Biography Dominique Jacques was a bruising, powerful lineman that enjoyed making the big block on offense and getting to the quarterback on defense. Dom played for legendary AHS coaches Joe McKenna and Chet Hanewich, and with their guidance along with the help of many other great assistance coaches Dom enjoyed tremendous success. During Jacques' junior and senior seas...
Inducted2010High School AttendedAttleboroGraduated1985
Biography Alex Jette was your prototypical slot receiver. He was tall and fast with great hands and the ability to score from anywhere on the field. He was the epitome of a team player. He ran the ball, caught passes, played great defense, was a return man and punted. Alex was a threat to score every time he touched the football. The season opener his senior year agai...
Inducted2017High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated2013
Biography Danny Johnson grew up knowing what it meant to be a Rocketeer. The son of head coach and Hall of Famer Don Johnson, Danny understood the effort necessary to be successful. He was a phenomenal athlete who could score from anywhere on the field at any time. Through his career he managed to score touchdowns as a runner, receiver, return man and even threw a tou...
Inducted2017High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated2011
Biography Don Johnson, a two-year, two-way starter at flanker and defensive back. Don teamed with Mike Redding, another Hall of Famer, to form the best receiver combination in Red Rocketeer history. In his junior year, Don earned AII-Hockomock League honors after snagging 30 passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns. As a senior, he caught 19 passes for 446 yards and fo...
Inducted1987High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated1979
Biography Jack Johnson was an AII-Hockomock League quarterback who piled up impressive statistics for three years before his schoolboy career was cut short by a severe leg injury late in his senior campaign. As a junior. Jack led Division 3 with II touchdown passes while rolling up 1.728 aerial yards on 69 completions in I 18 throws. He was 56 of 106 with six touchdow...
Inducted1988High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated1980
Biography The three-year letterman capped his successful high school career quarterbacking the Big Red to an 8-2 record, including a convincing 33-0 win over Attleboro on T-Day. Though injuries limited him to only kicking his Junior season, Jim kicked a school record 32 extra points on his way to earning All-Hock and All-Sun Chronicle honors. As a senior co-captain, J...
Inducted1996High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated1984
Biography When head coach Kevin Deschenes saw a young player with enough ability and talent to spend his entire freshman season in 2008 on the JV/Varsity level, he knew he had something special in the future with running back/linebacker J.J. Jolaoso. As a sophomore, Jolaoso was a regular on the field where he saw plenty of varsity time as a running back, linebacker, p...
Inducted2018High School AttendedAttleboroGraduated2012
Biography Kevin Kelleher – North Attleboro ‘01 In Head Coach Paul Sullivan’s words: an annual challenge of high school football coaches is to find linemen that are big, strong and athletic with good football sense. Kevin, like his brother Pat, was just that. His athleticism and size combined with his understanding made him the centerpiece of an offensive line that all...
Inducted2019High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated
Biography The 1997 season in North Attleboro began with high ambitions. Long-time assistant coach Paul Sullivan had taken over the head coaching reigns, and he had a stable of talented athletes he would be leading. With future Hall of Famers Ethan Hamilton at running back, Mark Vandette at split-end, and Kyle VanDeGiesen at quarterback the ingredients were in place fo...
Inducted2009High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated1998
Biography Because he was so good, they called him "Superman" but he was really just an ordinary kid with extraordinary ability. Brian Kelley was not just the best athlete in his class, or even in his school. Brian Kelley was one of the best high school athletes in the nation. This was primarily due to his setting track records in the state decathlon and later the nati...
Inducted1998High School AttendedBishopGraduated1990
Biography Big, tough and strong, Steve Kelley was a prototypical wishbone fullback. As a junior two-way starter at both fullback and inside linebacker, Kelley excelled. In a lighting-shortened 34-0 victory over Attleboro in 1985, Kelley rushed for I 10 yards on but 13 carries. Probably his finest hour that year occured in a stunning 23-14 upset over Barnstable High. K...
Inducted1993High School AttendedBishopGraduated1987
Biography “I’m playing.” With that simple, declarative statement, uttered the day before North’s contest versus Mansfield during his senior year, Jerome Kennedy articulated the essence of his personal approach to football. Viewed within the context of the magnitude of the game and the seriousness of Jerome’s ankle injury that caused him to miss several games and kept ...
Inducted2012High School AttendedN. AttleboroGraduated2001