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{{Short description|American football player (1918–2010)}} |
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| highschool = [[Haverhill High School|Haverhill]]<br>(Haverhill, MA) |
| highschool = [[Haverhill High School|Haverhill]]<br>(Haverhill, MA) |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|07|31}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|07|31}} |
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| birth_place = [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]] |
| birth_place = [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|07|13|1918|07|31}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|07|13|1918|07|31}} |
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| death_place = [[Orinda, California]] |
| death_place = [[Orinda, California]], U.S. |
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| height_ft = 5 |
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| height_in = 10 |
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| weight_lb = 184 |
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* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National |
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1940 college football season|1940]]) |
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* [[Sugar Bowl#Game results|Sugar Bowl |
* [[Sugar Bowl#Game results|Sugar Bowl champion]] ([[1941 Sugar Bowl|1940]]) |
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* Consensus [[All-America]] |
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1940 College Football All-America Team|1940]]) |
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* [[Boston College Eagles football#Retired jerseys|Boston College Eagles Jersey No. 50]] retired |
* [[Boston College Eagles football#Retired jerseys|Boston College Eagles Jersey No. 50]] retired |
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| CFBHOF_id = 1458 |
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As a member of Boston College's football team, Goodreault was five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 180 pounds.<ref name=CFHOF/> His profile at the College Football Hall of Fame described him as follows: "Fast, powerful and alert, Gene Goodreault was outstanding as a pass-catcher and play-maker blocker on offense and as a play-blaster, destructive tackler on defense."<ref name=CFHOF/> In 1939, Goodreault's junior year, [[Frank Leahy]] was hired as the head of the [[Boston College Eagles football]] team. Goodreault helped lead the Eagles to a 9-2 record and the school's first bowl game, and appearance in the [[1940 Cotton Bowl Classic|1940 Cotton Bowl]]. At the end of the 1939 season, Goodreault received All-East honors and was also the first recipient of the George H. "Bulger" Lowe Trophy in 1940 as the outstanding football player in New England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lowe Trophy To Gene Goodreault|newspaper=Boston College Heights|date=December 8, 1939|page=1|url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19391208.2.5#}}</ref> |
As a member of Boston College's football team, Goodreault was five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 180 pounds.<ref name=CFHOF/> His profile at the College Football Hall of Fame described him as follows: "Fast, powerful and alert, Gene Goodreault was outstanding as a pass-catcher and play-maker blocker on offense and as a play-blaster, destructive tackler on defense."<ref name=CFHOF/> In 1939, Goodreault's junior year, [[Frank Leahy]] was hired as the head of the [[Boston College Eagles football]] team. Goodreault helped lead the Eagles to a 9-2 record and the school's first bowl game, and appearance in the [[1940 Cotton Bowl Classic|1940 Cotton Bowl]]. At the end of the 1939 season, Goodreault received All-East honors and was also the first recipient of the George H. "Bulger" Lowe Trophy in 1940 as the outstanding football player in New England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lowe Trophy To Gene Goodreault|newspaper=Boston College Heights|date=December 8, 1939|page=1|url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19391208.2.5#}}</ref> |
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As a senior, Goodreault was a member of the [[1940 Boston College Eagles football team|1940 Boston College team]] that compiled an undefeated record of 11-0, outscored opponents |
As a senior, Goodreault was a member of the [[1940 Boston College Eagles football team|1940 Boston College team]] that compiled an undefeated record of 11-0, outscored opponents 320–52, recorded six shutouts, and defeated No. 4 [[1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] in the [[1941 Sugar Bowl]]. After the season, Goodreault was selected as a consensus player on the [[1940 College Football All-America Team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |year=2014 |accessdate=August 16, 2014 |pages=5–6 |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> He received first-team honors from, among others, the [[United Press]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Harry Ferguson|title=Albert Named on United Press All-America 11|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel|date=1940-12-04|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hnMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-8HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6512,3500692&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en}}</ref> the [[International News Service]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan, Minnesota Dominate All-America|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=1940-12-03|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bsKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5691,985539&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en}}</ref> the [[Central Press Association]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Walter L. Johns|title=Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|date=1940-12-10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EC4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LuQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656,3364767&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en}}</ref> and ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'' (selected by [[Grantland Rice]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodreault Makes Colliers Eleven|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=December 6, 1940|page=16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19401206&id=G5g0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=52kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5715,5643071}}</ref> |
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==Later years== |
==Later years== |
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Goodreault was selected in the second round (15th overall pick) in the [[1941 NFL |
Goodreault was selected in the second round (15th overall pick) in the [[1941 NFL draft]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=1941 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1941/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1941 NFL Player Draft |publisher=Database Football |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=NFL&yr=1941 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327011803/http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1941&lg=NFL |archivedate=2008-03-27 }}</ref> but he did not play in the NFL. He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and operated a wool brokerage business in Massachusetts after the war. He lived in Haverhill until 2004.<ref name=NESN/> |
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Goodreault was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref name=CFHOF>{{College Football HoF|id=1458|name=Gene Goodreault|accessdate=September 4, 2014}}</ref> He was also honored by Boston College as one of the inaugural inductees into its Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1970.<ref name=BC>{{cite web|title=Former Football Star Gene Goodreault Dies: Goodreault was a consensus All-America end for Coach Frank Leahy's Eagles in the 1940 season|date=July 15, 2010|publisher=Boston College|accessdate=September 4, 2014|url=http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071510aaa.html}}</ref> In 2001, Boston College retired his #50 jersey in a halftime ceremony at [[Alumni Stadium]].<ref name=NESN/> |
Goodreault was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref name=CFHOF>{{College Football HoF|id=1458|name=Gene Goodreault|accessdate=September 4, 2014}}</ref> He was also honored by Boston College as one of the inaugural inductees into its Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1970.<ref name=BC>{{cite web|title=Former Football Star Gene Goodreault Dies: Goodreault was a consensus All-America end for Coach Frank Leahy's Eagles in the 1940 season|date=July 15, 2010|publisher=Boston College|accessdate=September 4, 2014|url=http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071510aaa.html|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119002830/http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071510aaa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, Boston College retired his #50 jersey in a halftime ceremony at [[Alumni Stadium]].<ref name=NESN/> |
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Goodreault moved to California in 2004. He died from cancer in 2010 at age 91 in [[Orinda, California]].<ref name=NESN>{{cite news|title=Boston College Football Legend Gene Goodreault Dies |author=Zach Wielgus |date=July 15, 2010 |publisher=NESN |accessdate=September 4, 2014 |url=http://nesn.com/2010/07/boston-college-football-legend-gene-goodreault-dies/}}</ref> |
Goodreault moved to California in 2004. He died from cancer in 2010 at age 91 in [[Orinda, California]].<ref name=NESN>{{cite news|title=Boston College Football Legend Gene Goodreault Dies |author=Zach Wielgus |date=July 15, 2010 |publisher=NESN |accessdate=September 4, 2014 |url=http://nesn.com/2010/07/boston-college-football-legend-gene-goodreault-dies/}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{Find a Grave}} |
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{{1940 Boston College Eagles football navbox}} |
{{1940 Boston College Eagles football navbox}} |
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{{1940 College Football Consensus All-Americans}} |
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[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]] |
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]] |
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Haverhill, Massachusetts]] |
[[Category:Sportspeople from Haverhill, Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:Players of American football from Massachusetts]] |
[[Category:Players of American football from Essex County, Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II]] |
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[[Category:Deaths from cancer in California]] |
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| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
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| Born: | July 31, 1918 Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died: | July 13, 2010 (aged 91) Orinda, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
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| High school | Haverhill (Haverhill, MA) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1982) | |
Eugene Joseph Goodreault[1] (July 31, 1918 – July 13, 2010) was an American football player. He played at the end position for Boston College from 1938 to 1940 and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1940. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
Early years
[edit]Born in 1918, Goodreault attended Haverhill High School in Massachusetts where he was known as "Goo-Goo" Goodreault and was a member of the football, baseball and track teams.[2]
Boston College
[edit]Goodreault enrolled at Boston College in 1937. The school's publicity director, Billy Sullivan (later owner of the New England Patriots) befriended Goodreault and helped him to obtain therapy to overcome a speech impediment.[3]
As a member of Boston College's football team, Goodreault was five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 180 pounds.[4] His profile at the College Football Hall of Fame described him as follows: "Fast, powerful and alert, Gene Goodreault was outstanding as a pass-catcher and play-maker blocker on offense and as a play-blaster, destructive tackler on defense."[4] In 1939, Goodreault's junior year, Frank Leahy was hired as the head of the Boston College Eagles football team. Goodreault helped lead the Eagles to a 9-2 record and the school's first bowl game, and appearance in the 1940 Cotton Bowl. At the end of the 1939 season, Goodreault received All-East honors and was also the first recipient of the George H. "Bulger" Lowe Trophy in 1940 as the outstanding football player in New England.[5]
As a senior, Goodreault was a member of the 1940 Boston College team that compiled an undefeated record of 11-0, outscored opponents 320–52, recorded six shutouts, and defeated No. 4 Tennessee in the 1941 Sugar Bowl. After the season, Goodreault was selected as a consensus player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[6] He received first-team honors from, among others, the United Press,[7] the International News Service,[8] the Central Press Association,[9] and Collier's Weekly (selected by Grantland Rice).[10]
Later years
[edit]Goodreault was selected in the second round (15th overall pick) in the 1941 NFL draft,[11][12] but he did not play in the NFL. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and operated a wool brokerage business in Massachusetts after the war. He lived in Haverhill until 2004.[13]
Goodreault was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.[4] He was also honored by Boston College as one of the inaugural inductees into its Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1970.[3] In 2001, Boston College retired his #50 jersey in a halftime ceremony at Alumni Stadium.[13]
Goodreault moved to California in 2004. He died from cancer in 2010 at age 91 in Orinda, California.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Full name from Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 [database on-line]. Eugene Joseph Goodreault born 1918 at Haverhill, Mass.
- ^ 1937 Haverhill High School yearbook ("The Thinker"), page 45.
- ^ a b "Former Football Star Gene Goodreault Dies: Goodreault was a consensus All-America end for Coach Frank Leahy's Eagles in the 1940 season". Boston College. July 15, 2010. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Gene Goodreault". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ "Lowe Trophy To Gene Goodreault". Boston College Heights. December 8, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Harry Ferguson (December 4, 1940). "Albert Named on United Press All-America 11". Lodi News-Sentinel.
- ^ "Michigan, Minnesota Dominate All-America". St. Petersburg Times. December 3, 1940.
- ^ Walter L. Johns (December 10, 1940). "Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List". Berkeley Daily Gazette.
- ^ "Goodreault Makes Colliers Eleven". Lewiston Evening Journal. December 6, 1940. p. 16.
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "1941 NFL Player Draft". Database Football. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
- ^ a b c Zach Wielgus (July 15, 2010). "Boston College Football Legend Gene Goodreault Dies". NESN. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2010 deaths
- All-American college football players
- American football ends
- Boston College Eagles football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Players of American football from Essex County, Massachusetts
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Deaths from cancer in California