offered a slot in Goldman’sEnergy Division. His work on several hugetransactions in the oil patch led to an offerto become a partner.Scott stayed there until 2007, when hebranched off with six other colleagues toform Natural Gas Partners, a private equityfirm that specializes in the energy sector.Scott operates out of Weston and coversthe Eastern United States and Europe.Gieselman did not forget his BostonCollege roots and especially Bicknell, theman who invested a precious footballscholarship on the kid with raw athleticability but much to learn. Along with SteveStrachan, he has made major gifts in honorof Jack, naming a room for him in YawkeyCenter and endowing a scholarship.Scott met his wife, the former Mia Jung,while working in Houston for GoldmanSachs. They were married about four yearsago and have an 18-month old son, ConorHenry “Hank” Gieselman.17

www.bceagles.comCongratulatesJay Hutchins onhis induction intothe Varsity ClubHall of Fame!18

JAY HUTCHINS ‘84SoccerAs far as Glenn Hutchins, soccer andbaseball coach at Greely High School intiny Cumberland, Maine was concerned,adulthood and the workaday world wouldarrive soon enough for his sons Kyle andJay. Sports and games came first. So hefashioned a small athletic complex rightat the family home – a basketball courtout in the back, and a soccer/ baseballfield on the expansive front lawn.2010 INDUCTEETall for a soccer player at 6-2, Hutchinshad a quick first step, and his accelerationthrough the first five yards madehim difficult to stop. He could also scoreequally well with either leg. He is proudthat he was able to fit his offensiveemphasis into Brewster’s style of playand to amass a high goal and point totalwhile playing for a defensive-mindedteam.“I didn’t want them to have jobs duringthe summer. They’re going to be workingall of their lives,” stated Mr. Hutchins.“What they did in sports, they did ontheir own. It wasn’t through going tocamps. They paid the price, and itworked out for them. They made melook really good as a coach.”Kyle, four years older, recalls that at almostevery time of the day or night, he and Jaywould be engaged in some sporting activityin or around the yard. They’d practice techniquesand moves picked up from watchinga German soccer league on television onenight a week. They worked on warm-updrills observed at the Boston Tea Men’shome games at Boston University. TheHutchins lads were sporting autodidacts,and turned out to be brilliant students andteachers.Kyle played at Providence and SouthernMaine before three years in pro soccer withthe Dallas Tornado. Jay played point guardon the Greely basketball team, twice makingall-state and receiving offers to playboth basketball and soccer from Maine andBrown. When he got to BC, assistant basketballcoach Kevin Mackey pursued himand asked him several times to try out.“I know Jay’s my brother, but he was thebest high school player I’ve ever seen. Hewas so powerful and so dominant, it wasalmost embarrassing to watch him,” saidKyle. “In high school he was an offensiveforce, but once he got to college he wasmuch more well-rounded. Fortunately hehad a good coach in Ben Brewster.”The Hutchins family had gotten to knowBen when Jay was a high school freshman.The Eagles spent a pre-season week inCumberland, staying in soccer players’homes, practicing, and working out withthe high school kids. BC was always Jay’sfirst choice of college.The Hutchins TeamWhen admission time arrived, though, ittook a while for BC’s scholarship offer tocome through. Jay kept badgering Brewsterand eventually accepted a deal from BostonUniversity. He changed his mind when Bencame up with the funds, and wound upscoring three of his 21 career goals againstthe Terriers, including a particularly satisfyinggame winner.Seven of Jay’s 20 goals were game-winningscores. He was also a three-time All-NewEngland choice and three-time All-GreaterBoston League selection. He was also theGBL’s MVP in 1981.Brewster’s Eagle teams of Jay’s years compileda record of 53-19-24. They were overachievers,a bunch of junkyard dogs whopreferred to stifle and smother opponentsand rely on the goaltending of Hall of FamerGordie Farkouh. Hutchins didn’t fit themold; though tall and strong, he was skilledand graceful, a playmaker and scorer in therole of attacking midfielder. Even thoughthe team preferred defense, Jay still rankssixth all-time with 81 points scored andfourth in career assists, more than 25 yearsafter his graduation.“They used to say we were tough. I thinkwe were mentally tough. I never thoughtwe were dirty. Ben put together a team thatwas unbelievable from the chemistry standpoint.Everybody had each other’s back.You have good chemistry and a good goalie,and you can do a lot of things. I can’tremember ever having any fights on theteam. Everyone got so ticked off at Ben, buthis philosophy was for us to get mad at him,not at each other.”19Hutchins and classmate Peter Dorfmancarried the bulk of the offensive burden.Jay was the playmaker and Peter, with31 career goals to Jay’s 21, was the scorer.They are tied for fourth all-time inEagle annals with 20 assists.“Peter was tough up front. I could playit in to him, and he was very hard to knockoff the ball,” said Jay.For Hutchins and classmates, the definingmoment of their BC careers came in sophomoreyear. After an 0-2 start, they journeyedto Long Island and knocked off bothUCLA 2-1 and host Adelphi 3-2 in theAdidas Tournament. They finished 14-6-1that season and followed it up with a 15-5-3 mark and a berth in the NCAAs the followingyear.“I had great people behind me, “he stated.“Steve Byrne and John Callahan weretremendous defensive players. We hadGordie Farkouh in goal. So I could afford toattack more, and could come forward morethan some midfielders.”Jay was also named All-Big East twice. Heworked at WEEI in Boston for a while, tryingto break into the broadcasting game,assisting BC basketball broadcaster TedSarandis. He also interned at WGME inPortland, Maine.After a year with the Charlotte Gold in professionalsoccer, Jay returned to Maine,where several executives of UnumInsurance happened to be soccer fans andfollowers of his career. He received an invitationto join the sales team and moved toChicago for a seven-year hitch. There hemet his future wife, Rowena Anderson.Jay is now vice president of sales atColonial Life Insurance, a sister company toUnum. The family lives in Atlanta. SonsT.J., age 17, and Chase, 15, play varsity basketballin high school. Daughter Sarah, 23,is a banker and daughter Jeannette, 20, is atthe University of Georgia.

www.bceagles.comAmberAJACOBSAbington HeightsBoston CollegeMinnesota LynxCongratulations, Amber.BBC is proud of yourinduction into theBoston College Hall of Fame.Amber Jacobs, Head Women’s Basketball Coachand Assistant Athletic DirectorBaptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, PA.Coach Sylvia Crawleyand the Women’s Basketball Program would like to congratulateAMBER JACOBS ’04on her distinguished career and herinduction intoTHE BC HALL OF FAMEAmber exemplifies the phrase “Ever to Excel”For membership information contact the Fast Break Club:Fast Break Club, Boston College, Women’s BasketballConte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467Warren Zola, Presidentfastbreakclub@bceagles.com20

AMBER JACOBS ’04Basketball2010 INDUCTEESound bites and highlights. Next time youare talking about your all-time favorite athlete,watch how the conversation goes. Firstyou’ll speak of the signature play or momentthat won or lost the game. Then you’ll talkabout the play’s impact on the contest.Finally you’ll get around to everything elseabout that athlete – all those things, big andsmall, that made him or her so special.The sound bites of the Amber Jacobs storycome straight from the archives of ESPN.Two consecutive buzzer-beaters to defeat OldDominion 73-72 and Vanderbilt 86-85 in theNCAA Tournament of 2003. Her late bucketin the 73-70 UConn Big East tourney game of2004, BC’s first win over the Storrs crowd in12 games. The final episode is the last BCvictory of Amber’s career, a 63-48 dismantlingof Ohio State before a roaring, hostilecrowd in the 2004 NCAAs.Jacobs actually turned the ball over eighttimes in that game. But in the words ofBuckeye coach Jim Foster, “Amber Jacobs, ina night that could have been very very frustratingeight turnovers, never lost sight ofthe composure to run the offense and executethe offense.”That observation by Foster widens the lensof memory and captures the essence ofAmber Jacobs. She deflected talk about herselfin the locker room and insisted that theteam, a mature, poised outfit that finished27-7, get the accolades. That was typical. Asher coach, Cathy Inglese, comments,“She was not only an outstanding player, butshe was so team-oriented. It wasn’t all aboutAmber.”Jacobs was not big, fast, or agile, but she hadan indefinable something that allowed her tosucceed in big-time college basketball andmove on to professional ball. She also hadthe motivation to work relentlessly to overcomelimitations.Jacobs explained, “One of the reasons I likedcoach Inglese was that she reminded me ofgrowing up under my dad. She made surethat our team was going to outwork ouropponent. And she was very fundamentalsbased,with those little details that someother people might not coach.“Footwork was huge. I don’t think I understoodhow important it was until I got to college.We started every practice with drills onfootwork.”Jacobs played soccer and basketball atAbington Heights High School in tiny Clark’sSummit, Pennsylvania, and got wider exposurein three years with the PhiladelphiaBelles of the AAU.“I grew up handling the ball and running theteam,” she says. She says her parents Dawnand Roger insisted she work hard at thesport, but “never took the love out of it.”It was a long leap from Clark’s Summit toChestnut Hill. Inglese had scouted her inAAU ball and was further impressed in thepersonal interview.“She wanted the ball in her hands. She wentout there and enjoyed herself. She wanted toplay for a program that was more intensethan her high school. And her thoughtprocess matched exactly what I wanted,especially in a guard,” recalled the coach.The adjustment to big-city Boston was difficult.Even though she loved to direct basketballgames, Amber was a shy kid. She didn’thave time to learn as a varsity understudy,but started at point guard right awayafter Brianne Stepherson injured an ACL.The rebuilding team posted a losing recordfor the first time in five seasons. Jacobsaveraged twice as many turnovers as assistsper game, a ratio that she reversed by thetime she was a senior.“I was not very outgoing, and having to trustin my teammates and rely on them and openup to them in ways that were difficult forme, really grew me and helped me grow upand be more vocal,” she stated.Inglese said, “Sometimes in time outs I’d askher what she saw, what’s going on, what doyou suggest. She had great communicationsskills when she was a junior and senior.Many things I took from her made me a bettercoach.”In Amber’s sophomore season the team went23-8, losing the Big East Final toConnecticut and to Mississippi State in thefirst round of the NCAAs. Jacobs startedevery contest and led the team in scoringwith 11.9 points per game.Her junior year was another good one, withthree seniors to lead the team to a 22-9slate. Connecticut again ended the Eagleseason in the 2003 NCAA Sweet Sixteenround after Jacobs’ heroics against OldDominion and Vanderbilt.“That senior year team was special. We allbelieved in each other, we fought for eachother. The 2004 Big East Championship wasmy favorite highlight in all of college, winningfour games in four nights and beatingUConn on their home floor, and then goingon to beat Ohio State and get to the NCAASweet 16.”After BC bowed out of the NCAAs Amberwas invited to the men’s Final Four and wonthe women’s three-point contest. She wasEagle of the Year that season, and she rankshigh in several career statistical categories:sixth in scoring and assists, seventh insteals, and third in three pointers made.“I loved playing basketball and I wanted togive back by coaching,” she says, but gettingdrafted by the WNBA put those plans onhold. She played four years with Minnesotaand one with Washington nd L.A. beforeknee injuries ended her playing days.Jacobs had studied in the Lynch School ofEducation at BC. After assisting Inglese for ayear at URI, she was named head women’scoach at Baptist Bible College in Clark’sSummit. Her grandfather, Dr. ErnestPickering, was its president back in the1970s, and her father coached men’s soccerthere for 17 years.When she was introduced to the school communityshe stated “My goal is to build relationshipswith the girls and share with themmy experiences and knowledge of the game.And hopefully impact their lives with eachother, while learning more about God, whileglorifying him.”21

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BRIAN LEETCH ’87Hockey2010 INDUCTEEA reporter approached Ken Hodge in thelocker room after a game in 1986-87 andasked the prolific centerman how BostonCollege designed its breakouts from thedefensive zone.“We give it to Leetchie,” grinned Ken.Unfortunately, Eagle forwards only had theopportunity to give the puck to Brian Leetchfor a single season. Though he says henever quite planned it that way, Brianturned professional after representing theUnited States in the 1988 Winter Olympics.He is the only BC Hall of Fame athlete whonever played a home game. Conte Forumwas under construction, and the team practicedat local MDC rinks and played allgames on the road.Brian Leetch’s professional hockey accomplishmentsand accolades would fill a book.Those who don’t follow the college gamemight regard his time at BC as a light pregameskate. But Eagle fans know otherwise.Even though he played just one year, as an18-year old freshman, Brian set the standardof class and excellence for every defensemanin the Boston College program’s storiedhistory.“I was drafted by the Rangers coming out ofsenior year, but all during high school I wasjust hoping that I’d progressed enough tomake the 1988 Olympic team. That wouldfall in my sophomore year of college. Ithought that having played on US NationalDevelopment teams, I had a good chance,”he said.Leetch made the national squad easily andtook the 1987-88 year away from BC alongwith Greg Brown and Craig Janney. KevinStevens, who graduated in ‘87, was also onthe team. Leetch would eventually play inthree Olympics: Calgary in 1988, Nagano in1998, and Salt Lake City in 2002. FacingNHL teams on the 1988 Olympic exhibitionschedule made Leetch confident that hecould jump to the bit time.There had been little question that Brianwould wind up at Boston College, eventhough he applied to other schools. Hisfather Jack ‘63 was an outstanding forwardfor Snooks Kelley and was enshrined in theHall of Fame in 1984.During Brian’s early years the family movedabout the country as Jack fulfilled his militaryobligations with the Navy. Brian wasborn in Corpus Christi, Texas, and didn’tbegin playing sports until age five when theLeetches settled in Connecticut. In additionto hockey, Brian developed into an outstandingbaseball pitcher. He led his highschool, Avon Old Farms, to the ConnecticutState Championship.He wanted to be a defenseman rather than aforward because defenders played everyother shift and got much more ice time. Hewas no stay-at-home backliner, but a worthyheir to the offensive revolution in defensemen’splay that was pioneered by Bobby Orrof the Bruins.“A lot of my teams needed me to beinvolved with the offense, even though Iwas playing back there,” he states.Saying that he was involved with the offenseis an understatement. In two years at AvonOld Farms, he scored 70 goals and picked up90 assists. At Boston College he was theoffensive mainspring from his defense post,racking up nine goals and 38 assists.Boston College had been one of the bestteams in the country in the years precedingLeetch’s arrival, making the NCAATournament three straight times and goingto the Frozen Four once. The 1986-87 teamwas another exceptional one. They posted a31-9 record and won the Hockey East championshipwith a 3-2 win over Maine. In theNCAA quarterfinal total goals series, however,they couldn’t overcome a 4-1 loss toMinnesota in the first game and were eliminatedby a count of 6-4.Leetch was a first team All-American,Hobey Baker Award finalist, and the onlyfreshman ever to win the Walter BrownAward as New England’s top player. He citeshis father as the biggest molder of his life,and Mark Messier as the biggest influenceon his career.“Mark explains all those thoughts you haveas a young man, about what it means to bea good teammate, a good leader, and what itmeans to want to win. He’d already beenthrough that in Edmonton. When he cameto New York he had already won fiveStanley Cups. Without sitting you down andtelling you, he was leading by example, gettingeveryone involved, and showing howimportant each person is to the process ofbeing successful. He was able to get thatacross to guys like me and Mike Richter andAdam Graves. Just being around him dayto-dayhad a big impact on me,” explainsLeetch.In 1988-89 he won the Calder Trophy asNHL Rookie of the Year. He took the NorrisTrophy as top defenseman in 1992 and1997. In 1994 he led the Rangers to theStanley Cup, and won the Conn SmytheTrophy as the MVP of the playoffs. In 1991-92, Leetch became only the fifth NHLdefenseman to score more than 100 pointsin a season, finishing with 102.Leetch played 18 seasons in the NationalHockey League, almost all with the Rangers.He had a brief stint in Toronto at the end of2004, and after the NHL lockout year hefinished his career with the Bruins in 2005-2006. With Boston he scored his 1,000thpoint, making him only the fourth defensemanto attain that level. He totaled 1,028points and was an 11 times an all-star.The Hockey News ranked Brian as the 71stgreatest ice hockey player of all time. Hewas inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall ofFame in 2008 and into the InternationalHockey Hall of Fame the following year. Healso received the Lester Patrick Award in2007 for Outstanding Service to Hockey.Brian and his wife Mary (O’Neill), whohails from Queens, New York, now live inBoston with their children. Jack is 11 yearsold, Riley is eight, and Sean is six. Sincehis retirement Brian has been doing commentaryfor NESN, the Madison SquareGarden Network, and Sports Illustrated.com.23

www.bceagles.comest. 1949CONGRATULATESBRIAN LEETCH ’87ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMEThe Pike’s Peak Club of Boston College, established in 1949, is college hockey’s oldestbooster club. For membership information, please call theBoston College Hockey Office at (617) 552-3028.The Officers and Directors of the Pike’s Peak ClubBarry Hynes, President24

TOM MEEHAN ‘58Football2010 INDUCTEETom Meehan’s football career at BostonCollege didn’t start out well. Cut from thesquad on his second day, he returned at nextopportunity, battled his way onto the team,and ended up as one of the best offensivelinemen of his era.Son of Irish immigrant parents, Tom grew upin Broad Channel, New York and attendedCardinal Farley Military Academy. His fatherdied when he was eight, and Tom always hadto work part-time to make ends meet, evenwhen he was in college.Marquette, Holy Cross, and Villanova allaccepted Meehan, but none offered scholarships.When he heard that a young lady fromhis town – a friend, not a girlfriend – wasplanning on coming to Boston College, that’swhere Tom decided to go. Then she changedher mind and stayed home.As a freshman in the fall of 1954, he lastedtwo days was and dropped from the squad.He won’t name the assistant coach whomade the decision but is quick to add that itwas not head coach Mike Holovak.The next spring, Holovak posted a two-linememo inviting students to football tryouts,and Meehan showed up. This time, the linecoach was former Eagle Gil Bouley. Afterseveral days of practice, Meehan came to thelocker room in the basement of Fulton Halland saw that his locker had been emptiedout. As he began walking away, Holovakdemanded to know where he was going. Itwas only then that Meehan learned that he’dbe a varsity football player, and that thecoaches had moved his helmet and pads tothe “big guys” area.“That makes me the only two-time walk-onin Boston College history,” he grins proudly.Bouley was an excellent teacher, instructingMeehan before practices in the arcane waysof the trenches: how to stand, pull, block, goright, go left, make reads.“If it were not for Gil Bouley I would neverhave made it. All those coaches, Holovak,Bill Flynn, Wally Boudreau, worked with me.I wasn’t concerned with a scholarship. I justwanted to make the team. And I was givena scholarship in my sophomore year.”A right guard, Tom was the team’s smallestlineman at 5-9. Despite his size, he flourishedand was made acting captain as asenior after an injury to Tom Joe Sullivan. Anews article about his play and his captaincyin BC’s first Alumni Stadium win, a 20-7conquest of Florida State, quoted refereeGerry Hogan of Arkansas in saying that thatMeehan was “One of the cleanest and nicestboys I’ve ever met.”During Meehan’s three years the Eagles went17-8-1, including a 7-2 mark in his seniorcampaign when Tom earned All-East andhonorable mention All-America honors.First-team All-America linemen that yearincluded Alex Karras, Lou Michaels, and DanCurrie.Though he was good enough to get a pro tryout,he saw that linemen were uniformlymuch bigger and taller, and chances to catchon as a professional gridder didn’t lookpromising. But Tom was already intent onentering the Marine Corps anyway. He didplay some more football, on the QuanticoMarines team that won the national interservicefootball championship.He may not have been a full All-American infootball, but Tom’s subsequent career certainlyearned those All-American honors. Hismilitary career was anything but typical.Billed as an infantry officer, his first stopafter training was reconnaissance. After hishitch, Tom joined the FBI and worked oncomplicated criminal cases.Vietnam rolled around, and in 1966 theMarines asked him back. He took a leave ofabsence and went to Southeast Asia. He wasthe only Marine major to fly with the “CatKillers,” the unarmed, low-level reconnaissanceplanes whose flyers’ exploits arechronicled in the book, “A Hundred Feetover Hell.” He was shot down twice and surviveda crash of a rescue helicopter.Tom never returned to the FBI. In Korea heflew over enemy territory as far as China,took part in the discovery of the “third tunnelof aggression” between North and SouthKorea, and there for the U.S. response tothe “axe murders” attack by North Korea.In Japan, Tom became the only Marine tocommand a Navy anti-submarine detachment.His unit’s work, now declassified, isrecounted in the book “Blind Man’s Bluff.”After advancing to colonel and assignmentto Europe and anti-terrorism duties, Tomwas in Athens to supervise the transfer ofthe just-released Iran hostages. He thendebriefed the hostages at Ramstein Air Basein Germany.Jungle deployments in Vietnam had madeTom long to get back to a climate where hecould experience four seasons. After retirementfrom the Marines, he and his wifeMaria went to Orono, Maine. They had metin Brussels, where she was working forNATO. Maria earned master’s degrees ineducation and library science at theUniversity of Maine. Tom also got a master’sand went to work for the school.He advanced to assistant athletic directorwith the Black Bears, overseeing on-campussporting events. He became great friendswith the late hockey coach Shawn Walsh,who won two national championships duringTom’s tenure. To Walsh’s offer to teachhim Hockey 101, Meehan recalls retorting“I’ll teach you Boston College 100.”Tom’s brother, Colin, now deceased, becamea priest and for a while was stationed atArch Street in Boston. His sister Maureenentered the convent and recently retired assuperintendent of Catholic schools inCharlotte, NC. Brother John had a prosperouselectronic equipment company inCalifornia; he also played football for theJesuit University of Detroit and went noseto-nosewith Tom in a 12-7 Detroit victoryin 1956.Tom and Maria are the parents of fourdaughters: Mary, Kelly, Joy, and Kathleen,who is deceased. The Meehans own a homein Landstuhl, Germany. Maria is librarian forthe U.S. school at Ramstein and for theLandstuhl Hospital. Tom is active as a volunteer,coordinating visits of families from theU.S. to service personnel who have beeninjured in Iraq and Afghanistan.25

www.bceagles.comCongratulations PeterTwenty-eight Years of Serviceto BC Athletics!Congratulate Bill Romanowski on his inductioninto the Boston College Varsity ClubHall of Fame!26

PETE OLIVIERI ’65, MBA ’66Honorary2010 INDUCTEELate one Friday after noon in September of1980, the phone rang in the ComputerScience office. The Boston College athleticdepartment had just received a new wordprocessor to drive the stadium’s messageboard. Was there somebody up there whocould plug the mysterious device in and getit to work?Professor Peter Olivieri took a walk down tothe press box. He hooked up a couple ofwires, flipped a switch, and by golly, theblack board sprang to incandescent life. Hehad opened the door to a brave new world atAlumni, which had been the last major collegestadium to switch from an analog clockto a digital one.Stanford was in town for a game, and therewas no one to operate the board. Pete corralledMIS guru Bernie Gleason to help out,and the two of them had a ball. They got thecrowd roaring with giant-fonted exhortationslike “NOISE!” and “STAMP YOUR FEET.” Ithelped, also, that the victory-starved fanssaw Coach Eddie Chlebek’s team blow thefavored Cardinal away 30-13, the third homewin in the last dozen tries.That launched a fruitful, fun-packed 28-yearrelationship between the BC High kid fromSomerville and Eagle sports. Every new generationof digital display and game-day electronicmedia, from that time to the present,has been overseen by Pete Olivieri:Scoreboard entertainment, digital specialeffects, season highlight videos, statisticaldisplays that update with every recordedshot, point, yard gained or pass completed,were the handiwork of Pete and his team.Pete established and managed the VideoControl Room at Conte Forum. He trainedan enthusiastic cadre of student volunteers,kids from all majors and disciplines, todesign and operate the displays.Olivieri was intensely involved behind thescenes too. One day he asked coach TomCoughlin if he had a way to track how closelyopposing teams followed the game planthat BC coaches had predicted from watchingvideotapes. Tom, who was nothing if notwell prepared in his approach to games, toldhim no.Peter went to the coaches’ box and observedhow they scrambled to predict opponents’formations by using charts and whiteboards.He wrote a laptop program that quantifiedthe probabilities of upcoming offensive formations.The coaches loved it, and for threeyears Pete traveled with the team until theNCAA banned computers in coaches’ boxesand locker rooms. Boston College had beenthe only school using a computer to aid thecoaching staff during a game.The Big East also issued a rule banning thegrading of basketball players. This cameabout after Pete started displaying opponents’academic letter grades for foul-shootingpercentages.Pete was also responsible for leading suchinnovations as scoreboard-mounted camerasabove the hockey goals, wireless microphones,and a helmet-mounted camera fortraining quarterbacks to recognize defensivealignments.Professor Olivieri was a faculty member for40 years, joining the school just as the informationage got underway. He taught subjectssuch as management Information Systems,Digital Special Effects, and programming.He also was known for performing magictricks midway through class lectures.Another of Pete’s singular achievements washis involvement in the “Eagle Eyes” project.Pete and colleagues Jim Gips and Joe Teccehad been batting around basic researchthoughts on communication between computersand humans. They wanted to find away to play Pong, the primitive video game,by using eye movements instead of hands.One day, someone noted that a few of thecampus school students, who were paralyzedfrom the neck down, could benefit from sucha capability. It was simple for Pete and Jimto write a program to drive a head-mountedcomputer control system. It translated eyemovements to commands that made on-screen button clicks.The story of Michael Nash and the EagleEyes is especially inspiring. Michael was 11years old, paralyzed and unable to walk orspeak. He had been diagnosed with aninfant’s intelligence level. His motherrefused to believe the diagnosis and wouldnot send him to an institution. She boughtMichael to BC, where he proceeded to correctlyanswer a series of questions aboutmany things that his mother had told himand taught him over the years. Michaelcaught up with his contemporaries and,aided by the Eagle Eye and tests translatedto multiple choice by volunteer BC students,graduated from high school.Pete wasn’t originally a math or tech enthusiast.He went to BC High on a grant fromthe Eagles Foundation, which helped thechildren of servicemen who died in WorldWar II. He found his calling when heencountered BC faculty member Al Simone,an MIT-educated management professor whois now president emeritus of RochesterInstitute of Technology.Simone got Pete got hooked on computers,programming, and the application of math toreal-world problems. Pete got his MBA at BCand a Ph.D. at Columbia, took care of hisArmy ROTC commitment by working oncomputers at the Pentagon, then returned toChestnut Hill in 1970. He has taught atleast 10,000 students, managed video operationsat more than 1,000 sporting events,and helped hundreds of handicapped peoplelive happier, more productive lives throughthe use of technology.Pete is still researching the nexus of technologyand humanity; he’s investigating howto control of devices through brain waves –such as turning on the television by justthinking about it.Pete met his wife Rita when she was workingat a Brigham’s. He says he hung aroundthe place so much that the manager gavehim a job. She is a nurse who has threedegrees from BC. They both retired fromfulltime faculty duties last year. Their sonScott is director of web development at theuniversity, and daughter Julie directs trainingand communications for the IT department.The Olivieri family, including in-laws,has totaled more than 125 years of serviceto the school and holds 13 degrees.Pete’s license plate is “BC One” and Rita’s is“BC BC.”“Cut us, and we’ll bleed maroon,” he says.27

www.bceagles.comWeare soproudof you!Love Alex, Kristina, & TinaCongratulationstionson your inductioninto theHall ofFame Dad!oou!On behalf of theBoston College Baseball Family“The Oldest Sport at BC”The Diamond Club congratulatesJack Farrell ‘50George Ravanis ‘78Bernie Teliszewski ‘57and the rest of the2011 Hall of Fame Inductees28

GEORGE RAVANIS ’78Baseball2010 INDUCTEE“Hey Ravioli! Warm up!”That was how Boston College coach EddiePellagrini opened the pitching career ofGeorge Ravanis. The Eagles were losing bigin an early-season game at Tufts. CaptainHarry Ohanesian went to Pelly and suggestedthat it might be time for Ravanis, a sophomorewho had not seen an inning of actionin his freshman year, to show what he coulddo on the mound.Ravanis made the best of his opportunity.Like Bob Feller, who struck out eight St.Louis Browns in a three-inning first outing,Ravanis delivered eight strikeouts in threeinnings.For the rest of that season and the two following,the smoke-throwing Ravanis, tall,slim, and menacing in the manner of RandyJohnson, dominated games and intimidatedopposing batters. Pellagrini became a believerin the kid from Lexington High, sayingthat he had a true major –league fastball.In the three varsity seasons when Ravanisplayed, the Eagles won a total of 41 games.Of those wins, 15 belonged to Ravanis. Healso had three saves.The fastball was his bread and butter pitch,and he eventually developed a nasty sliderand a screwball. He set a number of BostonCollege single season records that have stoodthe test of time and are still at or near thetop in Eagle annals, even though the baseballprogram has grown and changed in the interveningyears.“Georgie is a kid with a really great arm.Everybody felt very confident with him onthe mound. But the best thing about Georgewas that he was such a competitor. If youcame out to the mound and asked how hefelt, he’d want to stay in the game,” saidteammate Greg Stewart.George still holds Boston College’s all-timerecord for earned run average at 2.49 runsper game. His 1.98 ERA in 1977 was thethird-best single season mark ever, followedby a 2.09 ERA the following year. His 15total wins now ranks him ninth all-time. Hehad eight wins and two saves in 1975. In156 innings pitched, Ravanis struck out 156batters.One fond memory is of a game againstHarvard when he struck out Mike Stenhousethree times, all on screwballs. Stenhouseeventually played four years in the majors,but he couldn’t hit Ravanis.“He was a money pitcher. He loved the ballin a tough spot. He had a heavy fastball. Itwas a thick pitch, one that broke a lot ofbats. He used to punch it in there at 95miles an hour. He worked fast, and it was funto play behind him,” recalls first basemanJim Conroy.Stewart persuaded his coach at Wareham tobring Ravanis onto that team in the CapeCod League one summer. George respondedby tossing a three hitter in his debut andending up as a member of the all-stars.Ravanis was also a two-time Greater BostonLeague All-Star and All-ECAC as an Eagle.George’s 1978 season ended prematurely. Hehad started off 3-0, and the team had a 7-0record. He threw both ends of a doubleheaderat Providence, won the first one,relieved in the second, and blew his arm outthe following game. The team skidded to a14-10 final mark without George available.Despite his injury, George was drafted in the42nd round by the Cleveland Indians. Hewas the only Boston College player between1969 and 1990 to be selected in the majorleague draft. He underwent elbow surgeryby well-known orthopedists Carter Rowe andBert Zarins. They scraped scar tissue off anerve, but that didn’t solve things. Hereported to training camp in 1979, delayedhis debut, and threw one brilliant inningbefore his arm gave out. That was the end.George grew up near Magazine Beach inCambridge, in a house with one of the fewyards that was just large enough for kids toplay wiffle ball. Though he did take part inbasketball with GOYA, the Greek OrthodoxYouth Association, baseball was the onlysport that George played regularly. He had apassion for the game since the time hisgrandfather, an immigrant from Greece, tookhim to Fenway Park.Bill Ravanis, George’s father, drove trucksfor Table Talk Pies and eventually went intothe bar and restaurant business. The elderRavanis worked too long and hard to developan affinity for baseball.The family moved to Watertown, then toLexington. George made the WatertownLittle League all-stars without even tryingout. He missed the tryouts for Lexingtonafter moving there at age 12, had a privatetryout, and caused a minor dust-up amongcoaches vying for his services.At Lexington High, Ravanis also playedshortstop. He led the team in wins, strikeouts,and hitting, but did not get MVP fromthe Rotary Club. They gave the award to hiscatcher Bill McAuliffe, who “Hit about .200but he was a really good guy,” laughsGeorge.During the summer, George played on severalteams, wherever he could find a diamond– in American Legion ball, the IntercityLeague, Eastern Mass League. “It was likerent-an-arm. They put me in right field andbring me in whenever they needed an out,”he says.When college came around, George appliedto BC, Northeastern and Harvard. He says heknew nothing about any of the institutions.He majored in English, initially thinking ofbecoming a sportswriter. He didn’t alwaysseek out the toughest courses, but be lovedhow the Jesuit teachers were passionatebaseball fans.George now runs Frank’s Steakouse in NorthCambridge, not far from the Arlington townline. That’s the family business purchased byhis father in 1974 and the place where hemet his wife, the former Tina Sbordone. Shewas employed by the Board of Health andhad stopped by to investigate a phony complaintby an ill-humored customer. Theirdaughter Kristina, 22, is a Fairfield graduateand works in TV production. Son Alex, 19,is a sophomore at Bentley.29

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BILL ROMANOWSKI ’88Football2010 INDUCTEEing his opponents, Romanowski became arelentless self-disciplinarian and workoutdevotee. He never missed a game in PopWarner, high school or at Boston College.His book recounts stories of going out withEagle team mates after games, when hewould wash down his pepperoni pizza withmilk while the other guys quaffed less-nourishingbeverages that were much more popularwith the college crowd.For the next three years Romanowski led,typified and personified the Eagle defense.As a sophomore he made 150 tackles, including90 solo stops. Against West Virginiaalone he made 22 tackles, which is the BCrecord book’s third-highest single game totalever.When Romo was a junior the Eagles returnedto post-season play with a 9-3 record and a27-24 victory over Georgia in the Hall ofFame Bowl. Bill was a big reason for theresurgence. He amassed 123 tackles, fourinterceptions, and two fumble recoveriesand won All-East and Honorable mention All-America honors.As a senior in 1987, Romanowski had hismost prolific year as a tackler, making 156stops and adding two more interceptions. Hereceived the Scanlan Trophy as Eagle football’stop student, athlete, and leader. Healso took home the Bulger Lowe Award,given by the Gridiron Club of Greater Bostonto New England’s best college football player.After an appearance in the 1988 East-WestShrine Game, Bill was drafted in the thirdround by the San Francisco 49ers andJack Bicknell Jr. recalls those early-seasonpractices back in 1984, the year that hisfather’s building program at Boston Collegepaid off with a handsome 10-2 record and avictory over Houston in the Cotton Bowl.“I remember playing against Romanowskiwhen he was on the scout team, and thinking‘we’ve gotta get this guy out of herebefore he kills me,’” said the former Eaglecenter.Bill Romanowski, rookie linebacker fresh outof Vernon, Connecticut, and Rockville HighSchool, didn’t last long on the scout team.He’d only gotten a three-line blurb in thefootball guide that year, but was a prime candidatefor a travel roster spot. The Eagledefense had holes to fill, with the graduationof Hall of Famer Steve de Ossie and others.Romanowski had been an honorable mentionHigh School All-America selection, All-Statein Connecticut, and Coca-Cola Player of theYear in the Hartford area. He also played basketballand baseball, and had offers fromNotre Dame and Miami as well as BostonCollege.By the seventh game of his first season atBC, Romanowski was starting at middle linebackerand establishing a standard for ferociousdefensive play that has seldom beenmatched at Boston College. He also playedbackup fullback as a freshman.In just four starts as a rookie he made 59tackles, 40 of them solo, intercepted twopasses, recovered a fumble, and recordedtwo sacks. He topped off that year with 13tackles in the Cotton Bowl to earn defensiveMVP honors.“He made a million plays. When I watchedfrom the sidelines I’d be looking for him tomake the play, and he usually did. He couldrun, he was tough. And talk about leadership.He didn’t say a lot. He led by example,“continued Bicknell.Bill was well prepared for early varsity play.In his autobiography Romo: Life on theEdge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons,Romanowski recounts how hard it was onhim and his four siblings when their fathersuffered a major stroke. Though Mr.Romanowski recovered well, the experiencetaught Bill a valuable lesson on the value ofself-reliance. It also motivated him to pushhimself to the point where he could earn anathletic scholarship to college.Inspired by a Sports Illustrated story onHeisman Trophy winner Herschel Walkerand his dedication to exercise and outworkembarkedon a long and productive career inthe pro ranks. In 16 years in the NationalFootball League, Romanowski played in 243consecutive games, record for linebackers,and started 222 of them. He is also the onlylinebacker to start in five Super Bowls, andis one of only three players in league historywho have won back-to-back Super Bowlchampionships with two different teams.He played for the Niners for six seasons, upto 1993, and started in their Super Bowl victoriesof 1989 and 1990. After two years inPhiladelphia, he moved to Denver for sixseasons. He started every one of theBroncos’ contests during that time, includingtheir Super Bowl victories of 1998 and1999. In 2002, at age 36, Bill went toOakland for his last full season, retiringfrom the Raiders after playing three gamesin 2003.Over his pro career Romanowski made1,105 tackles, 39.5 sacks, 18 forced fumbles,and 18 interceptions, which hereturned for a net total of 98 yards and onetouchdown. He twice represented theBroncos in the Pro Bowl, in 1996 and 1998.In 2005, Romanowski made his Hollywooddebut when he played Lambert, one of theprison guards in Adam Sandler’s remake ofThe Longest Yard. The original version was a1974 smash hit that starred Burt Reynolds,who also appeared in the remake.Romanowski also appeared in BedtimeStories, Get Smart, and Wieners in 2008;The Benchwarmers in 2006; and ShootingGallery in 2005.Bill and his wife Julie appeared together inthe 2000 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.They live outside Oakland, California withtheir two children and are active supportersof the Children’s Miracle Network andOakland Children’s Hospital. Bill alsomoved back to the football field in 2008 tocoach the defense for his son’s team atPiedmont High School.Romanowski has also been a football analystfor Fox Sports and keeps in touch with hisfans and clients through Facebook, Twitter,and his blog on www.billromanowski.com.In 2006, he founded Nutrition 53, a nutritionalsupplement company that is dedicatedto optimal life performance. He writes andblogs frequently on the fitness, nutrition,football and his family life.31

www.bceagles.comCongratulations toThe Teliszewski family, extended family,and childrenandIn Loving MemoryJuliana Teliszewski SymesJim Symes32

KATIE RYAN KIERAN ’02Cross Country/Track2010 INDUCTEETom Ryan is a speedy middle distance manwho still ranks in the Top 20 Mastersaccording to Running USA. The first time hethought his daughter Kate might also be agood runner was one day when he was setto go out for a run up in Elmira, New York.He took eight-year old Kate and her brotherAlex along.“We only went for a couple of miles. I hadto pull her brother along like he had a chainaround his neck. But she didn’t bellyache atall,” recalls Ryan.Alex eventually developed into a fine runner.He and Katie had good genes for theopen road. Not only was Tom a runningwhiz, but their mother Elaine Perkins hadcompeted in the 800 as well.Katie started running competitively in theseventh grade. At Elmira Free Academy, sheconnected up with coach Andy Robyler, apractitioner of the scientific training methodsof Dr. Jack Daniels.By the ninth grade, Kate was already showingpromise. She was champion of NewYork’s Section Four, beating out studentswho were as old as seniors. She learned tacticsas well as conditioning, having the confidenceto lay off the lead and save a finalkick.Robyler said, “When I met Katie I justcouldn’t wait to coach her. I could see theease in how she ran, in how she started arace and finished a race. Her talent wasextremely untapped. My first job was towork on her speed. I knew she’d be verydangerous if she had leg speed.”Overtraining, and subsequent injury, arecommon in girls’ cross country. Robylerstates that there are more injuries per capitain that sport than in football. Katie’s highschool training was geared to avoid injury.Eagle coach Randy Thomas needed a littleconvincing that Katie had trained and competedat a sufficiently high level to make itat Boston College. But as Robyler states,“I trained her as a high school athlete,unlike a lot of programs that get every lastthing out of their athletes, and when theathletes get to college they don’t contribute.With Katie, I’m confident in saying thatwhenever she went into a Top 20 meet shewas the most under-trained athlete there.“Ryan made an immediate impact on the BCteam as a freshman, placing ninth at theNCAA District I Qualifiers. As the eighthfreshman to cross the finish line at theNCAA Championships, she posted the second-highestNCAA finish ever for a BC rookie.Thomas remarked, “When Katie arrived oncampus she was pretty raw. Initially her performancewas up and down. But qualifyingfor the NCAA as she did is extremely hardto do. She came in tired and didn’t have agreat sophomore year, but in junior andsenior she turned it on again.”“She was a great student and team leader.It’s all about attitude, and she was a toughrunner. When the gun fired, she’d get rightout to the front of the race. The kids lookedup to her. They saw her working hard and itrubbed off on them,” said Thomas.Katie reveled in the company of her teammates,runners like Hall of Famers AngieGraham, Shannon Smith, and several othersincluding Lisa MacIsaac, who co-captainedthe team with Katie in 2000. Katie remarks,“Each runner brought a particular strengthto the table. It was great being around agroup like that, all determined, fast individualstrying to make each other better yetstill have fun while doing it.”Katie’s junior year, the cross country seasonof 2000, was particularly satisfying. Shehad been injured late in freshman year, withshin splints and borderline stress fractures,and missed cross country season. The teamfinished a disappointing 28th out of 231 atthe 1999 nationals. She and MacIsaacdesigned a summer training program andkept in regular email contact with all squadmembers in preparation for the fall season.The team responded by winning the BigEast and again went to the nationals. Theyfinished fourth on a freezing cold, windyday. Katie placed 24th overall and made All-America. That was the highest finish todate by a Boston College women’s crosscountry team.Cross country was always Katie’s strengthand favorite sport, but she was a force inwinter and spring track too. She finishedsecond in the 3,000-meter run at the 2001ECAC Championship and 11th at the NCAAIndoor Championship. In addition, she rana leg on BC’s 2001 BIG EAST Champion distancemedley relay team.As a senior, she finished 39th in the NCAAsCross Country Championship and helpedthe Eagles to a sixth-place mark. Just forfun, she joined her father for the last sevenmiles of the 2002 Boston Marathon, hisfirst ever. They passed 1,792 runnersbefore crossing the finish line. Katie cappedoff her career by being named Eagle of theYear in 2002.She double majored in mathematics andmanagement information systems at BostonCollege. After graduation she worked forfive years in research and analytical capacitiesat Fidelity Investments in Boston. Shealso did some running for the BAA and competedin the 2004 Philadelphia Marathon,finishing in 3:16. Eventually, she says,she’ll run Boston.Katie is now an investment banker withSagent Advisors in Manhattan. She landedin there in 2009 after earning her MBA inFinance and Accounting with honors fromthe Wharton School of the University ofPennsylvania. While at Wharton she alsomarried her husband Kevin Kieran.At Sagent she is an associate in theFinancial Sponsors Coverage Group. Sheworks on mergers, acquisitions, divestituresand capital raising transactions withprivate equity firms and their portfolio companies.In addition to brother Alex, Kate’s familyincludes half-brother Joseph Ryan, age 12,and half-sister Margaret Ryan, age seven.33

www.bceagles.comCongratulationssKatieCross Country All-AmericanAmericanBig East ChampionCoach Thomasand theEagles Track Alumni34

THE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMEMaster of Ceremonies: Dan RocheDan is an award winning veteran sports anchor reporter for WBZ-TV News, a regular on WBZ’s and the New England Patriots’ flagship programs “PatriotsAll-Access” and “Patriots Gameday” and is a host of “Patriots 5 th Quarter” post-game show. Roche is a contributor to WBZ Newsradio 1030 AM as wellas 90.5-FM, The Sports Hub. He also has a Red Sox blog “Hit and Run” on wbztv.com. You can follow Dan on Twitter at “rochiewbz”.Roche won a New England Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports series for “Red Sox This week,” a half hourshow that aired on TV38 (WSBK-TV) and WBZ-TV. He has also been nominated twice for and Emmy Awardfor Best Sports Reporter in New England..Roche has been a leader in Boston sports for two decades. Through the years he has covered many of Boston’smost historic moments, including the Patriots’ Super Bowl in 1996;, the ‘04 and ‘07 Red Sox World SeriesChampionships; the 2001 NCAA Frozen Four in Albany that was won by Boston College; and the 2010 NHLWinter Classic at Fenway Park.Roche has given his time to emcee and taken part in numerous charity events through the years includingthe Jimmy Fund, The American Lung Association, The Lazarus house and The Boys & Girls Club ofLawrence, MA. and the “Lowell Spinners.” Roche is a graduate of Syracuse University and North AndoverHigh School. He was born in Methuen, and currently resides in Andover with his wife and two children.On-Field Host: Reid Oslin ’68, MSP ‘71As a high school senior visiting the Boston College campus on November 16, 1963, ReidOslin witnessed his first BC football game, a 30-21 victory over Virginia. He hasn’tmissed many Eagle contests at Alumni Stadium since.After working as the first graduate assistant hired by BC’s Sports Information Office, hewas later named Director of Sports Information, a position he held for 24 football seasons(1974-1997). He is currently Associate Director of the University’s Office of Newsand Public Affairs.Reid is the author of an anecdotal history of Eagle football published in 2004, Tales fromthe Boston College Sideline. In 2008 he authored a second book on Eagle gridiron heroics,Boston College Football Vault. In addition to his official duties at the University, he hasserved as master of ceremonies at numerous BC athletic and Varsity Club events,including the dedication of the Doug Flutie statue at Alumni Stadium in 2007 and BC’sofficial entry into the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2005.He is a member of the Varsity Club Hall of Fame – one of only nine non-athletes orcoaches to be so honored. Reid and his wife Susan live in Scituate, Mass. and are theparents of three children, Reid T., Tierney and Gaelin.Program Editor and Hall of Fame Biographer: Tom Burke ’71, MBA ‘81Tom Burke’s first Boston College sporting event was a 52-0 football victory over Brandeis at Fenway Park on November 24, 1956. He recalls being inawe of booming kicks by the Brandeis punter in pregame warmups. A few years later he became a big fan of Eagle quarterback Jack Concannon at AlumniStadium, and he has fond memories of Malcolm McLoud’s deep, authoritative public address system calls of Concannon’s dazzling runs and passes.Tom succeeded Professor McLoud at the Alumni Stadium microphone in 1976, andsince the memorable opening win over Texas that year he has carried on the professor’sexacting tradition of describing an extra point as “Kick good, try successful.” He has alsobeen the school’s hockey public address announcer since the 1984-85 season.Tom began researching and writing the program biographies of Eagle Hall of Fameinductees in 1981. As an undergraduate he served as student assistant in the SportsInformation Office along with Reid Oslin under the tutelage of Eddie Miller. He workedas a development officer at the university for ten years and was director of alumni supportfor three of those years. He covered college hockey for the Hockey News and theSunday New York Times, and was color commentator for Eagle hockey radio broadcastsfor seven seasons. Tom is now vice president of Graber Associates, a public relations andmarketing firm founded by Ray Graber ’73.Emily and Tom Burke in P.A. booth at Alumni StadiumTom and his wife Mary Ellen ’73, M. Ed. ’79, live in West Roxbury. They have three children:Matthew, a Georgetown graduate; Andrew, a navy veteran and student at SuffolkLaw who serves as Tom’s spotter at most football games; and Emily, who graduated BCin 2007 and was a member of the Women’s Varsity Rowing Team.35

www.bceagles.comCLASS of 1957“The Class that Opened Alumni Stadium”Proudly Salutes Our Classmate and Two-Sport Third Hall of Fame InducteeBernie TeliszewskiEddie MillerJohn HarringtonInducted 1977 Inducted 199836

BERNIE TELISZEWSKI ‘57Baseball and Football2010 INDUCTEE“Football will never die at BostonCollege,” wrote Boston Herald columnistRalph Wheeler, “As long as the Eaglesturn out such outstanding gentlemen asBernie Teliszewski, winner of the TomScanlon Award at the 18th AnnualVarsity Club Dinner last night at theHotel Statler.”The story lauded Teliszewski, the quietgentleman from Saint Margaret’s Parishin Dorchester, for his gracious acceptancespeech. He thanked footballcoach, Herman McGrath, who encouragedhim to keep playing sports despitepoor eyesight. He thanked Englishteacher Nat Hasenfus, who steered himto Boston College and a scholarship; hepaid tribute to his mentor Bernie Kilroy,who taught him that football was just ameans to an education; and to his parents,who came from war-ravaged Polandto build a better life in America.That Varsity Club dinner in 1957 marked theend of Teliszewski’s football days, and anotherseason of baseball was yet to come. Butfor three autumns, he was the workhorse ofthe Eagle backfield.Teammate Dick Gagliardi, an end and fullback,recalled, “He was a guy who came toplay. A real competitor and nice guy. It wasn’tsurprising that he turned out as he did,because he had such a work ethic. He waswell built, very strong, but not what you’dcall big.”The 6-1, 190 pound Teliszewski stepped intoa huge pair of cleats as a sophomore in 1954.Joe Johnson, leading rusher for three straightyears, had graduated. But the team finisheda sparkling 8-1, giving coach Mike Holovakhis best single-season record ever.Teliszewski was a major reason for theEagles’ surprising performance. In the thirdgame, he donned contact lenses for the firsttime and scored two touchdowns in a 44-0romp over VMI. The contacts improved hisperipheral vision and allowed him to pickout holes in the line as they opened up.Power, not raw speed, was Bernie’s forte. Henever led the team in rushing yardage, buthis six touchdowns in 1956 gave him thescoring title to go along with a 4.2 yards percarry mark. Other highlights included athree-touchdown performance againstMarquette and the only TD in a 7-6 upset ofVillanova.Frank Gallagher, who roomed with Bernie insophomore year, remembers him as a quietThe Teliszewski Family: Front: Juliana Symes, JenniferKussmann, Mary (Teliszewski) Fallon and JanetTeliszewski. Rear: Bernie Teliszewski Jr., StephenTeliszewski, Joanne Teliszewski, Joseph Fallon.and studious sort. “He studied a lot, kept tohimself. He’d get up, go to classes, go topractice, come back to the room and study,and then he’d go to sleep. He got greatgrades, and he had a stick-to-it attitude. He’dgo home every chance he got. I know he hada girlfriend, and she was the one he eventuallymarried.“Academics were no easy ride for the lad fromBoston Tech. He struggled at first, posting anaverage in the mid-seventies. By the time hewas a senior, he’d moved up to an average of87, the Dean’s List, and the Alpha Sigma NuHonor Society.Football may have earned Teliszewski hisBoston College education, but baseball washis sport. Bernie’s neighbor and lifelongfriend Fran Toland played Little League andCYO ball with Bernie on the sandlots at thelower end of Columbia Road, even before theSoutheast Expressway was built.“He was a man among boys when we wereplaying,” said Toland. “A big, rugged kid. Hecould play any position. And he could crusha ball.”“One time, in high school, when he was tryingout for the Hearst All-Stars, they askedBernie to pitch so they could see what hecould do. Paul Daly, who was at BostonCommerce High and went on to be Bernie’sclassmate at BC, was catching. Bernie threwso hard that he broke Paul’s fingers.”Even before enrolling at Boston College,Teliszewski was a local phenom, earning allscholastichonors in both football and baseball.As a high school senior and again as anEagle freshman, he made the prestigiousHearst Sandlot New England team thatplayed its all-star games in Fenway Park.While at Boston College, he also starredfor the Halifax, Nova Scotia Citadels duringthe summer.For his baseball career at the Heights,Teliszewski compiled a .315 battingaverage. As a junior, he hit .390, and insenior year he was team captain and batted.444. He led the Greater Bostonleague in home runs and RBI’s that seasonand was named the league MVP. Hisfavorite opponent was most likely BostonUniversity. In one game against theTerriers, Bernie homered twice anddrove in all Eagle runs in a 4-3 victoryover the Terriers.After graduation, Teliszewski gave hisdream of playing professional baseball awhirl and signed on with the BrooklynDodgers organization. He played forDodgers’ affiliates in Georgia, Oklahoma,and West Virginia in 1957.Baseball as a profession didn’t turn out to bethe same game that Teliszewski had playedin his youthful days. He was released by theDodgers’ Orlando, Florida team in 1960,and returned home to wed Mary Dunn, hishigh school sweetheart. Bernie entered thebusiness world, first with a carpet manufacturingfirm and later on with companies thatmade artificial turf for football stadia. Hewas involved with the first installations ofplaying surfaces at Boston College and inFoxboro. He also coached son Bernie Jr. andhis generation of Dorchester kids in LittleLeague.Bernie passed away in 1974. He had two sisters:Eugenia, who is deceased; andStephanie (Zweigart). He and Mary had sixchildren: Juliana (Symes), who passed awayin 2011; Bernie, Jennifer, Janet, Stephen,and Joanne. Mary eventually remarried JoeFallon, another gentleman from Dorchester.Bernie Teliszewski’s induction to the BostonCollege Hall of Fame is more than a muchdeservedrecognition of a superb two-sportathlete. It is also a timely reminder to allmembers of the Boston College community.Bernie, son of working–class immigrant parents,is the epitome of the student for whomBoston College was established nearly a centuryand a half ago. He was a kid who got hischance, and he did it the hard way.37

www.bceagles.comThe Reverend William J. Donlon Special Achievement AwardThe Reverend William J. Donlon Special Achievement Award was established in 1999 to be bestowed, periodically, upon individuals who have demonstratedextraordinary dedication and performed exceptional service to Boston College Athletics, both on and off the fields of play. The award honorsFather William J. “Bill” Donlon for his sixty years of service and dedication to Boston College.Father Bill was a native of Hyde Park, where he participated in baseball, football, and track before moving on to a successful track career at BostonCollege. Legendary coach Jack Ryder said that Bill was a solid contributing member of the Eagle squad. He competed in the IC4A’s and many otherprestigious invitational meets.After graduating from Boston College in 1931, Bill Donlon was ordained at St John's Seminary in 1937. Following a number of assignments at churchesthroughout Greater Boston, in July 1965 he was named Pastor of the Sacred Heart Church in South Natick, Mass. He served there until he retiredfrom the post in 1985.Father Bill was an avid fan of BC's football team. In 1973, Nat Hasenfus, the eminent BC Historian, recruited him into the Boston College Varsity Club.Father Bill served the Varsity Club for 25 years as Chaplain and Recording Secretary, where he provided leadership and guidance to everyone, youngand old, who came in contact with him. He was elected to the Boston College Hall of Fame in 1985.The following seven are prior years’ recipients of The Reverend William J. Donlon Special Achievement Award.Congratulations toDon Croattion this great honorfromPinnacle Financial Groupand the Mingolelli family38

DON CROATTI ’60William J. Donlon Special Achievement Award2010 INDUCTEETom Coughlin will long be rememberedas a superb football coach and peerlessarchitect of the varsity program. Buteven as he was hustling to build a coachingstaff and recruit a new generation ofplayers for his successful three-yeartenure, Tom wanted to be sure that he’dalso be able to call upon a dedicated supportorganization of alumni, fans andfriends of football.Coughlin’s vision quickly took shapewhen Don Croatti stepped forward alongwith fellow graduate Dennis Dischinoand volunteered to establish such anorganization, one that would convene,inform, motivate, and entertain Eaglesupporters in a classy and systematicmanner. They called their group theTouchdown Club.The club’s first event drew 35 loyal friendsto dinner at the Union House Restaurant inFramingham, Don’s home town. Thatturnout seems somewhat modest by the standardsof today’s Gridiron Club, but all of thesuccess enjoyed by the Gridiron Club is adirect result of the foundational work of Donand the original Touchdown Club.The club’s dinners quickly grew in popularityas word about them spread through theEagle football community. Priced affordablyso as to attract a wide audience, they soonmoved onto campus and became a frequenthappening on Thursday evenings prior tohome football games.The Touchdown Club attracted many bignamespeakers to address its members downthrough the years. Attendees met and heardsuch luminaries as Charlie O’Rourke, whoquarterbacked the Boston College team to itsSugar Bowl victory of Tennessee in 1941.Charlie later went on to play pro ball inChicago, Los Angeles and Baltimore andserved as head coach at UMass.Others speakers were Gino Cappelletti, thelegendary end and placekicker of the BostonPatriots, Art Donovan, the 1950 BC graduatewho was All-Pro with the Baltimore Colts;Ron Burton, an original Patriot who playedcollege ball at Northwestern; and ErnieStautner, who played at BC and was later allprowith the Steelers and defensive coordinatorfor the Dallas Cowboys.The Touchdown Club also raised funds tohelp the football program. They purchasedcomputers for the assistant coaches andarranged for the production of attractive,high quality photos that adorned the footballoffices.Don Croatti was the prime mover of allTouchdown Club initiatives for nearly adecade. He also was the one who knew whenthe time had come to combine and reorganizethe football-support societies of BostonCollege and to bring both to a higher plane.In 1999, at Don’s suggestion, theTouchdown Club merged with the growingorganization of BC football alumni to formthe Gridiron Club. Don passed the torch ofleadership to Paul Criscione. Still theGridiron Club president, Paul points out,“Don is truly the father of the BostonCollege Gridiron Club. It was his initiativethat brought together the Boston CollegeTouchdown Club and the Boston CollegeFootball Alumni. It was Don’s goal to seethat we had one booster organization thatwas better than the sum of its parts.”Tom Coughlin added, “Don’s energy andenthusiasm are quite impressive and hislove, passion, and respect for the school areobvious to everyone. His leadership is whathas made the Gridiron Club the success it istoday. He is also to be commended for all hischarity and community endeavors.“Former athletic director Chet Gladchukwrote that the selflessness of Don’s servicewas particularly noteworthy, and went on,“Personal credit for whatever the accomplishmentis never his motive. Although hehas been the catalyst for many importantideas and concepts for the betterment ofBoston College, his leadership style hasalways been one of being primarily a goodteammate.”Since the clubs’ merger, Don has remainedas an advisor to the Gridiron Cub, and theorganization has grown from 200 membersto over 1000. It has raised morethan $350,000 for BC football. Thoughhe did not play football in college, Donhas been made an honorary member ofthe Varsity Club and the football alumni.That is an honor reserved for a selectfew devoted Eagles. Don served as presidentof the Varsity Club in 2002-03.The Blue Chips Golf Tournament was afavored involvement of Don’s in theyears before the Touchdown Club. Thetournament was a successful fund raiserthat supported various programs andcauses, including the all-sports banquetin the spring.Don was 22 and already a married manwhen he enrolled at Boston College. Hewas a graduate of Framingham High, wherehe played football basketball, and baseball.After considering a post-graduate year atBridgton Academy in Maine, he decidedinstead to discharge his military servicefirst. In November of 1952 he enlisted inthe Coast Guard for a four-year hitch. Whilein the service he also attended classes atCardinal Cushing Academy in Boston to preparefor SAT exams.Most of Don’s service time was spent inBoston, though he did a tour of severalmonths at the Great Lakes Naval TrainingCenter in Chicago.Don served as treasurer and tax collector forthe town of Framingham for 30 years.Don’s wife Mary Ann, to whom he has beenmarried for 55 years, was an outstandingtennis player. They first met at the tenniscourts near Wellesley High, where MaryAnn Alberti was voted the best female athletein her class. They dated for a few yearsand were wed in January of 1956 when Donwas still in the Coast Guard. They have seasontickets for Boston College football, hockeyand basketball and go everywhere together.The Croattis now live in Southborough.Their son Bobby is a supervisor with theMassachusetts Highway department. Bobbyand his wife Ann have two children, Mikeand Kerry. Daughter Pam Bishop is a specialneeds teacher in Southborough. Pam andher husband Jeff also have two children,Nicole and Danny.Don is an avid golfer. He is a first-generationItalian American and a past president of theMassachusetts chapter of the NationalItalian- American Sports Hall of Fame.39

www.bceagles.comAll politics is local.And so are the best ways to give back.O’Neill and Associates is proud to congratulate Don Croatti, recipient ofthe prestigious William J. Donlon Special Achievement Award, and therest of tonight’s inductees for their extraordinary dedication and serviceto Boston College Athletics.GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - PUBLIC RELATIONS - COMMUNITY RELATIONS617 646 1000www.oneillandassoc.comBOSTON - WASHINGTON D.C.We salute you Don!The William J. Donlon Awardis a tremendous honor!Sal & Yvonne Balsamo40

MEMBERS BY SPORTBOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME MEMBERSHonorary1970 John P. Curley ‘34, Athletic Director; Nat Hasenfus ‘22,Historian; Rev. Francis V. Sullivan, S.J., Faculty Moderator;Frank Jones, Trainer1971 Bill Flynn ‘39, Athletic Director (also Football and Hockey)1978 Rev. Maurice V. Dullea, S.J., Faculty Moderator1981 Dr. Al Branca ‘39, Blue Chips Chairman1985 Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., President1986 Rev. Joseph L. Shea, S.J., Faculty Moderator1989 Reid P. Oslin ‘68, Sports Publicity Director1990 J. Joseph Burns, M.D., Physician1991 Rev. Msgr. John D. Day, ‘34, Honorary;John C. McManama, M.D. ‘37, Physician1997 Randy Shrout, Trainer1998 John Harrington ‘57, Honorary2011 Gene DeFilippo, Director of AthleticsPete Olivieri ‘65. MBA ‘69, AdministrationBaseball1970 Eddie Pellagrini1971 Frank “Cheese” McCrehan ‘251973 Andrew Spognardi ‘321974 Phil Corrigan ‘211975 Ed Mullowney ‘261976 Ed Gallagher ‘321977 George Colbert ‘32, Eddie Miller ‘571978 Bob Niemiec ‘611982 Hugh “Duffy” O’Regan ‘211983 Bob Martin ‘611985 Bob DeFelice ‘63, Harold “Mickey” Connolly ‘43 (also football)1986 Bill Cunis ‘621987 John Temple ‘311988 Bill Robinson ‘611989 Mike Robertson ‘691990 Joe O’Brien ‘781991 Greg Stewart ‘791992 Bill O’Brien ‘671993 Frank Faggiano ‘621994 Rev. Kevin MacDonald ‘78, John Salmon ‘691995 Charlie Bunker ‘621996 Tom Songin ‘771997 Doug MacNeil ‘911998 Bill Kitley ‘671999 Dan Zailskas ‘692000 John Coyle ‘622001 Mike Mayock ‘81 (also Football), Peter “Sonny” Nictakis ‘992002 Frankie Wilson ‘232003 Michael Martin ‘942004 Brian T. Kelley, Jr. ‘912005 Charlie Marso ‘362007 Sean McGowan ’992008 Steve Langone ‘002009 Gerry Hamel ‘612010 Kevin Penwell ‘972011 George Ravanis ‘78Basketball1970 Bob Cousy, Gerry Ward ‘631971 Tom O’Brien ‘501972 John Austin ‘651973 Chuck Chevalier ‘621974 Edward “Terry” Driscoll ‘691975 Billy Evans ‘69, Frank Power ‘501976 Jim O’Brien ‘711977 Tom O’Toole ‘521978 John Silk ‘531979 Jim Hooley ‘621980 Willie Wolters ‘671981 Tony Daukas ‘54, Tom Davis1982 Jim Kissane ‘681983 Bob Carrington ‘761984 Jack Kvancz ‘681985 Steve Adelman ‘681986 Jack Magee ‘591987 Fran Duggan ‘521988 Tom Veronneau ‘701989 Rich Shrigley ‘821990 Frank Fitzgerald ‘711991 Mel Weldon ‘761992 Jack Harrington ‘581993 Tim O’Connell ‘521994 George Giersch ‘591995 Ed Hockenbury ‘66, John Bagley ‘831996 John Garris ‘83, Ann Odoy ‘881997 Michael Adams ‘851998 Sarah Behn ‘93, Barry McGrath ‘591999 Jay Murphy ‘842000 Bill Donovan ‘622001 Phil Powell ‘55, Carla Wenger Vicidomini ‘912002 Kerry Curran DeShazo ‘94, Roger McCready ‘862003 Holly Porter ‘97, Dominic Pressley ‘862004 Malcolm Huckaby ’94, Kathleen Sweet ‘872005 Dana Barros ‘89, Leslie Bjerstedt Shearstone ‘892006 Cal Bouchard ‘00, Bill Curley ‘942007 Howard Eisley ’942009 Danya Abrams ‘97, Becky Gottstein H olden ‘032011 Amber Jacobs ‘04Cross Country1982 Jack McDonald ‘73 (also Track & Field)1984 Larry Rawson ’63 (also Track & Field)1985 Bill Norris ’67 (also Track & Field)1987 Cindy Flick-McHugh ‘811993 Michele Hallett ‘86 (also Track & Field)1994 John Clopeck ‘87 (also Track & Field)1995 Joe Rocha ‘87 (also Track & Field)1996 Bob O’Leary ’60 (also Track & Field)2001 Fernando Braz ’85 (also Track & Field)2005 Angie Graham Hollins ‘98 (also Track & Field)2007 Shannon Smith ’00 (also Track & Field)2010 Keith Yuen ’92 (also Track & Field)2011 Katie Ryan Kieran ‘02 (also Track & Field)Field Hockey1999 Shannon Murphy Sylvestri ‘882000 Julie Obear ‘95 (also Softball)2002 Sarah Egnaczyk Hasselbeck ‘972005 Joy Ramsbotham ‘992007 Anne Marie Ambros ’992010 Jill Dedman ’0041

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MEMBERS BY SPORTBOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME MEMBERS ContinuedFootball1970 Frank “The Iron Major” Cavanaugh, Don Currivan ‘43, ChuckDarling ‘25, Gil Dobie, Art Donovan ‘50, Henry Downes ‘32,Jim Fitzpatrick ‘21, Chet Gladchuk ‘41, Gene Goodreault ‘41,Art Graham ‘63, Mike Holovak ‘43, Msgr. George Kerr ‘41,Frank Leahy, Joe McKenney ‘27, Warren McGuirk ‘29, CharlieMurphy ‘30, Charlie O’Rourke ‘41, Ed “Butch” Songin ‘50,Luke Urban ‘21, Al Weston ‘291971 Patrick Creeden ‘30, Bill Flynn ‘39 (also Hockey and AthleticDirector), John Heaphy ‘23, Joe Kozlowsky ‘25, Frank Maznicki‘43, Grattan O’Connell ‘261972 Mike Roarke ‘52, Tom Scanlan ‘20, Art Spinney ‘50,Joe Zabilski ‘411973 Jack Concannon ‘64, Ernie Stautner ‘501974 Henry Toczylowski ‘411975 Ross O’Hanley ‘601976 John Dixon ‘32, Al Morro ‘42 (also Track), Dan Sullivan ‘621977 Al Ricci ‘32, Fred Willis ‘711978 D. Leo Daley ‘16, Larry Eisenhauer ‘611979 Rt. Rev. James Doyle ‘22, Bill Ohrenberger ‘27, John Yauckoes‘411980 Gil Bouley ‘44, John Cronin ‘27, Mike Esposito ‘75, TilFerdenzi ‘37, Ernie Schwotzer ‘401981 Rev. Bill Commane ‘43, Joe Johnson ‘54, Mike Kruczek ‘761982 Tony Comerford ‘23, John Fitzgerald ‘70, Johnney Freitas ‘33,Joe Manzo ‘41, Flavio Tosi ‘341983 Barry Gallup ‘69, Fred Naumetz ‘431984 Anthony “Al” Cannava ‘50, Tom Condon ‘74, Frank “Red”Harris ‘711985 Harold “Mickey” Connolly ‘43 (also Baseball), Dave O’Brien‘631986 Keith Barnette ‘76, Peter Cronan ‘77, Eddie Doherty ‘441987 Don Allard ‘59, Jeff Yeates ‘731988 Vito Ananis ‘40, Bob Hyland ‘67, Tom Lynch ‘77, BrendanMcCarthy ‘68, Alan Miller ‘591989 Ed Clasby ‘50, Joe Diminick ‘50, Alex Lukachik ‘411990 Pete Cignetti ‘40, Ed King ‘48, Ed Rideout ‘721991 Jim Colclough ‘59, Mario Giannelli ‘48, Al Krevis ‘75, DonMacek ‘761992 Tony DiNatale ‘38, John Miller ‘56, Mike Mucci ‘72,Tony Thurman ‘851993 Rocco Canale ‘43, Jim O’Brien ‘60, Mike Ruth ‘86, SteveStrachan ‘851994 Brian Brennan ‘84, Walter Dubzinski ‘41, Fred Smerlas ‘79,Karl Swanke ‘80 (also Track & Field), Fred Steinfort ‘761995 John Janusas ‘38, Vic Palladino ‘48, Rich Scudellari ‘78, JimWhalen ‘651996 John Bosa ‘87, Mel Briggs ‘74, Frank Morze ‘55,Troy Stradford ‘861997 Steve DeOssie ‘84, Mike Evans ‘68, Lou Montgomery ‘41,Robert Watts ‘77, Dave Zumbach ‘771998 Steve Schindler ‘77, Tom Waddle ‘891999 John Kissell ’50, Joe Nash ’81, Jim Rourke ‘792000 Byron Hemingway ‘77, Kelvin Martin‘87, Joe Yukica2001 Bob Bouley ‘70, Mike Mayock ‘81 (also Baseball),Steve Trapilo ‘862002 Shawn Halloran ‘86, Mark MacDonald ‘84 , Tim Sherwin ‘832003 Brian Lowe ‘89, Dave Widell 87, Doug Widell ‘882004 Rico Labbé ’89, Joe Wolf ‘882005 John Cooper ‘82, Glenn Foley ‘932006 Stephen Boyd ‘94, Pete Mitchell ‘942007 Jack Bicknell, Darren Flutie ‘88, Doug Flutie ‘85,Gerard Phelan ’852008 Charlie Smith ‘66, Ron Stone ‘932009 Antonio Garay ‘02 (also Wrestling), Tom McManus ‘92,Tom Nalen ‘932010 Pete Kendal ‘95, George Radachowsky ‘842011 Jack Farrell ‘50 (also Baseball), Jack Flanagan ‘59,Scott Gieselman ‘85, Tom Meehan ‘58, Bill Romanowski ‘88,Bernie Teliszewski ‘57 (also Baseball)Golf1982 Fordie Pitts ‘561983 Charlie Volpone ‘591985 Bob Crowley ‘501986 Leo Grace ‘531987 Dick Kinchla ‘531989 Jack Harvey ‘471999 Harry Ernst ‘502008 Brother Joseph (Eddie) Iarrobino, OSB ‘53Hockey1970 Billy Daley ‘61, John “Snooks” Kelley ‘281971 James “Sonny” Foley ‘25, Bill Flynn ‘39 (also Athletic Directorand Football), Leo Hughes ‘24, Tom “Red” Martin ‘61,Larry Sanford ‘301972 Ray Chaisson ‘421973 Bernie Burke ‘501974 Len Ceglarski ‘511975 Tim Sheehy ‘701976 Tim Ready ‘361977 Wally Boudreau ‘431978 John Cunniff ‘661979 Bill Hogan III ‘63, Joe Morgan ‘531980 Tom Mellor ‘73, Hon. John C. Fitzgerald ‘251981 Warren Lewis ‘501982 Jerry York ‘671983 Frank “Kiddo” Liddell ‘35, Jack Mulhern ‘51, Richie Smith ‘761984 Joe Jangro ‘59, Jack Leetch ‘63, Most Rev. Joseph Maguire ‘411985 T. Edmund Garrity ‘23, Jim Logue ‘611986 Bill Army ‘801987 Eddie Burns ‘45, Eddie Carroll ‘561988 Paul Barrett ‘78, Jimmy Fitzgerald ‘491989 Bob Ferriter ‘77, Jay Mahoney ‘591990 Kevin Ahearn ‘701991 Tom Apprille ‘64, Sherm Saltmarsh ‘531992 John Pryor ‘411993 Paul Hurley ‘691994 Wellington “Wimpy” Burtnett ‘53, Joe McCusker ‘501995 Bob Babine ‘54, Frank O’Grady ‘531996 Scott Harlow ‘86, Bob Kiley ‘54, Tom Songin ‘77 (also Baseball)1997 Billy O’Dwyer ‘82, Paul Skidmore ‘791998 Joe Mullen ‘791999 Dan Shea ‘882000 Jim Mullen‘662001 Tim Sweeney ‘892002 Ed Kenty ‘732003 Bob Sweeney ‘862004 Doug Brown ’86, Greg Brown ‘902005 Joe Augustine ‘7943

www.bceagles.comBest WishesDon Croattifrom theBoard of Directors and Members of theNational Italian American Sports Hall of FameNew England Chapter“BUILDS FOR YOUTH”To join write to P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113www.niashfne.org44

MEMBERS BY SPORTBOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Continued2006 David Emma ‘91, Erin Magee ‘992009 Craig Janney ‘872010 Steve Heinze ‘92, Laura Traynham Hannon ‘972011 Brian Leetch ‘87Lacrosse1983 Jim Sullivan ‘741985 Tamie R. Thompson Burke ‘80 (also Soccer)1987 Edwin Ward Bitter ‘771988 Marybeth Ripp Hollinger ‘83 (also Soccer)1992 Eugene Miller ‘811993 Bob Collier ‘732000 Katie Connelly Conry ‘90 (also Soccer)Sailing2005 Peter Spaulding ‘98Skiing2008 Bill Toof ‘69Soccer1985 Tamie R. Thompson Burke ‘80 (also Lacrosse)1987 Tom McElroy Jr., ‘801988 MaryBeth Ripp Hollinger ‘83 (also Lacrosse)1993 Betsy Ready Duerksen ‘881996 Charlie Mundhenk ‘722000 Katie Connelly Conry ‘90 (also Lacrosse)2007 Ann Porell ’852008 Sarah Powell Bell ‘01, Chris Hamblin ‘012009 Gordie Farkouh ‘832010 Sara Rahko ‘042011 Jay Hutchins ‘84Softball2000 Julie Obear ‘952011 Cara Blumfield ‘03Swimming & Diving1980 Mary Kay Finnerty ‘761981 Sara Groden ‘761984 Siobhan Campbell ‘791986 Mary Ellen Sullivan ‘781989 Simone Carson ‘811990 Susan Bales Anderson ‘841992 Tara McKenna ‘871994 Mary Kennedy McCullagh ‘851995 Geoffrey Geis ’86Tennis1991 Bernadette Diaz ‘841992 Katie Molumphy McNamara ‘872001 Jennifer Lane ‘92, Pam Piorkowski-Ruoff ‘922007 Stephen Griffin ’87, L ’92Track & Field1970 Harold Connolly ‘53, James Driscoll ‘22, Bernie Wefers ‘96,Jack Ryder1971 Dimitri Zaitz ‘371972 Henry “Luke” McCloskey ‘271973 Bill Gilligan ‘40, Rev. Msgr. Bernard O’Kane ‘091974 Richard Gill ‘38, Jim Kavanaugh ‘681975 John Fiore ‘661976 Al Morro ‘42 (also Football)1977 Joe Ingoldsby ‘271978 Bill McKillop ‘271979 Louis Welch ‘251980 Frank Zeimetz ‘39, Larry Jeffers ‘681981 Keith Francis ‘761982 Jack McDonald ‘73 (also Cross Country)1983 Tom Cavanaugh ‘26, Larry Flynn ‘631984 Larry Rawson ’63 (also Cross Country)1985 Rev. William J. Donlon ‘31, Bill Norris ‘67 (also Cross Country)1986 John McManus ‘341987 George Desnoyers ‘631988 Phil Hazard ‘781989 Rob Lanney ‘811990 Tom Meagher ‘31, Samir Vincent ‘621991 Hal Krause ‘701992 Pat Lochiatto ‘551993 Ray Hawkins ‘87, Michelle Hallet ‘86 (also Cross Country)1994 John Clopeck ‘87 (also Cross Country)1995 Leslie Freeman Charles ‘86, Joe Rocha ‘87 (also Cross Country)1997 Ralph King ‘491996 Bob O’Leary ’60 (also Cross Country)1998 Bob Merrick ‘242001 Fernando Braz ‘85 (also Cross Country)2002 Ken Moody ‘892003 Tiffany Young ‘952004 Tom Horton ‘802005 Angie Graham Hollins ‘98 (also Cross Country)2006 Mark McGehearty ‘97, Sean McGehearty ‘972007 Shannon Smith ’00 (also Cross Country)2008 Andrea Melton ‘962010 Keith Yuen ’92 (also Cross Country)2011 Katie Ryan Kieran ‘02 (also Cross Country)Volleyball1997 Theresa Shanahan Czeisler ‘90Wrestling1996 John Hanlon ‘852009 Antonio Garay ‘02, (also Football)In Memory of:Keith Francis ’76 — Track & FieldJim Cotter ’59 — Donlon Award45

www.bceagles.comCongratulations DonaldWe want you to know how proud weare of your selection as recipient ofthe William J. Donlon SpecialAchievement Award.From your lifelong friends:Elda, Joan and JimmyThe Berkshire Group Realty andCapital Group PropertiesCongratulate our Associate onreceiving the Fr. William J. DonlonSpecial Achievement Award. Weare proud of you.William Depietri, President46

WELLES CROWTHER ’99Athlete and True HeroTHE BOSTON COLLEGE VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAMEPerhaps no Boston Collegegraduate has so completelyand heroically fulfilled theUniversity’s mission of “menand women for others” asWelles Remy Crowther ’99.Crowther, an economicsmajor and varsity lacrosseplayer as a BC undergraduate,was working as an equitiestrader for the investmentbanking firm of SandlerO’Neill and Partners, LP, atan office high up in the SouthTower of the World TradeCenter on Sept. 11, 2001,when the second planestruck the building at 9:03 a.m.Crowther, who was also a volunteerfirefighter in his hometownof Nyack, NY, wrapped histrademark red bandannaaround his face to help himbreathe through the smoke anddebris, and organized a rescueeffort to guide more than adozen survivors down the building’sstairwells to safety. Hetwice returned into the burningbuilding – once carrying aninjured woman down 17 floorsto safety – and then joining aNew York Fire Department teamon their way back up the towerto free victims still trappedunder debris. He was killedwhen the building collapsed at9:59 a.m.“That was the nature of WellesCrowther,” said his father,Jefferson Crowther. “The goodLord put him here knowing thathe would be needed at somepoint. And, when the time came,Welles stepped up. He did whathe had to do and he did it well.There is nothing else I can say.”The Welles Remy CrowtherTrust has been established inhis memory. “We make grantsand gifts to organizations thatwork with young people to helpthose young people becomeexemplary adults,” JeffersonCrowther said. One of the manyrecipients of the benefits of thetrust is Boston College’sVolunteer and Service LearningCenter.“Welles loved helping youngfolks,” Jefferson Crowther said.“Before he was working on WallStreet, he volunteered as a tenniscounselor and coach at aday camp for indigent kids inour community. When he was atBC, he was a member of thestudent athletes’ group thatworked as big brothers in theBoston community. He justloved doing it.“Anything he could do towork with young kids andhelp them along, he wasdelighted to do.”“Boston College was such anincredibly huge and influentialpart of his young life,”said his mother, AlisonCrowther. “His experiencesthere truly forged the finecharacter of the young manas fully as we could havewished as loving parents.”“I can tell you that Wellesloved Boston College,”Jefferson Crowther said. “Heloved it deeply. He would oftentell his BC roommates, ‘When Imake millions of dollars, I amgoing to endow a chair in theeconomics department or payfor a building or something.’ Healways thought that would behis legacy.“But, no,” he said softly. “Hislegacy is what he did in the lasthour of his life.”The seventh annual "WellesRemy Crowther Red BandannaRun" will be held on campus onOct. 15, 2011. It is sponsoredby the Boston CollegeVolunteer and Service LearningCenter and in support of theWelles Remy CrowtherCharitable Trust.47

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