THE 2023 HONOREES
RICHARD “DICK” SHEA ’46 A native of Hartford, the late Dick Shea holds the distinction of being Prep’s first three-sport standout: in football (halfback), basketball (guard and forward) and baseball (second baseman). Shea captained the football and basketball teams in his senior year and was selected as an All-District player (from Greenwich to Stratford) in football. He was also named to Prep’s All-Decade Team (1942-1951) in both basketball and baseball. Following graduation, Shea played baseball and basketball at Middlebury College, where he captained the baseball team during his senior season and earned All Collegiate Vermont team honors. During the summers while in high school and college, Shea played Senior City League amateur baseball as well as a short stint with the professional Bridgeport Bees in 1950. He then served with the Army in Korea from 1950-52, playing football and baseball with the 12th Infantry Regiment. After his time in the military, Shea was a teacher in the Trumbull school system for more than 40 years. He then served as principal for two parochial schools in the Diocese of Bridgeport before retiring in 1999. Shea passed away in 2014.
JOHN MAIOCCO ’50 The late John Maiocco was a Bridgeport native who excelled in sports as well as in the legal and political arenas. Maiocco was senior class president at Prep and a three-year, twosport standout in football (tailback) and basketball (guard), earning All-District honors in both sports. He led the Jesuits’ football team in scoring in his junior and senior seasons, highlighted by a record five touchdowns against Ludlowe for Prep’s “Miracle Team” of 1949. It was the Jesuits’ first unbeaten season (7-0-1), with the only blemish a 6-6 tie against Thanksgiving Day rival Stamford. Maiocco was also selected to Prep’s AllDecade Team (1942-1951) in football and basketball. After being recruited by more than 20 colleges, he attended Georgetown, yet never played football for the Hoyas because the program was dropped. However, Maiocco graduated from there in 1954 and then from UConn Law School in 1957. He then embarked on a long and distinguished legal and political career as a Superior Court judge, an Alderman for the city of Bridgeport, a Council President and a state representative. Maiocco passed away in 2014.
JOHN FITZPATRICK ’73 One can certainly call John Fitzpatrick’s athletic choices diverse. He was one of three brothers to play baseball for 2018 AHOF coach Ed Rowe and usually got in shape for the season by hitting the slopes in the winter. For as competent as he was in baseball – playing third base and hitting .333 in 1973 – he had few equals in skiing. Although it had just gotten off the ground as a varsity sport in the early 1970s, Fitzpatrick did his best to make it successful. As a slalom racer, he was second in the league championships as a freshman and continued to consistently place in the top five over the duration of his career, competing in the state championships each season. He was named co-captain along with Bob Morrison ’73 in their junior and senior seasons. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1977, Fitzpatrick raced professionally for two years before entering medical school. He is currently a radiologist with a practice in Pennsylvania.
ALCINOR ROSIER II ’87 Like fellow 2023 inductee Matt Russell, Al Rosier was a two-sport standout at Fairfield Prep. Rosier made his mark on the football field and on the track. He was a sprinter, long jumper and triple jumper for the Jesuits in the spring, but in the fall Rosier did his work on the gridiron. A punishing runner, he led Prep in both touchdowns and total yardage his senior year and was a first-team all-conference performer in the first year of the ACC in 1986. Rosier was named to the New York Daily News All-State team in both football and track in 1987. He also received the Father Eugene Brissette, S.J. Student Athlete Award, and was lauded by his senior classmates with a “Senior Superlative”, indicative of its best individual athlete. Rosier continued his success at Dartmouth, where he played tailback in 1990 and 1991. In 1991 he set the school’s single-game rushing record with 229 yards (on 25 carries) with four touchdowns against Brown. He was voted team MVP, won the Bushnell Cup as Ivy League MVP and was selected as an All-American by the Associated Press. When he graduated in 1992, Rosier held Dartmouth’s single-season rushing records with 1,432 yards on 258 carries. Continued on next page >
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