The Goddard Award
Alan Goddard '53
The Alan C. Goddard ’53 Award for Achievement in Football has been presented annually since 1954 through the generosity of Alan C. Goddard ’53, who died Nov. 24, 2006.
Just as Goddard proved his value through hard work, tremendous attitude and relentless team spirit, the award in his name is not a “most valuable player” award.
Award winners return to Bates on Oct. 28. 2006, to honor Goddard
“We decided the award should focus on where a young man was, what was anticipated of him and what he finally achieved, both personally and in football,” said Robert Hatch, Bates football coach from 1952 to 1972 and later director of athletics.
Goddard attended hundreds of Bates sporting events during his alumni life, the last being the Bates-Colby football game just four weeks before his death from ALS. “Alan’s passion towards Bates and Bates football was infectious,” said head coach Mark Harriman. “Alan supports the team, but especially the individual players. His message to the players at our annual awards dinner was to always approach life ‘with fire in your belly.’ It was a message he practiced all his life.”
Web Harrison ’63, head coach from 1978 to 1991, said the Goddard award “is not about improving. It’s about stretching yourself as much as possible.” Although recipients, typically one offensive and one defensive player, are compared to other squad members, they are more closely measured against himself, placing emphasis on an individual’s personal achievement and his contribution to the total team effort.
1954
Eugene Soto ’55
1955
Paul Perry ’57
1956
M. Wayne Kane ’59
1957
John Makowsky ’59
1958
John Makowsky ’59
1959
James Wylie ’60
1960
Howard Vandersea ’63
1961
Edmund Wilson ’62
1962
William Davis ’63, Philip Tamis ’63
1963
Stephen Ritter ’65 (dec.), Paul Planchon ’64
1964
Grant Farquhar ’65, John Yuskis ’66
1965
Thomas Carr ’66, William Farrington ’66
1966
James Murphy ’69, Bruce Winslow ’68
1967
Michael Nolan ’69, Salvatore Spinosa ’68
1968
Francis McGinty ’71, Carlton Fitzgerald ’71
1969
Stephen Boyko ’70, Francis McGinty ’71
1970
Carlton Fitzgerald ’71, Robert Schmidt ’72 (dec.)
1971
Gregory Pac ’72, Ferdinand Russo ’72
1972
Chester Janiga ’74, Ira Waldman ’73
1973
Paul DelCioppio ’77, Marcus Bruce ’77
1974
James Kutrubes ’75, Gerald Hancock ’75
1975
Mark Shapiro ’76, Michael Lynch ’76
1976
Paul DelCioppio ’77, Victor Splan ’77
1977
Thomas Burhoe ’78, Christopher Beach ’78
1978
Michael Parkin ’79, Mark Massa ’79
1979
Samuel Peluso ’79, Stephen Cluff ’80
1980
Robert Simmons ’81, David Robinson ’81
1981
Richard Lagg ’82, Christopher Flaherty ’82
1982
Timothy Gleason ’83, Kevin O’Maley ’83
1983
Daniel Miller ’84, David Hild ’84
1984
William Crowley ’85, Andrew McGillicuddy ’85
1985
Ronald Garrison ’85, Clifton Hicks ’86, Dean Lindner ’86, Peter Wyman ’86
1986
Anthony Burnham ’87, Brian Bonollo ’87, Joseph DiBiasi ’87, D. Michael O’Connor ’87
1987
Steven Feder ’88, S. Thomas Sebastyn ’88
1988
John Foley ’89, Michael Sisk ’89
1989
Jeffrey Bochenek ’90, James Ash ’90, Christopher Magendantz ’91
1990
Stuart Titus ’91, Christopher O’Connor ’91, Christian Schreiber ’91, Nathaniel Wheatley ’91
1991
Seth Almansi ’92, Mark Monopoli ’92, David Labadini ’92
1992
Brandon Sutcliffe ’93, John Yuskis ’93, Jacques Vroom ’93, Michael Charland ’93
1993
Timothy Haarmann ’95, Ronald Hawkins ’94
1994
Scott Marchildon ’95, Nicholas Lagemann ’95
1995
Robert Farrington ’96, Brian Quinn ’96
1996
Steven Potamis ’97, Jeffrey Sisto ’97
1997
Gregory Donoghue ’98, David Barbour ’98
1998
Jeffrey Konieczny ’99, Matthew Sherwood ’99
1999
Matthew Bazirgan ’00, Vincent Billante ’00
2000
Patrick Collins ’01, Rejean Guerriero ’01
2001
Jaime Sawler ’02
2002
Paul Tenney ’03, Kane Jankoski ’03
2003
Jeffrey Bolduc ’04, Patrick Foley ’04
2004
Matthew Orlando ’05, Kevin Madden ’05
2005
Jason Moody ’06, John Pambianchi ’06
2006
Adam Kayce ’07, Eric Obeng ’07
2007
Todd Wilcox ’08, Brian Machunski ’08