Bishop Bradley High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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Football Football talent, like character, is made over a long period not concocted out of a single, bright resolution. Therefore, each March an eager group of hopefuls take their places on the plains of Derrylield Park to form the units of a new Bradley varsity eleven. Until the fol lowing Thanksgiving Day, these athletes must be conscious of the importance of their roles in molding the team into a cohesive, smoothly functioning machine. Behind all the calisthenics, blocking and tackling are the strategy and tactics for the future campaign. These must be formulated by the coaching staff after it has assayed its available talent. And the master plan must be pliable enough to adjust itself to the opposi- tion's varying attack. Finally, the basic task of outfltting and checking equipment rests with the moderator and his managers. All this planning and preparation is essen- tial to the safety of a football team. Its suc- cesses can be traced directly to the fidelity of the players to their practice sessions, to the clever maneuvers of the coaches and the selfless work of the managers. ' ' K' s..,+s1n 'W ,wg ,V ...sa swiss. .3 ., 25? Varsity Squad: hrst row, l. to r.: D. Palmer, A. Thibodeau, R. Jasinski, W. Genest, D. Manning fco captainl, J. Vaillancourt Cco-captainj, J. Hurley, G. Kearney, D. Murphy. Second row, l. to r.: R Gosselin, D. Johnston, R. Kirouac, B. Moran, J. Connors, R. Chevalier, J. McDonald, R. Falcone, P Gelinas. Third row, l. to r.: Mr. Walter Boardman, assistant coach, J. Martel, R. Roy, D. Lefebvre J. Moran, J. Bridges, M. Bresnahan, R. Stewart, R. Ziemba, Mr. James Murphy, coach. Fourth row l. to r.: J. Hoyt, J. Cook, R. Gosselin, R. Pelloquin, F. Fenner, H. MacNeil, R. Loiselle, R. Loos, A Gaudreault.

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athletlcs eff PZ? Athletes' awards are immediate and tangible. Medals, champion- hips, the kudos of the spectators greet the pyrotechnics of the victorious. Even the defeated may salvage a share of the pronts. Reilexes harpened and teamwork developed through daily practice and put to he test during the intensity of a game can be of practical value outside he scope of athletics. But one may wonder if there are more far-reaching benefits of ports. Can they become a construaive preparation for life? Do they ranscend their function as an outlet for boundless youthful energy? ine notable answer comes from Dr, Roger Bannister: My running as taught me one thingg the need to make decisions. Sooner or later 1 sport we run up against situations which are too big for us to manage. n real life we can dodge them. We can play hide-and-seek with reality . . In sport we cannot. It shakes our roots with its confusing pattern of access and failure. Quick decisions are needed, As a result, sport leads J the most remarkable self discovery of our limitations as well as our bilities. It was sport that made it easier for me to think about the arallel stress that faces us in real life.

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