{"id":19796,"date":"2010-02-16T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=19796"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:00:54","slug":"hatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2010\/02\/16\/hatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Hatch, icon of Bates athletics, passes away at age 85"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bob Hatch, who became director of athletics in 1974, speaks with Bryant Gumbel \u201870, then an LA-based NBC sports reporter, for a 1977 Bates Magazine story on Bobcat athletics. Talking about the need for excellent facilities, Hatch said, \u201cLooking down the road, I think people are going to be as fussy picking a college as they are picking a new suit or automobile. They are going to shop \u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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At a 2005 football game at Garcelon Field, Bob Hatch (right) enjoys the company of, from left, Dean Emeritus of Admissions Milt Lindholm \u201935, Brian Flynn \u201957, Paul Planchon \u201966 and Chick Leahey \u201952, former longtime baseball coach.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Bob Hatch and Jim Murphy \u201869, who played quarterback, show off Murphy\u2019s football jersey, retired on Nov. 20, 1968. Murphy is the current women\u2019s soccer and basketball coach. Photo courtesy Bates College Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Bob Hatch coaches the Bobcat football team, circa 1967. Hatch served as head football coach from 1952 to 1972 before becoming athletics director.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Bob Hatch in 1977.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Professor Emeritus of Physical Education Robert W. Hatch, an icon of Bates athletics whose contributions\u00a0 encompassed innovation and opportunity, died Feb. 13, 2010. He was 85.<\/p>\n

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