Biography For over thirty years, Joe McKenna was dedicated to the success of Attleboro football as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. Following his playing days at Attleboro High School and the University of Maine, Joe returned home to his first coaching assignment at the Brennan Middle School. In 1964 Joe joined the Bombardier varsity staff as line coach unde...

Biography Although he was an excellent three sport athlete for the Blue Bombardiers in the late 1930's, it is Mark Mercier's outstanding contributions to the City of Attleboro and his long term support of the Attleboro area Football Hall of Fame that merits his selection as a 1993 Honorary Inductee. The former City Council President has provided the committee with ove...

Biography During the last four decades there is no one who has shown more dedication to the football program at North Attleboro High School than Carl Mitchell Mitch first became involved with the athletic programs at North in 1965, when he was in the eighth grade. Ever since that time he has spent a good pan of his life repairing equipment and healing the wounded in R...

Biography In 1962 the pioneers of Bishop Feehan football embarked on their journey in a dry and dusty farmland of waist high straw grass on what is now the McGrath Football Stadium and Beach Baseball field. They were a motley crew from approximately ten surrounding cities and towns. They had nicknames like Jiggsy, Frosty, Pet, Cap, Rat, and Donuts, however, one of the...

Biography In the last 50 years, there are few names that are more synonymous with the City of Attleboro and support of its youth than brothers Rusty and Bill Morin. Graduates of Monsignor Coyle High School in Taunton, Russ attended the Cornell University School of Restaurant Management and Bill followed him. Upon graduation, they both served in the United States Army ...

Biography Ken Nally has lived and loved the values of North Attleboro Football. Whether as a player, or later as a volunteer coach, there is nothing that Ken wouldn’t do to make his program a better place to play. From playing to coaching, scouting to fundraising, Ken has never missed an opportunity to help. His pride in the program is matched only by his dedication t...

Biography Honorary member Paul O'Boy has been a towering presence in Feehan athletics since he joined the Shamrock coaching staff under Chet Hanewich in 1965. Two years later, at age 24 , he was named head coach, a job he has held with distinction ever since. Through all of the ups and downs of the intervening years, O'Boy has been a powerful influence on his youngste...

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Biography If you were looking for a man who would make your program better, you would choose Dave Paulhus. If you were looking for a woman to make your program better, you would choose Donna Paulhus. Bishop Feehan’s athletic program has had the dedicated support of the Paulhuses for Feehan and hundreds of student-athletes are the beneficiaries. The Paulhus family has ...

Biography Conrad Pensavalle grew up in Everett, Mass where he excelled at Everett High School in both football and baseball as an All Scholastic in his sophomore, junior and senior years in the Greater Boston League. Conrad was drafted by the Chicago Cubs baseball team while in high school, but he chose to attend Dartmouth College instead. While at Dartmouth from 1945...

Biography "The show must go on," and Roxy Pichi put on that show in his role as one of the founding fathers of Attleboro youth football. As president of Pre-Teen Sports, Incorporated, a non-profit organization composed of local businessmen whose prime purpose was "to help the youth of the community by making them better citizens through sports", Roxy Pichi, along w1th...

Biography Dan Plumb never scored a touchdown or made a tackle for Big Red Football, but no one had a bigger effect on the program in the 1980s. When Dan found that he was unable to continue playing football during his freshman year, he accepted the opportunity to help Honorary Hall of Famer Carl Mitchell on the training staff. There Dan found a home and became a fixtu...

Biography In the early 1950's, at the suggestion of YMCA Director Bill Bungard, a small group of dedicated Attleboro High School supporters founded the AHS Varsity Club. From those early meetings, and for more than 25 years, Jim Sullivan and Elsie Reid, two original members, worked diligently to provide award jackets and recognition for Bombardier football players. El...

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Biography In 1966 a small enthusiastic group of Attleboro businessmen, Hall of Famers Jerry Heagney, Ziggy Kulaga, and Roxy Pichi dreamed of creating a youth football team to represent the proud city of Attleboro. Kulaga, a 1939 Attleboro High football great, agreed to coach the team. Theater owner Pichi took charge of promotions. Local restaurateur, Heagney was the k...

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Biography Cliff Sherman took over as the head football coach at Attleboro High School in 1991, and during the next 11 seasons Coach Sherman, his staff and players “restored the pride in the AHS football program!” Sherman began coaching football for the Bombardiers in the fall of 1969, where he mentored seven future Hall of Famers including standout quarterbacks Todd H...

Biography When Kevin Deschenes was named Attleboro High School head football coach succeeding Hall of Fame coach Cliff Sherman in 2002, he quickly had to fill out his assistant coaching staff for his inaugural season. One of his last hires was a gentleman with a long and distinguished resume coaching football all over Eastern Massachusetts for over four decades. Wayne...

Biography It is rare when a small community like Attleboro would be blessed with a dedicated sports supporter with the talents of a Jim Sullivan. In addition to twisting a few arms to raise money for the Varsity Club, Jim added his considerable professional skills as the Master of Ceremonies for dozens of AHS sports banquets. His ability to add "a touch of class" to t...