The 1963 & 1965 Football Teams

Inducted Fall 2024

In the early 60’s, Fryeburg Academy football celebrated two state championships. Coached by the late Joseph “Buck” Austin, himself a member of the Hall of Excellence Member, the teams dominated the Class “C” and then “B” South before capturing State crowns in 1963 and 1965. 

 

Class C 1963 Results:

Fryeburg 28 / Kennebunk 7

Fryeburg 17 / Traip 7

Fryeburg 13 / Mexico 0

Fryeburg 33 / Hall-Dale 0

Fryeburg 20 / Oxford Hills 6

Fryeburg 27 / Holderness 7

Fryeburg 32 / Proctor 12

Fryeburg 7 / Gould 13

Overall record 7-1

 

Class B 1965 Results:

Fryeburg 44 / Kennebunk 0

Fryeburg 40 / Traip Academy 14

Fryeburg 33 / Oxford Hills 7

Fryeburg 48 / Old Orchard Beach 7

Fryeburg 41 / Lisbon Falls 6

Fryeburg 39 / Holderness 20

Fryeburg 60 / Morse 7

Fryeburg 24 / St Paul’s 7

Overall record 8 - 0

 

1963 Team

Coached by: Coach “Buck” Austin, Coach Hammond, Coach Godfrey, Coach Harrington (JV Coach) Arnold “Sonny” Pendexter ‘64, Clyde Arnold ’64, David Hicks ’64, Harold Foster ’64, Colin Hurd ’64, Robert Hatch ’64, Fred Locke ’64, Geoffrey Sutherland/Captain ’64, William Gibson ’64, Robert  Mitchell ’64, Larry Gallagher ’64, Ronald Colter ’64, Gary Linnell ’65, Phillip Wilson ’63 PG ’64, Dana Hoyt ’65, Carey Graffam/Manager ’65, John Roberts ’65,  Peter Clifford ’64, Stephen Smith’65, Kit Foster ‘65, Jeffrey Shaw ‘65, Kenneth Tinker Kiesman’65, Richard Smull ’65, Herman Leo Coombs’65, Brian Smith ’65, Cecil Barker’65, Donald Bean ’65, Robert Wheatley ’66, Jeremy Colpits ’66, Maddison Anthony Stalmuke ’67, David Pineo ’67, Joseph Austin ’67, John Watson ’67, Dale Locke ’67, Albert Brewer’66, Stephen Feeney ’67, Wendell Sweatt ’67, Roderick Cleveland, II ’67, Stephen Dearborn ’63, Bruce Smith ’67, William Newbegin ’66, John Pendexter ’64 /Manager 

 

1965 Team

Coached by: Coach “Buck” Austin, Coach Hammond, Coach Soule, Coach Theobold, Coach Godfrey Joel Bean ’66, Bob Gerry ’66, Frank Joyal ’66, David Greenidge ’66, John Phelan’66, Joseph Tinker’66, Thomas Larkin’66, John Roy ’66, Lawrence Perry’66, Kenneth Knight’66, Russell Ross ’68, Stephen Feeney ’67, Brian Hill ’67, Joe Austin’67, David Casano ’67, Robert Kolodjay ’67, David Edward Malo ’67, Gerry Durgin’68, Bob Magavero’68, Herbert Rathbun ’68, Brent Horten’68, David Morway’69, Peter Neff ’70