Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation Plaque for Frank Wolcott (1973-2007?)

Item Information

Title:
Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation Plaque for Frank Wolcott (1973-2007?)
Description:
The Citizens Savings Atheltic Foundation Hall of Fame awarded this plaque to Frank Wolcott in honor of his noteworthy achievement in gymnastics.
Date:
[1973?–2007?]
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Frank Wolcott Papers > b
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Woll, Wesley G.
Plaques
Awards
Certificates
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8120
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
Frank A. Wolcott (class of 1952) is a gymnastics coach at and alumnus of Springfield College. While a student, Wolcott was captain of the Springfield College gymnastics team and a two-time New England champion on the pommel horse and flying rings. He coached at his alma mater for twenty-six years, retiring in 1981. During this time, Springfield gymnasts placed in the top four at the NCAA Nationals eleven times, captured eight individual national titles, and received sixty-two All American awards. After the 1980-1981 academic year, he retired from coaching. However, he continued to direct the Home Show until 1984. Wolcott returned to Springfield College in August 1985 to replace Mary Ellen Olcese as the assistant director of athletics, a position he held until 1996. During this time, he taught Health and Fitness 200. The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. The foundation selected national champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports, including football and basketball. The Helms Foundation also operated a hall of fame for both basketball and football. After Paul Helms' death in 1957, United Savings and Loan became the Helms Foundation's benefactor and when United merged with Citizen Savings Bank in 1973, the Athletic Foundation became known as the Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation. It was again renamed in 1982 when First Interstate Bank assumed sponsorship for the foundation's final year. When the Helms Foundation dissolved, its historical holdings were absorbed into the collection of the Amateur Athletic Foundation, renamed the LA84 Foundation in 2007.
Identifier:
ms514-04-b-11-04-001
wolcott-citzens-savings-athletic-foundation