Braintree High School participates in the Bay State Conference, a Division 1 conference in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The girls' basketball team has won back-to-back state championships and finished 2014 undefeated. The Braintree High dance team competes at the regional and national stage. The Wamps baseball team won the Super Eight Baseball Tournament in 2015 over St. John's Preparatory School in their second-straight finals appearance. Braintree American Little League plays at Michael F. Dunn Little League Complex located at Hollingsworth Park. East Braintree Little League plays at Watson Park. The Braintree Athletic Complex is scheduled to be located at Braintree High School and will feature two ice hockey rinks, a basketball court, a multi-use court, a swimming pool and an indoor baseball diamond.
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Braintree, Massachusetts | Sports
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Barese was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended Braintree High School in Braintree, and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track. Barese would go on to attend Saint Anselm College, while there he played both quarterback and pitched for the Hawks. Barese would go on to play professional baseball for the Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.
Nick Barese | Playing career
Roy Googins Field or simply Googins Field is used for "AA" league games, which consists of ages eight and nine, and for younger summer travel games.
Hollingsworth Park (Braintree, Massachusetts) | Baseball fields
Braintree High School participates in the Bay State Conference, a Division 1 conference in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The girls' basketball team has won back-to-back state championships and finished 2014 undefeated. The Braintree High dance team competes at the regional and national stage. The Wamps baseball team won the Super Eight Baseball Tournament in 2015 over St. John's Preparatory School in their second-straight finals appearance. Braintree American Little League plays at Michael F. Dunn Little League Complex located at Hollingsworth Park. East Braintree Little League plays at Watson Park. The Braintree Athletic Complex is scheduled to be located at Braintree High School and will feature two ice hockey rinks, a basketball court, a multi-use court, a swimming pool and an indoor baseball diamond.
Braintree, Massachusetts | Sports
Hollingsworth Park, sometimes referred to as Hollingsworth Playground or simply Hollingsworth, is a public park and baseball complex in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The baseball complex located at Hollingsworth Park is known as the Michael F. Dunn Little League Complex and is home to Braintree American Little League. The Farm River runs past the west side of the park.
Hollingsworth Park (Braintree, Massachusetts) | Introduction
Curran was named Boston Globe Player of the Year. He also earned All American status in USA Today and was named the 6th best player in New England by Super Prep Magazine. He led Chelmsford High School to a Super Bowl victory over Brookline High School.
Dan Curran | Early years
The name of the field that Braintree Baseball plays at is Veterans Stadium. The football team and occasionally the soccer and lacrosse teams play at an artificial turf field named Alumni Stadium. The Braintree High gymnasium is named H. Fred Hegret Gymnasium. The golf team plays its home events at Braintree Municipal Golf Course. The gymnastics room is named Shuhwerk Gymnastics Room. The Braintree Athletic Complex is a planned athletic complex that will be located at Braintree High School.
Braintree High School | Athletics
Mahoney was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1890. He was a standout football player at Somerville High School. In 1908 he attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he played running back on the school's football team and was a baseball outfielder. In 1909 he transferred to Boston College. He played first base for the Eagles baseball team and was captain in 1911. He decided not to try out for the football team and instead assisted head coach Thomas H. Maguire. He also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Somerville High. He graduated from Boston College in 1912.
Stephen Mahoney | Early life
Boston was born in Humble, Texas, and played youth football in the Humble Area Football League.
David Boston | Early years
He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. While he is primarily known for his exploits in the pole vault event, he has demonstrated versatility in other events including long jump and high jump. He set several records at Braintree High School. At the age of 19 he was the best pole vaulter in the state of Massachusetts. He became known as "the Barefoot Boy" for his habit of high jumping with one shoe on and one shoe off. Then when he matriculated to the University of New Hampshire under coach Paul Sweet, the Boston newspaper sport pages would refer to him as "One Shoe Boo".
Boo Morcom | Early career
Kendall played High school football at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts. He decided to stay in Massachusetts and play college football at Boston College where he was named all-Big East Conference as a junior and senior.
Pete Kendall | High school and college
He was born in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts on December 24, 1886. He was frail as a child. He attended Boston Latin School and English High School in Andover, Massachusetts, and then Brown University and Boston University where he was president of his class. He is in the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame.
William C. Prout | Early life
Mahan was a native of Natick, Massachusetts. He was of Irish ancestry and reportedly spoke with "the brogue of a full-blooded native of Erin." Mahan first gained attention for his football skills while playing at Andover. Mahan later recalled his days at Andover, "Well do I recall those wonderful days at Andover and the games between Andover and Exeter. There is intense rivalry between these two schools. Many are the traditions at Andover."
Eddie Mahan | Early years
A three-sport letterman at Newburyport High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Clancy played football, basketball and baseball for the Clippers. He was named a Boston Globe All-Scholastic in both football and baseball his senior year.
Joe Clancy | Early life
In Braintree, strong winds ripped the roofs off an elementary school and a middle school. Over of rain fell in the eastern part of the state.
March 1–3, 2018 nor'easter | Massachusetts
The boys ice hockey team made its first appearance in the Super Eight Ice Hockey Tournament in 2014, but lost to Catholic Memorial School in the play-in game, 2-1. In back-to-back years the Girls Basketball team won state championships in 2014 and went undefeated in 2015. The Braintree High Dance Team has dominated conference and state championships for over a decade, including multiple New England championships. The Varsity baseball team won the Super Eight Baseball Tournament in 2015, after previously losing to Newton North High School in 2014s final. The Wamps beat St. John's Preparatory School 7-3 after dropping the first game 20-4.
Braintree High School | Athletics
Jauron was born in Peoria, Illinois. He attended Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a Parade All-American selection as a senior, and was featured in the November 1968 issue of Sport magazine as Teenage Athlete Of The Month. He has been honored as one of the top ten all-time Massachusetts high school football players by the Boston Globe.
Dick Jauron | Early years
Braintree High is a member of the Bay State Conference, a league in District C of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. They have traditional rivalries with Milton High School, including the annual football game on Thanksgiving Day, and Weymouth High School. Recently the Boys' Gymnastics squad has consistently repeated as champions of the BSC while the Cheerleading squad competes on the national stage. There have been several other state champions produced by BHS in the past several years, most notably in girls' athletics. The Lady Wamps Basketball team won the state title for the 2005–06 fall season, while the Soccer team won in both 2005 and again in 2006.
Braintree High School | Athletics
Eames was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from San Diego State University and was captain of its tennis team in 1982 and 1983. He received an MBA from Boston University. He was a top junior player and public school tennis star at Doherty Memorial High School, in Worcester.
Ned Eames | Early life
The playground equipment at Hollingsworth Park was nearly 35 years old when it was torn down in March 2014 due to safety concerns. A new playground was planned in July 2014 and building would not start until after the baseball season ended. The Town of Braintree was awarded $145,787 from the state to build a new playground at Hollingsworth.
Hollingsworth Park (Braintree, Massachusetts) | Playground
MacAndrew was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Braintree, Massachusetts, when he was a year old. MacAndrew attended the Thayer Academy in Braintree. For his undergraduate career, he attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1898. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. As a collegiate athlete, he played football at Dartmouth as an end. MacAndrew was a four-year letter winner, playing from 1894 to 1897. MacAndrew was a member of the Dartmouth baseball team. He also played for the Newton Athletic Association against Yale in 1898.
David Carr MacAndrew | Early life and playing career
Endicott Peabody, nicknamed "Chub", was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Elizabeth (née Parkman) and the Rev. Malcolm E. Peabody, a former Episcopal Bishop of Central New York. He was a grandson of the founder of Groton School and Brooks School, also named Endicott Peabody, and was a descendant of colonial governor John Endecott. He first attended the William Penn Charter School, and graduated in 1938 from the Groton School. He earned his A.B. from Harvard College in 1942, majoring in history. Peabody played on the Harvard Crimson football team as well as ice hockey and tennis. He stood out in football, where he was known as the "baby-faced assassin", playing three seasons on the varsity squad, and was the only unanimous choice for the 1941 College Football All-America Team.
Endicott Peabody | Early life
Hallet was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts and was raised in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. He attended Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. He grew up playing golf at Bass River Golf Course in Yarmouth. He played college golf at Bryant College, where he was a four-time Division II All-American. He was also the goaltender for the Bryant hockey team for some time. He stated later as an adult that he was "an overnight success" and did not play a lot of junior golf. He reached the semi-final of the 1982 U.S. Amateur which was played in his home state of Massachusetts at The Country Club.
Jim Hallet | Early life
Braintree, Massachusetts, is named after Braintree, Essex, in England. The town was first chartered in 1640. Later, some sections of Braintree formed separate municipalities: Quincy (1792), Randolph (1793), and Holbrook (1872).
Braintree, Massachusetts | Introduction
A native of Malden, Massachusetts, Jason DellaGatta was born to Joseph R. Dellagatta and Mary Kelliher. He was extensively involved in little league and high school baseball, basketball, and football throughout his childhood. After his graduation from Malden High School in 1992, DellaGatta initially worked for a local moving company while continuing to compete amateur sports. He formed his own team to play in a Boston night league around 1994. Their performance in the league, consisting primarily of college football players, impressed a scout from a semi-professional football organization, the New England Football League. DellaGatta and several of his teammates were eventually recruited with DellaGatta playing for the New England Stars.
Jason Rumble | Early life
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts and raised in Concord, New Hampshire, McLean went to prep school at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, then played both football and basketball in New Hampshire at St. Anselm College in Goffstown.
Ray McLean | Early years
Howe would remain involved in sports throughout his life, winning the Rhode Island State Squash championship several times and owning a sporting goods store in Providence, Rhode Island.
Bill Howe | Introduction
Collins was born in Walpole, Massachusetts. Collins attended Walpole High School, located just a few miles from Foxboro, Massachusetts, the home of the New England Patriots. As a senior, he, along with prolific wide out Douglas Cantrell, led his football team to a state championship, a feat that helped earn him SuperPrep All-America honors. Cantrell went on to have a brief career in Germany. Collins was named New England Player of the Year by the "Boston Globe". As a junior, he held a 10–0 record for the baseball team as a right-handed pitcher. Also that year, he guided his basketball squad to the state semifinals, garnering 18 points and 10 rebounds a game along the way.
Todd Collins (quarterback) | Early years
Laviolette was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, and attended Franklin High School. He played college ice hockey at Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Peter Laviolette | Early life
Amorosino was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and grew up in the neighboring town of Braintree. He is a 1988 graduate of Don Bosco High School in Boston and a 1992 graduate of Boston University College of Communication. Joe was voted Boston’s Best Sportscaster in 2011 by Boston.com’s A-List. He was also voted Boston’s Best Sportscaster in 2010 by CityVoter Boston A-List.
Joe Amorosino | Early life
His father William, brother Michael and uncle Joseph Brain all played first-class cricket.
Pat Brain | Family
Plymouth was the home of the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Plymouth Pilgrims, who play their home games at Forges Field.
Plymouth, Massachusetts | Sports
Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Stewart grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and competed in baseball, hockey, track, and wrestling in high school.
Bill Stewart (sports official) | Early years
St. Pierre was born in Salem, Massachusetts and attended St. John's Preparatory School in Massachusetts. He broke the school's single season and career records for completions, attempts, touchdown passes, touchdown rushes, completion percentage and games played. He earned All-America honors from Tom Lemming, PrepStar and SuperPrep magazines. He was also named Massachusetts and New England Gatorade Player of the Year and was selected as USA Today's Massachusetts co-player of the year. He was team captain for the 1997 St. John's team that finished 11-0 and won the state and New England championships. He was a three-year Catholic Conference all-star in football and a two-time Catholic Conference all-star in baseball.
Brian St. Pierre | Early life
Pratt was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts. She attended North Quincy High School. After graduation, she entered Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and participated in various sports there, including basketball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, archery, and sailing. Pratt earned a degree in physical education in 1940.
Mary Pratt (baseball) | Early life
Not only would this lead to increased exposure and access to different ‘territories’ of Boston for Jones, but the team also traveled to Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Within Boston, Jones participated in leagues at the YMCA on Huntington Avenue and he and his friends would frequent Madison Park and Columbus Park (Carter Playground).
Clarence &quot;Jeep&quot; Jones | Early life
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this athletic facility was a gift of Alva Crocker, in 1918, to the City Of Fitchburg's school children. Alvah Crocker hired the famous Olmsted Brothers Landscaping and Design Firm of Brookline, MA to design his "field of dreams." Babe Ruth once visited Crocker field and asked Clarence Amiott, then the Fitchburg High School Athletic Director, "What professional team plays here?" to which Mr. Amiott answered "The Fitchburg High School teams."
Fitchburg, Massachusetts | Crocker Field
In 1920, Braintree was the site of the murders that led to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. During that same decade, the town's population grew by over 50%.
Braintree, Massachusetts | History
Maney was born in Boston and raised in Burlington, Massachusetts. During his youth, Maney played sandlot baseball and was a fan of the Boston Braves. He worked as a timekeeper for Coleman Brothers during the construction of the subway between Franklin and State Streets. Maney attended and graduated from Boston College.
C. Joseph Maney | Early life
Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Colabello grew up in Rimini, Italy. His mother, Silvanna, was born in Rimini, and his father, Lou, played baseball in Italy for seven years, later pitching in the 1984 Olympics. The family moved back to Massachusetts in 1991. Colabello graduated from Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts. He then attended NCAA Division II Assumption College, but was not drafted by an MLB team.
Chris Colabello | Early life and career
Traynor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, to parents who had emigrated from Canada. He received his nickname as a child in Somerville, Massachusetts, because he frequented a grocery store and often asked for pie. The store owner called him "Pie Face", which was later shortened to Pie by his friends. In 1919, he played in what is now the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). Playing for both the Falmouth and Oak Bluffs town teams, he batted .447 for Falmouth and had a combined batting average of .322 for the two teams. In 2009 he was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame.
Pie Traynor | Early life
Two United States Navy ships – the armed tug , in commission from 1898 to 1931, and the harbor tug , later "YTB-337", in commission from 1942 to 1946 – have been named for Wompatuck. Wompatuck State Park located in Hingham, Massachusetts is also named after him. Braintree, Massachusetts intended to honor Wompatuck's warrior heritage by calling its sports teams the "Wamps." The use of the name and icon have been heavily debated among local residents in recent years.
Wompatuck | Namesakes
Abbey attended South Hadley High School. In 1963 as a junior running back, he contributed to the school's first unbeaten season as part of a team that posted an 8-0 record and outscored their opponents 238 to 12 points. He moved on to play 2 more seasons at Deerfield Academy, where he was a fullback and middle linebacker. As a senior, he was named to the Boston Globe All-New England prep team.
Don Abbey | Early years
In 1921 they were renamed Crittall Athletic to be more closely identified with their parent company. After winning Division Two (Western) in 1922–23 and 1923–24, they were promoted to the Senior Division of the Border League in 1925. In 1928 they joined the Spartan League, and in 1935 were founder members of the Eastern Counties League, although they also continued to play in the Border League. They won the Border League in 1935–36 and both the Border League and the Eastern Counties League in 1936–37, but then left the Eastern Counties League to join the newly established Essex County League.
Braintree Town F.C. | History
Lomasney grew up in Peabody, Massachusetts, where he played both baseball and football. He became a local hero when he caught for the Peabody High School baseball team that won the Greater Boston League Championship and played quarterback and defensive end for two Massachusetts Super Bowl teams. Lomasney was named the MVP of the Greater Boston League, Player of the Year, and a member of All-Scholastic teams in football and baseball.
Steve Lomasney | Early years
Mantione was born in New Jersey. He attended Christian Brothers Academy for high school. While attending school, he participated in both sports and theater. He was an avid soccer player until 17. Mantione participated in a number of school productions such as "Oklahoma!" and played Troy Bolton in a production of "High School Musical". He attended the Boston Conservatory (which has since merged with the Berklee College of Music) for musical theater.
Jan Sport | Early life
Creeden was born on May 23, 1906 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His father, Jeremiah Creeden, was a master plumber; his mother was Margaret ("née" Leary). While his maternal and paternal grandfathers were from Massachusetts, his grandmothers were both immigrants from Ireland. He had an older sister—who worked in the family's plumbing business as a bookkeeper—and a younger brother. Although his family originally resided in West Newbury, they moved to Brockton when Creeden started attending school. He graduated from Brockton High School in 1926. He proceeded to attend college at Boston College, where he played both football and baseball for the Boston College Eagles.
Pat Creeden | Early life
Chris Carpenter was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, but grew up in Raymond, New Hampshire, later moving to Bedford. He played in Little League Baseball, Babe Ruth League, and American Legion Baseball. While attending Trinity High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, he was selected all-state for three years in both baseball and hockey. As a junior in 1992, his baseball team won the state championship. He was selected for "The Boston Globe" All-Scholastic team as a senior. In 1993, his senior campaign, he earned Athlete of the Year honors. He committed to play college baseball for Creighton.
Chris Carpenter | Early life and amateur career
Whittingham was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 4, 1939. He was placed in state foster care until he was adopted by the Whittinghams, who lived in Warwick, Rhode Island, when he was nine months old. He attended Warwick Veterans Memorial High School where he played football, basketball, baseball, and track. He was an All-State selection in football] basketball, and track. He had a troubled youth and missed half of his senior season, which scared schools away, even though he was considered one of the best athletes in the New England area. Whittingham was voted as one of the 50 best athletes of the century in Rhode Island.
Fred Whittingham | Early years
His grandfather John Mahoney played basketball at William & Mary and was drafted in the sixth round by the Boston Celtics in 1955. His younger sister Molly played soccer and helped Ridge High School win the 2017 Group 4 state championship.
Max Mahoney | Personal life
Games played in Springfield, MA.
1954 NCAA Baseball Tournament | District 1
Braintree High School's mascot is the letter "B". Athletic teams from the school use the nickname "The Wamps." The name is derived from the Massachusetts Indian Chief known as Wampatuck, who ceded land to colonists through the "Braintree Indian Deed" in 1665.
Braintree High School | Mascot
Lucas was born in Boston in 1934. He grew up in South Boston and attended South Boston High School. He was a star player in football, basketball, and baseball at South Boston High. In 1951, he was named to the all-conference and all-district teams and was selected by "The Boston Globe" as one of the city's two outstanding linemen.
Dick Lucas (American football) | Early years
There are five baseball diamonds at William F. Dunn Little League Complex. One of the fields, Christopher Duffy Field or simply Duffy Field, is primarily to tee-ball for ages six and seven. The four other fields are used for ages eight to twelve. William G. Brooks Field or simply Brooks Field is the largest and only lighted field at Hollingsworth Park and is used for all majors league games which consists of ballplayers from ages ten to twelve, and also for significant summer travel events. Robert F. Rull Jr. Field or simply Rull Field, and Joseph J. Tarallo Field or simply Tarallo Field, formerly Hall of Fame Field, are secondary fields, in which "AAA" league games and other summer travel games are played.
Hollingsworth Park (Braintree, Massachusetts) | Baseball fields
Fraser was born in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. He attended Boston Latin School in 1907 and 1908, where he played end, center, and halfback on the football team and outfield on the baseball team. He then attended Dorchester High School in 1909 and 1910, where he played in the backfield on the football team and second base on the baseball team. He was a named to the greater Boston all-scholastic football team two years.
Ginger Fraser | Early life
These games are most often played on Thanksgiving Day and are some of the oldest sports rivalries in the United States. The high school rivalry between Wellesley High School and Needham High School in Massachusetts is considered to be the nation's oldest football rivalry, having started in 1882. Before the advent of modern rules of baseball, a different form was played called the Massachusetts Game. This version of baseball was an early rival of the Knickerbocker Rules of New York and was played throughout New England. In 1869, there were 59 teams throughout the region which played according to the Massachusetts rules.
New England | Sports
Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.
1955 NCAA Baseball Tournament | District 1
The second of four siblings, Cleary grew up in Milton, Massachusetts where he began high school at Catholic Memorial High School, later transferring to Noble and Greenough School. A member of the Massachusetts Olympic Development Teams from ages 13–19 and playing youth football for Charles River United and F.C. Greater Boston Bolts, Cleary managed to win five state titles and three Regional Championships, and was named Tournament MVP three times. Cleary was also named to the All-Conference Team in high school three times, twice named to the All-State Team and twice named to the All-Region Team. He finished his high school career with over 110 points.
Chris Cleary | High school
Shaw was born in 1859 in the Charlestown section of Boston. Before playing professional baseball, he played first base for an amateur baseball team in Charlestown. His teammates on the Charlestown team included Thomas Shea, who later became a famous ragtime composer, John Clarkson, who was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Mertie Hackett.
Dupee Shaw | Early years
Dame was born in Lynn, Massachusetts. He graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1898. He then attended Springfield Training School, where played quarterback for the school's football team. He graduated from Springfield Training School in 1900 and later took courses at Tufts College and Boston University.
Harry A. Dame | Early life
Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.
1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament | District 1
A self-described Irish Catholic, Calhoun was born and raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he was a standout on the basketball, football, and baseball teams at Braintree High School. After his father died of a heart attack when Calhoun was 15, he was left to watch over his large family that included five siblings.
Jim Calhoun | Biography
Monahan was born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, a suburb northwest of Boston. Following graduation from Belmont High School, he took a gap year in New Jersey where he attended the Lawrenceville School. Monahan was immersed in the sport of golf as a child and went on to play Division III golf and hockey at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was an Academic All-American in his senior season under golf coach Bill Detrick. He graduated with a history degree in 1993 and then earned a master's degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1995.
Jay Monahan | Early years
Born July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle, New York, to John and Kathryn Roundtree, Roundtree attended New Rochelle High School; graduating in 1961. During high school, Roundtree played for the school's undefeated and nationally ranked football team. After high school, Roundtree attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Roundtree dropped out of college in 1963 to begin his career.
Richard Roundtree | Early life and education
Pierre E. E. Braine (26 October 1900 – 6 November 1951) was a Belgian international footballer. A midfielder, he played club football for Beerschot VAC between 1919 and 1933. He also represented Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1930 FIFA World Cup. Pierre's brother Raymond was also a Belgian international player.
Pierre Braine | Introduction
Today, the city of Springfield is known worldwide as the birthplace of the sport of basketball. In 1891, James Naismith, a theology graduate, invented the sport of basketball at the YMCA International Training School – now known as Springfield College – to fill-in the gap between the football and baseball seasons. The first game of basketball ever played took place in the Mason Square district of Springfield. (The game's score was 1 – 0). As of 2011, the exact spot where the first game took place is memorialized by an illuminated monument. The first building to serve as an indoor basketball court resides at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in suburban Wilbraham, and has since been converted into a dormitory (Smith Hall).
History of Springfield, Massachusetts | The birthplace of basketball
White was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1888. He attended Fall River High School and then preparatory school at Exeter in New Hampshire. White played both baseball and football for Exeter.
Sanford White | Early years
A native of Durham, North Carolina, Crabtree played college football for Wake Forest and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions. He appeared in 18 games, three as a starter, during the 1940 and 1941 seasons. He played at the tackle and guard positions.
Clem Crabtree | College and pro football
Gammons was born on March 17, 1876 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University, where he earned letters in football from 1895 to 1897, and baseball, including on the 1896 national championship team. He graduated from Brown in 1898, and then attended Harvard University in 1899 and 1900.
J. A. Gammons | Early life
Few historians ever believed it and even the Hall's vice president, Jeff Idelson, has stated that "Baseball wasn't really born anywhere." In 1859, the first intercollegiate baseball game was played in Pittsfield. Amherst defeated Williams College 73-32. Ulysses Frank Grant, born August 1, 1865, in Pittsfield (died May 27, 1937), was an African American baseball player in the 19th century who played in the International League and for various independent teams.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts | Baseball in Pittsfield
Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut he acquired his Irish brogue from his father, an Irish immigrant. Little is known about his childhood; he mentioned in one of his "Boston Globe" columns that he attended school in a one-room rural schoolhouse. While some sources say Murnane attended Holy Cross prep school in Worcester, Massachusetts, this is doubtful; searches in the school's archives show there was another man with the same name who attended, but he was from Fitchburg MA, and Murnane was playing baseball in Connecticut during the years he was said to be at Holy Cross. During Murnane's early years in baseball, he played as a catcher for the Stratford, Connecticut club in ; some old-timers of that era said this club was called the Savannah Seniors.
Tim Murnane | Biography
Parson started playing hockey as a defenseman for Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts because of a lack of defensemen on the teams that he played on. Although he wanted to play forward, he continued to play defense as a member of the UMass Lowell hockey team from 1988 to 1992, where he scored 18 goals in 107 games.
Don Parsons (ice hockey) | Early career and college
Baldinger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Always big, strong, and athletic for his age, Baldinger spent much of his youth playing a variety of sports in and around Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His family later moved to Apple Valley, Minnesota, then Massapequa, New York where he and his brothers became well-known locally as they continued to excel in sports. At Massapequa High School, he practiced football, basketball and track.
Brian Baldinger | Early years
Morey was a native of Malden, Massachusetts. He played baseball and football, and also competed on the track team, at Malden High School. In June 1909, Morey struck out 25 batters in a baseball game against Everett High School.
Dave Morey | Early years
Today, Springfield is home to the international Basketball Hall of Fame. Holyoke is home to the international Volleyball Hall of Fame.
History of Massachusetts | Invention of basketball and volleyball
Joseph Francis "Joe" Fitzgerald (October 10, 1904 – March 20, 1987) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was born in Brighton, Massachusetts and died in Needham, Massachusetts. He played football, baseball and hockey for Boston College, graduating in 1928. In the summer of 1926, he played for the Hyannis town team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played one match.
Joseph Fitzgerald (ice hockey) | Introduction
Dereck Brain (born 26 July 1936) is a Rhodesian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Dereck Brain | Introduction
Saltonstall was born on December 25, 1872 to Leverett and Rose Saltonstall. He graduated Harvard College in 1894 and Harvard Law School in 1897. He played a few games for the Harvard Crimson football after spending a year on the freshman squad. On November 2, 1898 he married Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Endicott Peabody Saltonstall | Early life
Leetch was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. His family moved to Cheshire, Connecticut, where he was raised, when he was three months old. Leetch first learned to play hockey at a local ice rink managed by his father. In high school, he starred in baseball and hockey, first at Cheshire High School, and then at Avon Old Farms. As a sophomore, his 90-mph fastball helped the Cheshire Rams baseball team to a state championship and, as a senior at Avon Old Farms, he set the school record for strikeouts in a game with 19. Hockey, however, was the sport in which he most excelled.
Brian Leetch | Early life
He was one of the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is likely to have arrived in the area with his wife, Edith Squire (1587–1672/73), his brothers Jeremy Adams "et al.", and eight sons and a daughter, in 1632. Braintree was incorporated in 1640, and included what is now Quincy, and Braintree.
Henry Adams (farmer) | Settling in Massachusetts
James Francis "Jim" Whalen, Jr., grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts residing on Plymouth Street. He was the son of James Francis "Brud" Whalen and Helen Whalen, née Zukowski. He has one sister, Rosemary. The younger Whalen was a three-sport star at Cambridge High and Latin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a school that also produced a number of other top athletes including MLB Hall-of-Fame pitcher and 342 game winner Tim Keefe, MLB player Eddie Waitkus on whom the movie "The Natural" was loosely based and Olympic high jumper John Thomas. Whalen, who starred in football, baseball and ice hockey, was subsequently inducted into the Cambridge Rindge and Latin Athletic Hall of Fame.
Jim Whalen | Early years
Fisk was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, but according to Fisk, that was only because Vermont had the nearest hospital to his hometown, Charlestown, New Hampshire. He was raised by his parents, Leona and Cecil, along with older brother Calvin, younger brothers Conrad and Cedric and younger sisters Janet and Julie. He grew up in Charlestown, across the Connecticut River from Bellows Falls. Fisk attended Charlestown High School, where he played baseball (under Coach Ralph Silva), soccer, and basketball. Because his family is from New Hampshire, he insisted that the organization remove from his plaque in the Red Sox Hall of Fame its characterization of him as a Vermont native.
Carlton Fisk | Early life
Willis grew up in Natick, Massachusetts and attended Marian High School in Framingham, Massachusetts and Kimball Union Academy where he was an All-American High School and Prep School player, in 1966 Willis broke the all-time New England schoolboy scoring champion, a record that hadn't been broken and held since 1950 by Lorne (Tippy) Johnson of Lynn English High School... He starred in football as well as in hockey, where he was a forward who led the team to an undefeated season, a league title, and the state tournament. He considered football and hockey scholarship offers from Michigan State University and the University of Notre Dame, but decided to attend Boston College.
Fred Willis | Early life
This game began in 2012 and is played in honor of former captain Pete Frates (2004–2007), who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012.
Boston College Eagles baseball | Annual ALS Awareness Game
Maguire was born on January 11, 1877 in South Boston to Daniel F. and Susan F. Maguire. He attended Boston Latin School and was a member of the school's football team. He played quarterback in 1893 and running back in 1894 and 1895. He was also the team's punter. In 1895 he was the team captain. After graduating from Boston Latin, Maguire attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.
Thomas H. Maguire | Early life
He never played professional baseball again and died on April 20, 1992 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Pat Creeden | Introduction
Bertram is also the namesake of the John Bertram Athletic Field at Salem High School.
John Bertram (Massachusetts) | Introduction
Teams that participate in "Brain Game" come from the WTHR viewing area in Central Indiana.
Brain Game (1972 game show) | Participants and winners
He was also selected by "The Boston Globe" to its 1955 All-Northeastern football team. And Boston Mayor John Hynes declared December 13, 1955, as "Dick Lucas Day" in Boston.
Dick Lucas (American football) | Boston College
Edward had a close physical resemblance to heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano. As a youth he was a regular at the L Street Curley Gym and Bathhouse located at 1663 Columbia Road in South Boston where Stephen Flemmi, James J. Bulger, Frank Salemme and William Bulger all hung out. In high school he was in the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School basketball team in North End, Boston as number "4" in 1955 and brought the team to the state championships that year. After graduating high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marines. His brother James followed Edward into the military and joined the U.S.
Edward G. Connors | Early life
In March 2011, members from a local carpenters union, volunteered to build the new snack bar planned on the premises of Hollingsworth Park. The volunteer work saved Braintree American Little League an estimated of $10,000.
Hollingsworth Park (Braintree, Massachusetts) | Snack bar
England Test cricketers Peter Lever (born 1940) and Derek Shackleton (1924–2007) were originally from Todmorden.
Todmorden | Sport
Boston, the capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and largest city in New England, is home to several major league sports teams. They include the Red Sox (baseball), the Celtics (basketball, in the state where the sport was invented), and the Bruins (ice hockey). The New England Patriots (American football) and the New England Revolution (soccer) play at Gillette Stadium in nearby Foxborough. The New England Free Jacks (Rugby union) play at Union Point Sports Complex in nearby Weymouth. Several Boston-area colleges and universities are also active in college athletics. Sports are a major part of the city's culture (as well as the culture of the Greater Boston area).
Sports in Boston | Introduction
Born in New London, Connecticut, Fordyce is a graduate of Saint Bernard High School in Uncasville, Connecticut. He played high school football and baseball until he injured a nerve in his neck at the age of 16. After recovering from the injury, he focused on baseball.
Brook Fordyce | Early life
Silk was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and raised in Scituate and Cohasset, Massachusetts. He attended Thayer Academy in Braintree, where he scored 85 points in his first season. He then moved to Boston University where he became teammates and lifelong friends with future Miracle on Ice members Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, and Jack O'Callahan. Silk was a dominating force for the Boston University Terriers hockey team, earning all-tournament, athlete of the week, and First- Team-All- New England honors. He won the NCAA Championship in 1978 with Boston University, and was awarded New England Rookie of the Year 1976–1977.
Dave Silk | Amateur career
Carrigan was born in Lewiston, Maine. Carrigan's brother John was a talented pitcher, and Carrigan served as his catcher. Carrigan played football and baseball at Lewiston High School; he also played roller polo, but it caused him to get into fights, and his brother pleaded with him to stop playing. He studied at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. At the time, Holy Cross was known for sending its baseball players to the major leagues.
Bill Carrigan | Early life
October 11, 1948, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
1948 Boston Braves season | Game 6
The indigenous occupation of Braintree precedes the arrival of English settlers in 1625. Subsequent to their arrival, the town was colonized in 1635, and ultimately incorporated in 1640. The town is named after the English town of Braintree. In addition to the present Braintree, it comprised land that was later split-off into the separate municipalities of Quincy (incorporated in 1792), Randolph (1793), and Holbrook (1872). Braintree was part of Suffolk County until the formation of Norfolk County in 1793. The town of Braintree is the birthplace of several prominent figures in American history: Abigail Adams, presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, statesman John Hancock, and General Sylvanus Thayer, an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy located at West Point, New York.
Braintree, Massachusetts | History
Pickity Place was created by David and Judith Walter. It was also the home of Ron Harry, Boston Garden organist from 1983–1995 and for the Boston Celtics in the TD Garden until his death in 2004.
Mason, New Hampshire | History
Burke was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1934. He attended Lawrence High School where he was captain of the football team and received the Edward Gregg medal as the top student-athlete in his class. He thereafter spent a year at Staunton Military Academy in Virginia.
Patrick F. Burke | Early years
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Delaney attended Georgetown University, where he ran track, played as an end on the Georgetown Hoyas football team, and played as an outfielder on the Hoyas baseball team.
Jerry Delaney | Early life and playing career