Biography

He looked like a choirboy. He acted like an altar boy. But on the field of play, Tom Grimes was the "Baby Faced" assassin who could beat you from his position at QB, in the secondary as free safety, and as a kicker and punter on the all important special teams. As a starter for two seasons which featured records of 6-4 and 7-3, Grimes accumulated over ten interceptions. Most memorable among them were two picks against Attleboro in a 12-0 win his junior year, and another pick in a 14-6 win over the Bombardiers as a senior. In that season, the stingy Feehan defense shut out three teams and allowed only one team to score two touchdowns.

Tom was forever making a "big play". In a game against Case, he batted down a pass in the end zone to preserve a 6-0 Feehan win. He had particular personal success against Wareham in recovering a fumble, having an interception, and leading the offense at QB to a 13-0 victory as a junior. In the following season he led the defense by deflecting passes and stopping Wareham's potent wishbone offense from his free safety position in a hard earned 20-6 win. His secondary coach called him the most instinctive player he ever coached while a local sportswriter observed, "he seemed to know the plays before they were called."

Hardly a one sport athlete, Grimes was team captain and a nifty ball handler for the basketball squad, and he also captained the baseball team on which he achieved huge success as both a pitcher and hitter in being named to the Sun chronicle All Star team three years in a row. For his efforts in the classroom and in the arena, Tom was awarded the Monsignor Shea Trophy as Feehan's top scholar-athlete and was further recognized by the Pawtucket Times as their 1976 Student-Athlete of The Year. Presently, Tom is an investment consultant in the Grimes Financial Aid Group which he runs with his brother Tim.