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Frank McCoy (1881–1954), American football coach, head coach of the University of Maine (B) [78] William G. Morgan (1870–1942), inventor of volleyball, first developed as the sport "Mintonette" at the Holyoke YMCA [79] Archie Roberts (born 1942), former college football and NFL quarterback; heart surgeon (B) [80]
Of the many Franco-American institutions that once existed, a handful remain. Among the few extant French groups in Holyoke is the Beavers Club of Western Massachusetts, a charity founded in 1945 by a group of French-Canadian Holyoke tradesmen who found themselves unable to join the area's other service organizations.
Falco F.C., commonly known as the Holyoke Falcos, was an American soccer club based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, that was a founding member of the professional American Soccer League, [1] but withdrew at the end of the first season. The team was sponsored by the Farr Alpaca Company, a local textile mill.
The Holyoke Bombers were a professional American football team based in Holyoke, Massachusetts. [1] They played one season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1965. [ 2 ] The Bombers finished with a 2–9–1 record in its only ACFL season.
The Holyoke Paperweights were a professional minor league baseball team based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, that played in the now defunct Connecticut League from 1903 to 1911. From 1907 to 1911, they were also known as the Papermakers. [1] The team won the league pennant of the 1905 and 1907 seasons.
Holyoke has two private golf courses in Smith's Ferry, on opposite sides of Mount Tom, the nine-hole Holyoke Country Club and the 18-hole Wyckoff Country Club, the latter of which was originally designed by noted golf course architect Donald Ross. With the construction of Interstate 91 in the 1960s, the course required a redesign. From 1966 to ...
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Below is a list of Concord Quarry Dogs (2001–2007), Holyoke Blue Sox (2008–2012) and Valley Blue Sox (2014–2014) alumni who have gone on to play professional baseball at the AA level or higher. The alumni are sorted by peak level of baseball in which they have participated. [35]