Members of the Undefeated 1965 football team

Item Information

Title:
Members of the Undefeated 1965 football team
Description:
A photograph of The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which included some of the members of the Springfield College 1965 undefeated football team. Sitting in the photograph are (from left to right): Coach Ted Dunn, Co-captain Scott Taylor (class of 1966), Dave Bennett (class of 1967), Brian Bock (class of 1966), and Paul Bender (class of 1966). All men were part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes which met at Association Island in Lake Ontario last year with over 300 delegates in attendance. Dave Hughes (class of 1967) was not present when the photo was taken.
Date:
1967
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Alumni Relations Office Photograph Collection
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Springfield College--Football
Bender, Paul A.
Bennett, David B.
Bock, Brian D.
Dunn, Edward (Ted)
Taylor, Scott
Football
Group portraits
Athletes
Coaches
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/15346
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
The 1965 football team was led by head coach Edward (Ted) Dunn, and co-captains Gary Wilcox (class of '66) and Scott Taylor (class of '66). In the only undefeated season in Springfield College football history, the chiefs outscored opponents 252-87. In one of their “best games of the year”, they defeated Northeastern with a final score of 16-14 in front of 12,000 fans. The team was named New England College Division Champions and Dunn was named New England College Division Coach of the Year. Ted Dunn coached the Springfield College from 1958 until 1975. Dunn, G47', who was named head coach in 1957, was Ossie Solem’s assistant coach for 12 years. Ted graduated from Colgate where he played under Andy Kerr who was known for teaching move than football; winning is a by-product of learning to play together as a team and to respect one another and the opposition. Andy Kerr had also taught Football Coaching in the Springfield College Summer School of Coaching in the summers of 1933 and 1934. Ted, as head coach, embraced and taught these virtues, continuing the old-fashioned sportsmanship started with Amos Alonzo, who brought football to Springfield College in 1890. The 1965 Springfield College Football team went 9-0-0 and remains the only College Football team to go undefeated and untied during a season. Springfield College’s opponents in ’65-'66 were the US. Coast Guard (30-14), Amherst College (13-0), Williams College (28-8), Colby College (42-13), Northeastern University (16-14), American International College (43-6), Rhode Island University (7-6), University of New Hampshire (43-13), and Wagner College (30-13).
Photograph not in Archives Collection. For copy of original photograph contact Alumni Relations Office.
Identifier:
alumni-relations-fellowship-1965-team