Between Brewster and retirement, he served as the athletic director and a
Along with Lovering, Mike Murgo ’62 (Narragansett, Rhode Island), Victor
coach at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire.
Whitkens ’62 (Wolfeboro), Thomas Thornton ’62 (Hampton, New Hampshire),
One thread that has always run through his career as an athletic director is the camaraderie and friendships, he said. “My life for the past 35 years has been greatly influenced by private schools,” he shared. “My 24 years at Brewster Academy was possibly the most important of my life and the best time of my life.”
Fred Lee ’63 (Manchester, Connecticut), and Allen Parker ’64 (Nashua, New Hampshire) were at the ceremony to accept their induction awards.
Milt Morin Lawlor spoke on behalf of the late Milt Morin, a 1962 graduate. “In the 1960s, Milt Morin was one of the better athletes in all of New England.
“It is with great appreciation that I accept this recognition,
According to his teammates he was one of the most physically imposing
accomplishment, and good feeling.”
players they had ever seen. Milt didn’t say much, recalls one of his teammates. He did his talking to us with his pads but when he spoke
1961 Football Team
everyone listened.”
For the first time at Brewster, a team was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Howard “Butch” Lovering ’62 (The Villages, Fla.) spoke on behalf
After Brewster Morin attended the University of Massachusetts on a
of the team. The team sent numerous players on to college programs and
football scholarship where he earned seven varsity letters and was a
three onto the NFL.
member of the lacrosse and wrestling teams.
“I’d never seen so many great athletes gathered together in one group. Toughness and ability was the thing,” he said of the 1961 team. Lovering then shared the story of the Bobcat team showing up at the University of Massachusetts to play their undefeated junior varsity team. “Here we are the little Brewster guys coming in on our yellow bus and these guys from UMass are making fun of us,” Lovering reminisced. “We go out and they get seven points. Now we are a little nervous because we haven’t been scored on quick like this. We end up beating them 28-7!”
“After being one of the most decorated players for the Minutemen, Morin was a first round draft pick for the Cleveland Browns where he had a 10year career and appeared in two pro bowls in 1968 and 1971,” Lawlor said.
Along with being a member of Brewster’s Athletic Hall of Fame, he is a member of the UMass Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Lawlor shared that “Milt’s wife Ellen could not be with us today, but she
“It was a great team, the linemen were great, the backs, we had bucket men
tells me that Milt spoke about Brewster often. Milt always stressed how
who could hit you in the nose with the ball. It was fantastic … but the big
his time at BA helped him prepare and study and was very thankful for
thing was … We liked each other. We had chemistry, and we loved Brewster.”
this skill as it propelled him through college.”
1962 Team: (l to r) Tom Thornton ’62, Fred Lee ’63, Victor Whitkens ’62, Mike Murgo ’62, Butch Lovering ’62, Mike Cooper, and Allen Parker ’64.
In his remarks, inductee Bob Roland ’66 thanked his Brewster coaches for all their passion and compassion.
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