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MEN’S BASKETBALL Varsity / Sub-Varsity Letter Recipients Conference Results Head Coaches and Yearly Team Record All-Conference Selections Assistant Coaches Other Individual Honors Captains Professional Basketball Game Scores Individual Records Year-by-Year Scoring Leaders Freshman / JV Coaches Year-by-Year Rebounding Leaders and Yearly Team Record Year-by-Year Leaders in Assists Freshman /JV Game Scores Although the first formal men’s basketball team represented the University in the 1904-05 season, some 103 years ago, the 2006-07 season was the 87TH year of the sport at Maine. The reason: the program was discontinued twice, once between 1910 and 1920, an absence of 10 seasons, and again between 1929 and 1935, an absence of six additional seasons. Reasons for the interruptions varied, ranging from finances to a lack of local opponents (Maine was the only college in the state to have a team in the mid- 1920s), to facility problems. The program was “re-born” for good in 1935, although only a single game was played in the ’35-‘36 season. It is worth noting that Bill Kenyon, a veteran coach of other UM teams, volunteered to coach the team without compensation in order to get the program reinstated. He continued to do so for six more years even though his salary did not reflect his additional duties! It is also interesting to note that while a varsity basketball program was absent for 16 seasons, the University sponsored a freshman team during those years, primarily due to the availability of local opponents in the form of high schools and prep schools where basketball was gaining a strong degree of interest. MAINE’S MOST HONORED TEAM Every game in Maine’s 1959–60 season was a sellout as the Black Bears won 83 percent (19-4) of their games, setting a record that still stands today. Their performance included 13 straight wins. Sports Illustrated magazine carried a feature article on the Bears, a prized keepsake still found in the homes of several team members. The Bears won the state title with a 9-0 record and finished second in the Yankee Conference. Sophomore Skip Chappelle won the first of three consecutive YC scoring titles and earned the first of his three first team, all-YC all awards. Larry Schiner, Don Sturgeon and Jon Ingalls were a dominating rebounding unit, averaging 30 rebounds per game. A unique team feature is that at least seven players went on to become a head coach in college: Skip Chappelle (Maine), Len MacPhee (U-Maine Farmington), Bill Livesey (Maine), Don Harnum (Delaware), Leroy Chipman (Pittsburgh), Dick Sturgeon (Southern Maine), and Larry Schiner (Jersey City State). Wayne Champeon and Don Sturgeon became highly-successful Maine high school coaches. Front row, l-r, Len MacPhee, Skip Chappelle, Wayne Champeon, Bob Wilkinson, Bill Livesey, Don Harnum, and Leroy Chipman. Standing, l-r, Coach Brian McCall, Co-Capt. Dick Sturgeon, Randy Furbish, Larry Schiner, Co-Capt. Maury Dore, John Ingalls, Bob Morin, Don Sturgeon, and Mgr. Jim Stevens. Men’s Basketball 11.1 COMPOSITE LISTING – LETTER AWARD RECIPIENTS VARSITYVARSITY BASKETBALL BASKETBALL FRESHMAN FRESHMAN / J.V./ J.V. BASKETBALL BASKETBALL Initial SeasonInitial of Season Awards: of 1904-05Awards: 1904-05 (Orono)(Orono) Most RecentMost Season Recent Included: Season Included: 2006-07 2006-07 Initial Initial Season Season of of Awards: Awards: 1921-22 1921-22 Final Final Season Season of of Awards: Awards: 1977-78 1977-78 Program ProgramSuspended: Suspended: 1910-20, 1910-20,29-35 29-35 No No Awards: Awards: 1922-23 1922-23 New 2006-07New letter2006-07 recipients letter recipients are listedare at thelisted end at of the this end section. of this section. (Brunswick)(Brunswick) InitialInitial Season Season of of Awards: Awards: 1946-47 1946-47 Final Final Season Season of of Awards: Awards: 1948-49 1948-49 Abbreviations: d., deceased (known to be at the time this section was prepared) and date; d. u., date unknown. Season or seasons listed following each name, unless preceded by an asterisk, indicates individual earned a varsity letter in each season. An asterisk indicates the individual earned a sub-varsity (freshman / junior varsity) letter award; two asterisks indicates the sub-varsity award was earned at the Brunswick Annex. Abbe, David A. ’81, 1978-79 Allen, George C. ’54 (d., 2/9/04) *1950-51 Abbott, Clark L. ’33 (d., 10/27/96) *1929-30 Alley, Alton W. ’33 (d., 4/9/98) *1929-30 Abbott, Donald W. ’44 (d., 11/15/45) *1940-41 Alverez, Raymond J. ’70, *1966-67 Abbott, Lyman Jr. ’30 (d., 8/18/83) *1926-27, 27-28, 28-29 Ammerman, Mark D. ’76, *1972-73 Abbott, Warren S. ’27 (d., 8/28/86) *1926-27 Ammons, Carvell D. ’03, 1999-00, 00-01 Adams, Allan G. ’60, *1956-57, 57-58 Anderson, David M. ’74, *1969-70, 72-73, 73-74 Adams, Clyde S. ’49, *1942-43 Anderson, David W. ’53 (d., 10/8/04) *1949-50 Adams, Donald S. ’38 (d., ?/?/02) *1934-35 Anderson, Donald L.’35 (d., 3/26/77) *1931-32 Adams, Frederick R. ’51 (d., 9/28/48) **1947-48 Anderson, John E. Jr. ’50 (d., 5/26/86) **1946-47 Adams, George F. ’43 (d., 9/16/92) *1939-40 Anderson, Maurice N. ’31 (d., 11/?/86) *1927-28 Adams, Wayne P. ’75, *1969-70 Annunziata, Frank J. ’77, 1972-73, 73-74, 74-75 Additon, Elwood P. ’38 (d., 1/1/02) *1934-35 Arbor, Charles J. ’41 (d., 7/18/05) *1937-38, 38-39, 39-40 Adler, Joseph Jr. ’43 (d., 1/4/93) *1939-40 Arbuckle, Jose ’94, 1990-91 Ahvenniemi, Olli M. ’07, 2003-04, 04-05, 05-06, 06-07 Archibald, Philip L. ’45, *1941-42 Akeley, Leon F. ’59, *1956-57 Arena, Casey ’96, 1992-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96 Alex, Joseph C. ’53, *1949-50 Arey, Robert G. ’35 (d., 11/20/90) *1931-32, 32-33 Alin, Richard P. ’57, *1953-54, 54-55, 55-56 Armes, William H. ’70, 1967-68 1925–26 BLACK BEARS Maine was the only collegiate institution to field a men’s basketball team in the State of Maine in the winter of 1925–26. Coached by legendary UM football coach Fred Brice, the Bears played most of their games away from home, winning five out of 12 games including a victory over Dartmouth. Veteran Maine basketball fans may recognize the name of the third man from the right in the second row. He is Bill Hanscom, who for a great many years after graduation was one of the state’s most successful high school coaches at Presque Isle HS. Front row, l-r, Vernon Bryant, Capt. Malcolm Lake, and Albert Olsson. Second row, l-r, Archie Kamen, Jim Branscombe, Bill Hanscom, and John Durrell. Back row, l-r, Coach Fred Brice, Henry Beatty, and Mgr. Alfred Hammer. 11.2 Men’s Basketball Armstrong, Richard L. ’69, *1964-65 Blanchard, James M. ’70 (d., 11/14/76) *1966-67 Arnold, Cedric L. ’32 (d., 7/1/84) *1928-29 Blanchard, Russell P. ’41 (d., 10/2/78) *1937-38 Arnold, Donald H. ’55, 1953-54, 54-55 Blanchard, Stanley H. ’34 (d., 3/28/01) *1930-31 Arnold, Donald J. ’64, *1960-61 Boardman, Bruce L. ’76, 1972-73 Arsenault, Donald L. ’56, *1952-53 Boardman, Roland C. ’66, *1962-63 Arsenault, Robert J. ’58 (d., 6/3/02) *1954-55 Bonnie, Orvis W. Jr. ’52, **1948-49 Ashby, James H. ’40 (d., 2/11/70) *1936-37 Bonville, Steven E. ’69, *1955-56 Ashworth, W. Bruce ’33, *1929-30 Boomer, William L. ’60, *1956-57 Auclair, Paul L. ’67, *1963-64 Bouchard, Albert J. ’40 (d., 11/17/99) *1936-37 Avery, Douglas R. ’66 (d., 9/18/06) *1962-63 Bouchard, Francois ’94, 1989-90, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94 Axtell, Arthur G. ’42 (d., 11/7/94) *1938-39 Bouchard, John N. ’68, *1964-65 Babine, Theodore E. ’64, *1959-60 Boucher, Frederick L. ’81, *1976-77, 77-78, 78-79, 79-80 Bachelder, Richard G. ’50, *1945-46 Bourgoin, Louis J. ’39 (d., 1/14/06) 1937-38, 38-39 Bacigalupo, Stephen A. ’41, *1937-38 Bourgoin, Raoul J. ’37 (d., 7/23/40) 1936-37 Bailey, Dean R. ’29 (d., 3/30/65) *1925-26 Boutin, Delano L. ’55 (d., 7/16/91) *1951-52 Baird, Frederick T. Jr. ’44, *1940-41 Bowden, Edward F. ’50 (d., 12/28/04) *1947-48 Baker, Claude K. ’34, *1930-31 Bowden, Harry T. Jr. ’64, *1960-61 Ball, Thomas E. ’75, *1971-72 Bowen, John A. ’87, 1984-85, 85-86, 86-87 Ballard, Delmont L. ’34 (d., 8/6/79) *1930-31 Bowen, Robert B. ’68, *1966-67 Banks, Reginald T. ’90, 1987-88, 88-89 Boylan, James F. ’87, 1983-84, 84-85, 85-86, 86-87 Baran, Alan R. ’79, *1975-76 Boynton, Aaron W. ’80, *1976-77 Barker, David E. ’31 (d., 10/21/63) *1927-28 Boynton, Frederick A. ’48 (d., 8/28/88) 1945-46, Barnard, John M. ’51 (d., 3/15/01) *1945-46 46-47, 47-48 Barnes, Kenneth ’95, 1990-91, 91-92, 93-94, 94-95 Boynton, Ronald C. ’59, *1955-56, 56-57, 57-58, 58-59 Barnum, William R. Jr. ’73, *1969-70, 70-71 Boynton, Stanley B. ’59, *1955-56 Barrows, Edward P. ’42 (d., 8/5/44) *1938-39 Brackett, Jeffrey C. ’77, *1973-74 Barry, Amadou I. ’90, 1986-87, 87-88, 88-89, 89-90 Brackett, Thomas R. ’57, *1953-54, 55-56 Barstow, Christopher ’99, 1995-96 Bradbury, Chad B.