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THE TALES STAND MIGHTY TALL. But
they’re all grounded in the truth. Booth Garnett ’66 could throw a football
65 yards. He could hit a baseball more than 400 feet. And he could take the puck from end to end like Bobby Orr. He starred on the gridiron for the Bruins
Family and classmates were on hand at
CS HALL
as a sportsman,” Otto said. “Never once
the Hall of Fame induction ceremony to
did I hear Booth call out a teammate,
relive Garnett’s legacy — both on and off
trash talk an opponent, or exhibit an ego
the field of play.
or a superiority as a result of his extraor-
“Booth had this natural ability that was really uncanny,” brother Alex Garnett ’64
dinary talent.” Kirk Johnson ’65, who routinely threw
said. “I think the real measure of a
the “quickie right” pass to Garnett and let
as a “glue-fingered” tight end. He pitched,
phenomenal athlete is for somebody to
him do the rest, echoed those sentiments.
played center field, and launched towering
do something that other people their age
home runs for the ’Wick baseball team.
can’t do — that was Booth.”
And he scored 96 goals in 35 career games
Hockey and football teammate John
on the ice, where he effortlessly glided by
Otto ’66 noted that
his opponents on his way to the net.
Garnett would step
Hats must have rained down from the
“Brunswick was a little different back then — more than 50 years ago — but it had the same culture and mission,” Johnson said. “Courage, Honor,
right onto the field or
Truth was a real
bleachers at the Greenwich Skating Club or
the ice with Brunswick
aspiration to its
Norwalk’s Crystal Rink as often as Garnett
teams of today and be
students, its faculty,
lit the lamp. He went on to a standout
a “starting star.”
and its coaches. And no
collegiate football and hockey career at Norwich University. Garnett died in 2003 at the age of 56.
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“But as good an
one exemplified those
athlete as Booth was,
ideals better on the field
I respected him most
than Booth Garnett.”
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