The Touchdown Club is credited with being one of the driving forces financially in bringing collegiate football to Monmouth's campus. Led by alums Don Burnaford '72 and John Kessler '69 , the group tirelessly solicited funding from a number of sources to get the seed money together to start the program in the Spring of 1992. The program boasts seven conference championships, three NCAA Division I FCS Playoff Appearances, twenty-nine All-Americans and numerous professional players all while sending close to 600 former student-athletes into the workforce with Monmouth degrees in hand.
The following people will be honored as a Team of Distinction in the Hall of Fame as part of the Touchdown Club: Donald L. Beaty, Norma J. Beaty, Mr. Leonard H. Berkeley '68, Teri D. Berkeley '68, Margaret C. Bey, Stanley S. Bey '59, Ernestine Braswell, Stephen R. Braswell '94HN, James A. Bulvanoski '68, Joan K. Bulvanoski '69, Deborah Burnaford, Donald R. Burnaford '72, Clifford C. Carr Jr. '66, Joan M. Carr '94, Robert J. Casper, Susan Casper, Jane Clayton, William Clayton Sr., Diane Doherty, Paul S. Doherty Jr. '67 '04HN, Judith Ann Eisenberg, Ambassador Lewis M. Eisenberg '01HN, Edward Fitton, Rose Friedland, Wayne Friedland, Fred Golden, John Golden, Kay Golden, Margaret Golden, Bernard M. Goldsmith, Nadine D. Goldsmith, Gale K. Grossman, Dr. Robert B. Grossman, Dr. Frank P. Gudicello '67, Joan Gudicello, Kim L. Hart '03 '09M, Michael K. Hart, Karyn M. Jeffery '84, William J. Jeffery Jr. '82, Henni K. Kessler '68, John H. Kessler '69, Joseph W. Ketusky '86, Gail Lowy '82, Keith R. Lowy '82, Stephan Lowy, John MacAllister, Shearwood McClelland, Margaret B. Matthews '90M, Robert C. Matthews, Robin Matthews, Thomas A. Matthews, Frank J. Mazza Jr. '68, Virginia Mazza, Donna L. Muscarella, Stephen J. Muscarella '74, Charles T. Parton '01HN, Gertrude B. Parton, Carol Patok, Frank J. Patock Jr., Jane Plangere, Jules L. Plangere Jr. '86HN, Janice Sambol, Richard S. Sambol '04HN, Patricia A. Shaheen '91, Phil Shaheen, Timothy J. Shaheen, Mitchell E. Shivers '70, Nancy J. Shivers, Lynn A. Spector '73, William D. Spector '74, Maria Steinberg, Wallace H. Steinberg, Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton '69 '95HN, Benedict Torcivia Sr., Elvira Torcivia, Richard H. Turrell '92HN, Sally W. Turrell, Betty Weissman, Charles Weissman, Betty G. Young, and H.R. Young.
Inducted June 3, 2022 -
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