Born to Coach (eBook)

A book such as this could never be made without the help and assistance of many others.

First and foremost, my sincere thanks and great appreciation to Bill Squires for living to the fullest the interesting life that is depicted in these pages; and to Dick Beardsley for his warm, amusing, heartfelt, and caring foreword. I would also like to thank my late parents, both of whom were voracious readers—my mother, Carol Hunt-Clerici, who as the first line of editing, read every word before anyone else and provided valuable guidance; and my father, Frank Clerici Sr., for his continual support and interest in these endeavors.

Thank you to: Jack Authelet, Dick Campbell, Tim Evans, the late Richard Schnorbus, for their formative direction throughout my writing development; the late Bob Levitsky, for his fine comments and diligent assistance; Jill Beardsley, Kathleen Doherty, Mark Duggan, Jeff Johnson, Jack McDonald, Ashley Mitchell (USATF), New England Runner (especially Bob Fitzgerald, Michele LeBrun), NIKE, Charlie Rodgers, Rick Shannon, Bill Squires, Paul Sutton, for their photographic contributions; the former John Hancock Hotel & Conference Center in Boston, Mass., especially Warren “Bud” Carroll, Richie Dattoli, Charlie Grant, Terry Lee, for their company and sustenance; Louisa Clerici, Rick Clerici, Scott Douglas, Lorraine Moller, Dennis O’Rourke, Ken Reed, Bob Ryan, Marc Songini, for their deft insight and direction from within; Richard Benyo, Jan Colarusso Seeley, for their long-running support, advice, and foresight; Richard M. Fruci, Denali Granholm, Dave Kellogg, Chris Lotsbom, Gerald J. McTernan, Jean Nelligan, Blake Russell, Bob Sevene; Ambrose “Amby” Burfoot, Tom Derderian, Jack Fleming, Richard Johnson, Tim Kilduff, Stephen Lyons, Dave McGillivray, Guy Morse III, Gloria Ratti, Roger Robinson, Bill Rodgers, Kathrine Switzer, Fred Treseler III, who all provided supportive words of encouragement and various avenues of pursuit throughout the process; Cheryl Clerici, Fred Doyle, Mark Duggan, Beverly Jaeger-Helton, Barbara Lee, Christine Lee, Stephanie Lee, Gigi Turgeon, for their own infectious enthusiasm for this book when mine needed a boost; and Tom Doherty, Liz Evans, Dani McCormick, Thomas McLean, and everyone at Meyer & Meyer Sport Publisher and Cardinal Publishers Group for making it happen!

Regarding research—in addition to Coach’s scribbles and notes on scraps of paper, and the colorful recollections and memories stashed “between his ears”—there were many people, published reports and records, and websites to whom and which I turned to confirm facts and figures and whatnot.

Websites included Athens News newspaper; Athletics Canada, especially director of public relations and corporate services Mathieu Gentes; Athletics Ireland; Athletics Ontario, especially communications and public relations manager Anthony Biggar, technical services director Roman Olszewski; Athletics Weekly’s gbrathletics.com; Atlanta Braves; Baseball Digest; Bill Rodgers Running Center; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress; Bob Hodge Running Page; Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A), especially former communications manager Thomas “T.K.” Skenderian; Boston Bruins; Boston Celtics; Boston College Athletics; Boston Globe newspaper via boston.com; Boston Herald newspaper via bostonherald.com; Boston Public Library; Boston Red Sox; Boston State College via the University of Massachusetts Boston; Boston University Alumni Bostonia; Boston University Athletics; Bowdoin College; Brookline High School Alumni Association; Cambridge Running Club; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); Canadian Masters Athletic Association (CMAA), especially the late Ed Whitlock; CBSSports.com; Chicago Tribune newspaper; CNN.com; College of Optometrists; College of William & Mary Athletics; Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF); Concord-Carlisle Regional High School; Dartmouth College Athletics; Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises (DMSE); Debbie Reynolds Official Website; Delhi Police; Dick Gregory Global Watch; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Department of the US Navy, Naval Historical Center; Digital Deli Online; Drake Relays: America’s Athletic Classic, presented by Cowles Library, Drake University.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum; Epilepsy Foundation; Fairfield Half-Marathon; Falmouth Road Race, Inc.; GlobalSecurity.org; Golden Temple, Amritsar; Government of Nova Scotia; Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC); Greek Royal Family Office, especially Aliki Strongylos; Hamilton Indoor Games & Sports Festival; Hamilton Public Library in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, especially archivist Margaret Houghton of local history & archives; Hamilton Spectator newspaper in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, especially Tammie Danciu of library archives; Harvard Crimson, Harvard University; The Hour newspaper, Norwalk, Conn.; The Independent newspaper (United Kingdom); Indiana University Athletics; International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF); International Boxing Hall of Fame; International Olympic Committee (IOC); Iona College Alumni Online Community; JesseOwens.com; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Johnny Mathis Official Website; The Journal of Sport History via the LA84 Foundation website; Labatt Brewing Company; Liberty Athletic Club; LIFE magazine; London Marathon.

Madison Square Garden; Maine Running History; MarathonGuide.com; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA); Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame; Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation; Massachusetts Historical Society; Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association (MSTCA) Athletes Hall of Fame, especially Robert L’Homme, Frank Mooney, Lou Tozzi; The Mass Media, University of Massachusetts Boston; Masters Athletics; Matignon High School; Memorial University of Newfoundland; Michigan State University Athletic Communications, especially Vince Baker; Military.com; Minnesota Twins; The Morris Inn; Mount Washington Road Race; myguideIreland.com via Irish Tourism.com; The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; Natalie Wood Official Website; National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), especially sports information & media services manager Amanda C. Dahl; National Distance Running Hall of Fame; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Track and Field Hall of Fame at The Armory Foundation; NBA.com; Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS); New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia by Kevin Knight; Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage; New Mobility magazine; New York City Marathon; New York Times; New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage; Northeastern University Athletics; Northwestern University Athletics.

Official Finnish Tourist Board, especially Niina Aalto of VisitFinland; Official Muhammad Ali Website; Official Site of the Allstate Sugar Bowl; Official Site of Jack Dempsey; Official Website of District Patiala; Official Website of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar; Our Lady of Grace Parish, Chelsea-Everett, Mass.; Paddington Recreation Grounds via Westminster. gov.uk; Penn Relays; Philly.com; Quinnipiac University Athletics; Racing Post; Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development; Running USA; Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Athletics; Society of the Little Flower; Southern Illinois University Carbondale Athletics; Sports Illustrated, SI Vault; Sports Museum of Finland; Sports Reference/International Society of Olympic Historians; St. Coletta of Wisconsin; Suffolk Downs; Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth website; thisisFINLAND website via the Finland Promotion Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Communications and Culture; TIME.com; Times of India; Time-to-Run online running magazine; Tornado Project.com; Track & Field News magazine, especially the editorial department; TRACS, Inc., especially Fred Treseler III; Transportation Corps Aviation Association; Tufts University Athletics.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) Station Nahant; United States Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management; University of Massachusetts Boston Athletics; University of Massachusetts Boston Athletics Communications, especially Daniel Campagna; University of Massachusetts Boston Joseph P. Healey Library (yearbooks); University of Notre Dame Archives, especially Angela Kindig, Charles Lamb; University of Notre Dame Monogram Club, especially Mark LaFrance; University of Notre Dame Sports Information Office, especially Carol Copley; University of Texas at Austin Athletics, especially assistant athletics media relations director Ashley Walker; USA Track & Field (USATF); US Army Fort Dix; US Army Fort Eustis; US Library of Congress—Congressional Records; US Navy New London; US Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), especially communications manager Tom Lewis; Wakefield High School Athletics; Wheaton College Athletics; Wikipedia (for first references only); Zamperini Distance Carnival.

Published materials of record in book/paper form include the Boston Globe newspaper; The Boston Marathon: A Century of Blood, Sweat, and Cheers by Tom Derderian (Triumph Books, 2003); Boston Marathon: Year-by-Year...