Letter from Head Coach Ted Dunn to parents, Nov. 2, 1965
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A letter from Springfield College head football coach, Ted Dunn, to the parents of the players of the 1965 Springfield College Football team. The letter is dated November 2, 1965. It invites them for food and "Sociability" at his home after their final home game against the University of New Hampshire. The letter was sent to the parents of Richard (Dick) Whiting. Springfield College won the game 43 to 13. The 1965 Springfield College Football team went 9-0-0 and remains the only College Football team to go undefeated and untied during a season. Springfield College’s opponents in ’65-'66 were the US. Coast Guard (30-14), Amherst College (13-0), Williams College (28-8), Colby College (42-13), Northeastern University (16-14), American International College (43-6), Rhode Island University (7-6), University of New Hampshire (43-13), and Wagner College (30-13). The game against Amherst College was televised on Channel 22 and was the first Western Mass football game ever televised in the region. The team received many honors, including Ted Dunn being named UPI New England College Division Coach of the Year and several players received honors including being selected for the All Decade Team. The team came in second to the University of Maine for selection for a bid to play in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, FL, December 11, 1965. Dick Whiting was a senior offensive tackle on the 1965 team. Dick graduated from Springfield College in May, 1966 and returned to the college for his MS degree, which he earned in 1968. In 1970, Dick became the Director of the Counseling Center at Springfield College, and continued working at the College for over 40 years, retiring in 2011.
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