TESTIMONIAL TO COACH BEN (RED) F

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1 ce TESTIMONIAL TO COACH BEN (RED) F» * TE K. of C. Hall, Nahant ^December 9, 1979 STRA,

2 vihiimiimiinv^ Patrons TAI HONG RESTAURANT ED, JANET, SEAN AND DENNIS DOHERTY DON SERINO PARKLAND PHARMACY SCHOOL COMMITTEEMAN JOHN F. BARRY F. J. CASSIDY REAL ESTATE FAUCI PIZZA, LYNNFIELD ST., LYNN A. JAMES LYNCH SHAWMUT GRILLE Spansors WORLD OF SUBS CONNOR REAL ESTATE DAVE FOX CLAYTON SIMONS CHICK GECOYA BILL GRONSKI GEORGE BULLARD ATTY. BILL O'SHEA BOB RYBICKI LEO TEDESCO AL HOSKER DR. ROBERT O'KEEFE JIM CAIN ATTY. ROBERT WEBER Modern Maintenance PROFESSIONAL JANITORIAL SERVICES WINDOWS CARPETS PTOMPT Congratu lations from the FOOTE 3A Chestnut Street Lynn, MA Phone TOM FABRIZIO HAL McGAUGHEY Testimonial Committee Jfinfinfirf^^

3 30 Great Seasons. Red! Toomey s Cleansers 43 Boston Street, Lynn Keep Going, Red! Colonial Tool & Machine Co, 28 Gfenwood Road, Lynn Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures The finest in dry-cleaning and laundering" General Machining KEEP 'EM MOVIN', RED! Shore Line Travel 121 Broad St., Cor. Silsbee Lynn CONGRATULATIONS, RED! Athletic Director Elmo Benedetto Nice Going, Red! Mickey's Pizza and Sub Shop 64 Lynnfield Street, Lynn iui^w^^i^^

4 You've bad the Right Prescription For 30 Years, Red! Osborne Pharmacy 59 Essex St., Lynn, Cor. Eastern Ave. You're Our Man, Red! The Teachers at English High "Serving East Lynn and Swampscott" Congratulations on 30 Years of Coaching Vinwood Caterers 65 Goodrich St., Lynn Great Job,, Ben! Hayward's Restaurant 125 Lynnfield St., Lynn ^W^IM^U^^

5 Congratulations! from the Western Barber Shop 451 Broadway (Rt. One) Lynnfield 30 Great Seasons! Shop Kwik Superette, Inc. 'Small enough to know you, large enough to serve you' 534 Lynnfield Street, Lynn Richard Blaisdell Janet Daniels PAT BRADY We're Banking on You, Red! Equitable The Cooperative Bank 87 Oxford St. and 338 Broadway Lynn We're Old, Red, But You're Young! Silver Acres Antiques 75 Eastern Avenue, Essex "THE CLIFFORDS' [ii^i^*7if'a

6 hmwimm^^ RED'S SECOND HOME The North Shore Sports Center BOSTON STREET, LYNN Thanks, "Red" "Lynn Youth Hockey is grateful for this opportunity to publicly recognize a man who, more than any other, has been "Lynn Youth Hockey" for the past 30 years. No other individual has done more for hockey and the youth of Lynn and Nahant than coach Ben (Red) Foote. His guidance and continued help in the first decade of Lynn Youth Hockey as a program has been immeasurable. Coach Foote and hockey are synonymous in Lynn. One cannot trace hockey's roots without bringing his name into the conversation. Speaking on behalf of all those who contributed and participated in Lynn Youth Hockey in this first decade, our deepest thanks go to you for your guidance and concern. Together, we wish you continued success as a coach and teacher of men. The Executive Board, Participants, and Membership, of Lynn Youth Hockey WUMUWUW^^

7 fmjijiifj!^^ LYNN LOVES YA RED! Congratulations! The Hon. Mayor Tony Marino We've been with You 30 Years, Red! THE LYNN DAILY ITEM Pictures, features, and complete coverage of all schoolboy sports Sports Editor Red Hoffman Tom Dalton Mike Williams Ted Grant

8 Congratulation LYNN The year was 1952 and Lynn English High was searching for a replacement to "spell" hockey coach George Cosgrove, who was reporting for military duty. East Lynners now consider, looking back over the past two decades, that it was a consummate stroke of good fortune for the searchers to have finally settled on a skater off the squad of the old Lynnfield Bruins team. That, of course, would be Harold Benjamin (Red) Foote, and Red has been at the Bulldog helm ever since. "Ever since" has meant some of the most successful seasons in North Shore schoolboy coaching history, certainly in the sport of hockey. More than that, Red Foote has personally and publicly held himself as an example to the youth of the area, and it is for this reason, as much as any other, that we are honoring The Old Redhead tonight. The years have flown by since that 1952 "military replacement," and Red Foote has benefited both English High in particular and schoolboy hockey in general. For instance, it is widely known that his activities in the area of teaching the game to youngsters have, at times, cost him victories on the high school level. "Heck, (which is the strongest language I've ever heard Red use) these kids come in here long before they're in high school and I'll work with them at clinics, etc. Then they go to high school somewhere else and come back to haunt me," Red once told this writer. Be that as it may, Foote has had his moments, and they are moments any coach would give his best goalie-stick to be able to savor. That first season, for instance, he was on the board with a most successful start. The very next season brought onto North Shore Sports Center ice a group of skaters considered by many to be the outstanding threeyear nucleus among those seeing action in the 30-year history of the league. With Ron Tanner in goal and the high-scoring line of Tippy Johnson, Don Spinney, and Ernie Carpenter performing heroics, the Bulldogs went in league play in and won three times in the State Tournament before losing. The 5-3 loss to Walpole High came after the Bulldogs had won 14 games in a row and after they had established early leads twice in the semifinal game. Had they survived that one, they might have gone on to set a record that would be impossible to equal, since English High won both the 1956 and 1957 State titles. In 1956, they were in North Shore League play and waltzed through Stoneham (5-2), Natick (1-0 in overtime), Hingham (3-1) and, finally, Maiden Catholic (5-2) in the tournament. The following season, with Spinney and Carpenter graduated, English wasn't given much of a chance to repeat, especially with the presence of Melrose in the tourney. Melrose had snubbed the State Tourney in 1956 and opted to go straight to the New Englands. From that team, the Raiders were bringing back most of a powerful lineup, but there seemed little hope that an English-Melrose showdown would develop in But the Bulldogs knocked off a league record (losing to Winchester 3-2 and tying Peabody 1 behind Johnson, who had by now Bulldog." With Foote calling the sho talent to the best advantage, Englis team 5-4, slid past Boston Tech 1-0, up in the final against Merlose. When that one was over, a 1 Serino had set a State Tournament1 and Melrose was a surprised 2-0 lose Actually, the reputation est skaters in those years elevated No: repute. From the 1955 season throi

9 is (Red) Foote 1), then sailed into the tournament :arned the sobriquet of "The Toy s skillfully and manipulating his i whipped a highly-touted Newton tanked Arlington 4-0, then wound tie-recognized goalie named Don ecord of three straight shutouts Mished by Red Foote and his i Shore hockey to a position of ;h 1958, English was in tournament action, winning three times before losing in 1955 and winning twice before losing in As a matter of fact, Foote didn't experience a losing season until 1961, when his team suddenly plunged to an unexplainable in league play. "That was good for us," Foote once recalled. "It made us work all the harder." What he meant, of course, is that HE worked all the harder. And English came back to a long string of winning seasons. In 1966, some of the old adrenalin came back when the East Lynners went through the regular season with just one loss, then found themselves paired against Melrose in the States. But it wasn't to be, and Melrose emerged a 5-2 winner in that one to gain a measure of revenge. Incredible milestones have marked Foote's coaching career down through the years. There was the spectacular defense in 1956, when the team allowed only six goals in 14 games and goalie Ron Tanner gave up just three of those. There was the tournament performance in 1957 by Serino, who now serves as assistant coach to Foote. And there were, most of all, the many, many fine hockey players and young men who developed both as players and as people under Red Foote. There were the 37 consecutive victories beginning in 1954 and stringing out through In 36 of those games, English allowed one goal or less. And the thread that has firmly stitched together the hockey success over these years has been Red Foote. The North Shore Hockey League officially got under way in the season at an "open-air" Sports Center, and there are those who will tell you that it existed long before that on a nondescript pond in Marblehead. But, in taking its off-and-on turns as the dominant team in the league (with more ons than offs) English High has had the good fortune to have as its coach a man who not only works hard at refining young men into hockey players but who can look back on a career of accomplishment in the field of association with young people and helping them mature into solid, useful citizens. Red Foote is being recognized publicly tonight for the first time in his career. Knowing The Redhead as T do, I'm certain this affair is somewhat embarrassing to him, since he's kept a low-profile all these years. But despite his wish to remain in the background his friends have brought him into the limelight tonight for a much-deserved testimonial. Look around you. You will see just a small portion of the admirers Red Foote has gathered down through the seasons. Good luck, Red... and let's hav i 30 more years of the same... RED HOFFMAN

10 aw!!w!mm!i^^ Let's Have 30 More! SECURITY NATIONAL BANK Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, Topsfield Lynn, Marblehead/Swampscott Just like owning your own bank' Congratulations, Red! Best Wishes Tommy McGee Walter Boverini *ii^ititmm>tiiit'^

11 ijg!!g!sg!^^ You've Been Straight As An Arrow, Red! Robin Hood Travel Agency 112 Central Avenue, Lynn "Our aim the best service for you" Keep Puwipin* Those Goals, Red! Casey's Arco Service Station 122 Boston Street, Lynn Congratulations, Ben! Lynn Sunday Post 617 Chestnut Street, Lynn 'Complete coverage of North Shore high school teams" We Thank You Pub-licly, Red! Port Hole Pub 125 Lynnway, Lynn "The finest in dining" Best Wishes to a Great Guy Marbleheod Hockey Shop 19 Essex St., Marblehead Larz Anderson, Prop. We Believe in Lynn! Clarke Real Estate 60 Lewis Street, Lynn Appraisals, mortgages, sales, rentals latofilfl^^

12 IJMffJ^ CHF Products, Inc. MACHINING 4 Hallberg Park North Reading, Mass CHARLES E. LONG RON CARLTON Looking Back at 30 Seasons McCarthy Glass Co., Inc. 752 Western Avenue, Lynn Auto glass, store fronts, mirrors, table tops "GLASS FOR EVERY PURPOSE" Good Luck to a Sly Old Fox from the Ye Olde Ox EATING AND DRINKING PUB 39 Buffum Street, Lynn "Behind the Main Post Office" A Lot of Great Memories, Red! All-Line Pak Foam, Corrugated, Shock Mounted Pallets, Poly 537 Main Street, Winchester JOE" DOHERTY It'M'tot'i«(M*W'Wi^

13 ^m^mtjm^ Red Foote A Prince of a Guy. Prince Restaurant A Toast to Red Foote! J-Mart Liquors Quantity and Quality at a Good Price' Route One, Saugus 649 Eastern Avenue, Lynn Suffolk Downs FAMOUS MassCab Congratulations, Red! Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home 15 Johnson St. 157 Maple St iriitftftaftnft^^

14 LEAGUE RECORDS MOST GOALS (Season) 51 -Paul O'Neil, MC; 71 MOST ASSISTS (Season) 51 - Bob McDonald, Winthrop 75 MOST POINTS (Season) 89-Geo. Hughes, M.C. 73 MOST POINTS (Career) 156-Paul O'Neil, MC; 71 MOST GOALS (Game) 8-Fidler, MC (twice); 70 MOST ASSISTS (Game) 7 - Ed Callahan, Woburn '61 MOST POINTS (Game) 11 -Fidler, MC 70 MOST GOALS (Period) 4 - Johnson, English, '56; Fidler, MC 70 O'Neil, MC 71; and Powers, MC 71 MOST ASSISTS (Period) 4 - Dave Weaver, Danvers ' Dana Knowlton, Gloucester ' Bob McDonald, Winthrop 75 CONSECUTIVE GOALS (Game) 6-Fidler, MC 70 CONSECUTIVE GOALS (Season) 12-Al Portelance, Danvers '67 CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS 6 - John Burnett, Gloucester '66 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES 37-English, '56 -'57 MOST GOALS {by Line) Hughes, Fidler, Goodwin MC 73 MOST ASSISTS (by Line) MC, O'Neil, Powers, Wilkins, Burke, J. McDonald, B. McDonald, Winthrop 75 MOST POINTS (by Line) MC, O'Neil, Powers, Wilkins, Burke, J. McDonald, B. McDonald Winthrop 75 MOST GOALS (Team/Season) 155-M.C.-73 MOST GOALS (Team/Game) 17-M.C. (twice) 73 FASTEST GOALS 3-29 seconds, Chris Costonis Winthrop MOST TIES (Season) 7-Woburn, '58 CONSECUTIVE TIES 4-Woburn, '57 & '64 MOST SAVES (Game) 62- Dennis Sgroi, for Classical vs Marblehead, 1/77 GOALS ALLOWED (Season) 3 - Ron Tanner, English '56 GOALS ALLOWED (2 Seasons) 9-Tanner, English, '55 & '56 SHUTOUTS (Season) 9- Tanner, English, '56 Harvey, MC 71 SHUTOUTS (2 Seasons) 16-Harvey, M.C., «M!M!M BEST WISHES from the LYNN CITY COUNCIL Charles Gaeta, Council Pres., Ward 5 i C'ftnfiiiftuiJi^^ William Fallon, At Large Raymond Reardon, At Large Edward J. Clancy, Jr., At Large Vincent Luise, At Large Joseph Scanlon III, Ward 1 Vincent Lozzi, Ward 2 Vincent J. Ariemma, Ward 3 Robert Tucker, Ward 4 Warren White, Ward 6 Michael Miles, Ward 7 Palace SKATING CENTER 130 SOHIER ROAD BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

15 NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON Saturday, December 15 Lynn Classical vs. Saugus at Lynn Danvers vs. Lynn English at Lynn Swampscott vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Marblehead vs. Beverly at Beverly Salem vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Wednesday, December 19 Salem vs. Swampscott at Lynn Lynn English vs. Saugus at Lynn Lynn Classical vs. Marblehead at Salem State Gloucester vs. Beverly at Beverly Winthrop vs. Danvers at Danvers Saturday, December 22 Salem vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Marblehead vs. Danvers at Danvers Saugus vs. Swampscott at Lynn Beverly vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn Lynn English vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Wednesday, December 26 Winthrop vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn Swampscott vs. Lynn English at Lynn Saugus vs. Danvers at Danvers Beverly vs. Salem at Salem State Gloucester vs. Marblehead at Salem State Saturday, December 29 Lynn Classical vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Saugus vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Danvers vs. Beverly at Beverly Marblehead vs. Swampscott at Lynn Salem vs. Lynn English at Lynn Wednesday, January 2, 1980 Gloucester vs. Saugus at Lynn Lynn Classical vs. Swampscott at Lynn Lynn English vs. Marblehead at Salem State Danvers vs. Salem at Salem State Beverly vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Saturday, January 5 Lynn English vs. Beverly at Beverly Swampscott vs. Danvers at Danvers Winthrop vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Salem vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn Marblehead vs. Saugus at Lynn Wednesday, January 9 Lynn English vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Beverly vs. Swampscott at Lynn Danvers vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn Winthrop vs. Marblehead at Salem State Saugus vs. Salem at Salem State Saturday, January 12 Lynn Classical vs. Lynn English at Lynn Beverly vs. Saugus at Lynn Swampscotl vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Marblehead vs. Salem at Salem State Gloucester vs. Danvers at Danvers Wednesday, January 16 Lynn English vs. Danvers at Danvers Gloucester vs. Swampscott at Lynn 7:00 Saugus vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn 3:40 Beverly vs. Marblehead at Salem State 3:00 Winthrop vs. Salem at Salem State Saturday, January 19 6:00 Swampscott vs. Salem at Salem State 8:00 Marblehead vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn 5:30 Saugus vs. Lynn English at Lynn 7:30 Beverly vs. Gloucester at Gloucester 6:50 Danvers v$. Winthrop at Winthrop Wednesday, January 23 7:00 Winthrop vs. Lynn English at Lynn 4:30 Swampscott vs. Saugus at Lynn Lynn Classical vs. Beverly at Beverty Gloucester vs. Salem at Salem State 3:00 Danvers vs. Marblehead at Salem State Saturday, January 26 6:00 Danvers vs. Saugus at Lynn 8:00 Lynn English vs. Swampscott at Lynn 6:50 Lynn Classical vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Salem vs. Beverly at Beverly Marblehead vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Wednesday, January 30 7:00 Gloucester vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn 3:00 Winthrop vs. Saugus at Lynn 3:40 Beverly vs. Danvers at Danvers Swampscott vs. Marblehead at Salem State Lynn English vs. Salem at Salem State Saturday, February 2 6:00 Marblehead vs. Lynn English at Lynn 8:00 Swampscott vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn Saugus vs. Gloucester at Gloucester Salem vs. Danvers at Danvers 7:30 Winthrop vs. Beverly at Beverly Wednesday, February 6 3:40 Danvers vs. Swampscott at Lynn 4:30 Beverly vs. Lynn English at Lynn 7:00 Saugus vs. Marblehead at Salem State Lynn Classical vs. Salem at Salem State Gloucester vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Saturday, February 9 7:00 Gloucester vs. Lynn English at Lynn 6:00 Salem vs. Saugus at Lynn 8:00 Swampscott vs. Beverly at Beverly Lynn Classical vs. Danvers at Danvers Marblehead vs. Winthrop at Winthrop Wednesday, February 13 Saugus vs. Beverly at Beverly Winthrop vs. Swampscott at Lynn 3:00 Lynn English vs. Lynn Classical at Lynn 4:30 Danvers vs. Gloucester at Gloucester 5:40 Thursday, February 14 Salem vs. Marblehead at Salem State 6:00 8:00 4:30 7:00 3:00 6:00 8:00 7:30 3:00 3:40 7:00 6:00 8:00 7:00 4:30 3:40 6:00 8:00 7:30 3:40 4:30 3:00 7:30 6:00 8:00 7:00

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