Founders of Early Ultimate Teams

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FOUNDERS
1960s
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Buzzy Hellring*
Joel Silver*
Jonny HInes*
Columbia High School (CHS)
[Maplewood, NJ]
Spr 1969
Buzzy - deceased
?
?

HIGH SCHOOLS
FOUNDERS
1970s
HIGH SCHOOLS
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
? Millburn High School
[NJ]
Fall 1970
(ended ?)
?
? Mountain (West Orange) High School
[NJ]
Spr 1971
(ended ?)
?
Jim Clark
Todd Basche
Nutley High School
[NJ]
Spr 1971
(ended '72)
tdiguy(at)everestkc.net
toddbasche(at)wordlock.com
? Dumont High School
[NJ]
Spr 1971
(ended ?)
?
? Passaic Valley High School
[NJ]
Spr 1971
(ended ?)
?
Sue Cochrane ? West Essex Regional High School
[NJ]
Spr 1971
(ended ?)
?
Al Jolley Staples High School
[Westport, CT]
1971 alan_jolley(at)westport.k12.ct.us
? Weston High School
[Weston, CT]
1972 ?
Tom Mattek East Brunswick High School
[NJ]
1972
(ended ?)
deceased
Jerry Brown ? West Orange High School
[West Orange, NJ]
1972
(ended ?)
?
Jim Pistrang Northern Valley Regional High School
[Demarest NJ]
1972
(ended '75)
jim(at)jpcr.com
Stu Case Teaneck High School
[NJ]
1973
(ended ?)
deceased
Dave Bixel, Mike St. Clair,
Angela Dellaventura
St. Joseph's HS
[Metuchen NJ]
1973
(ended ?)
?
Keith Armstrong
Tom Rooney
Canisius High School
[Buffalo, NY]
1976
(ended '80)
(restart '04)
kjam1(at)mindspring.com
deceased
Chris Carilli, Jeff Cane,
Dave Altana
Ramapo High School
[Franklin Lakes, NJ]
1976
(ended ?)
ccarilli(at)aoc.nrao.edu
David Detlefs
Ken Glass
Westfield High School
[NJ]
1976
daviddetlefs(at)gmail.com
kenglass(at)gmail.com
Charles Schultz Chaminade High School
[Hollywood, FL]
1976
(ended '78)
charlesp(at)schultzianmotion.com
Pablo Zangerle City Honors High School
[Buffalo, NY]
1977
(ended ?)
finzange(at)gmail.com
Rob Seidenberg Nichols High School
[Buffalo, NY]
1977
(ended '80)
robseidenberg(at)yahoo.com
Jim Brose Lawrenceville High School
[Lawrenceville, NJ]
1979
(ended ?)
jfbrose(at)juno.com


COLLEGE AND CLUB TEAMS FOUNDED IN 1970s
FOUNDERS
1970s
COLLEGES & CLUBS
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Jonny Hines*
Buzzy Hellring*
Princeton
1971
JHines(at)deweyleboeuf.com
deceased
Ed Summers*
Jim Pistrang
Mike Miller
Tufts University
-- History link --
1972
edsummers(at)ieee.org
jim(at)jpcr.com
millwaters(at)alltel.net
Joe Barbanel*
Wayne Gotsch*
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI)
1972
jolidori(at)comcast.net
whgotsch(at)yahoo.com
Irv Kalb*
Dan Roddick
Geoff West*
Rutgers
1972
Irv(at)furrypants.com
cyberstork(at)earthlink.net
gwest12(at)earthlink.net
Dave Dinerman*
Andy MacGruer
Hampshire College
[Amherst, MA]
1972
daviddoubled(at)earthlink.net
?
Steve Frieman*
Walter Belding
Clark
1972
?
dingbel(at)yahoo.com
Larry Schindel* University of North Carolina - CH 1972 larry6150(at)msn.com
John Hadley* IM team at Stanford
(IM disbanded in '76)
1972 JohnWestHadley@verizon.net
Jim Diehl
Jim Powers
University of New Hampshire
(UNH)
1972
?
powersjr2(at)verizon.net
Jon Cohn* Cornell 1973 JC(at)cohnclan.com
Dave Leiwant*
Jim Lovell
Yale 1973 davidleiwant(at)comcast.net
?
David Meyer*
'Buddha'
Columbia University 1973 deceased
Tom Owens ? Holy Cross 1973 ?
Dave 'Tex' Harper University of Kentucky 1973 ?
John Kirkland MIT 1973/74 frizwhiz(at)adelphia.net
Larry Schindel* Rochester Institute of Technology 1973 larry6150(at)msn.com
Rick Labasky Webb Inst. of Naval Architecture 1974 ?
Tom Kennedy
'TK'
Santa Barbara Condors
History link -- Interview with TK
1974
tpk01(at)earthlink.net
Ron Kaufman** Brown 1974 Ron(at)RonKaufman.com
Dan Buckley**
Ed Davis**
University of Connecticut (UConn)
Uconn Alumni
1974 BuckDanley(at)cinci.rr.com
EADavis(at)aol.com
Kevin 'Igor' Harper
Bill 'BJ' Johnson
Glassboro Ultimate 1974 gruberharper(at)comcast.net
wmjo1954(at)comcast.net
Jim Powers Penn State (PSU) 1974 powersjr2(at)verizon.net
Jeff Durra
'Yogi'
Boston University 1974 jdurra(at)mulfil.com
Bruce Johnson
'Frisbee'
Kalamazoo College
[Michigan]
1974 BJohnson(at)gazellesports.com
Marc Hirsch* Lehigh 1975 mshirsch1313169(at)aol.com
Eric Simon* Michigan State University
1975
sholom(at)aishdas.org
Bob Lacy** Wesleyan University 1975 rlacy(at)ix.netcom.com
Andrea Cummis* Carnegie Mellon 1975 acummis(at)oxygen.com
Tom Westervelt
Harvey Edwards
Bucknell University
Mudsharks
1975 ?
habo1(at)verizon.net
David Soens Earlham College
[Richmond, Indiana]
1975 ?
Sandy Stillman* SUNY Binghamton 1975 Stillflyer(at)aol.com
Mike Jackman
Mark Schumacher
University of Buffalo
(SUNY Buffalo)
1975 ?
m_schuma(at)uncg.edu
Mike Broughton
'Snuffy'
Cleveland Frisbee Club 1976 mandminsb(at)yahoo.com
Dan Buckley**
Ron Kaufman**
Westport [Connecticut] Ultimate
Frisbee Team (WUFT)
1976 dgbuckley(at)aol.com
Ron(at)RonKaufman.com
Greg Mead** University of Pennsylvania 1976 gmead(at)gru.net
Steve Anderson
Reach Helmka
San Jose State (SJSU)
Cling'ons
1976 ?
imreach(at)yahoo.com
Larry Schindel* Washington Area Frisbee Club 1976 larry6150(at)msn.com
Tom Rooney Middlebury College 1976 deceased
Doug Powers Oberlin College 1976 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Sara Schechner*
Ed Summers*
Harvard 1976 schechn(at)fas.harvard.edu
edsummers(at)comcast.net
Mark Claycomb* University California Davis 1976 markclaycomb(at)aol.com
Richard Hicks University of Warwick Frisbee Club
The Warwick Bears - History Link
1976 richardhicks(at)waitrose.com
Phil Jones Cambridge University Club
- History link -
1976 philip(at)woodlanders.me.uk
Byrne Kelly Williams College
-- History link --
1977 byrnehk(at)starpower.net
Mitch Arion Dartmouth 1977 emarion(at)bluecrab.org
Andy Klein,
et al
Univ. Wisconsin/Madison 1977 kleina(at)engr.orst.edu
Jim Powers Philadelphia Frisbee Club 1977 powersjr(at)comcast.net
Houston Miller University of Virginia 1977 houston(at)gwu.edu
Doug Powers Defiance College 1977 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Kevin 'Igor' Harper Knights of Nee 1977 gruberharper(at)comcast.net
Ken Scott Mars Ultimate 1977 kscott(at)epdelectronics.com
Tom MacNiven
Pat Bieker
SMU Mustang Frisbee 1977 ?
?
Alec Joyce
Sean Connelly
Air Bourne Ultimate
(morphed into WHUF)
1977 alec(at)capelawyer.net
?
Jerome Wachholz
Fred Thaxton, Greg Smith
Kent State 1977 jwachholz(at)access4less.net
Greg Adams*
John Lawler*
Essex County Blue Meanies 1978 gadams(at)aep.com
JohnLaw555(at)aol.com
Finlay Waugh Stanford 1978 wf(at)earthlink.net
Dave Claycomb* Humboldt State University
Buds
1978 davec(at)helixepi.com
Doug Powers Miami University 1978 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Leonard Johnson Ferris State College 1978 Leonard_Johnson(at)ferris.edu
Torry Hack
Brian Toal
Dukes of Disc
[CT]
1978 wthack(at)aol.com
brian.toal(at)po.state.ct.us
Roger Giles Univ. of Missouri 1978 GilesR(at)missouri.edu
Tim 'Chico' Mackey Winona State University 1978 mackeytim(at)yahoo.com
Tom Krajna Vassar College 1978 ?
Steve Hagan
Richie Marsh
North Dallas Ultimate 1978 hagan1220(at)aol.com
marshrkb(at)verizon.net
Alec Joyce Boston College
Spoonheads
1978 alec(at)capelawyer.net
TJ Kazamack, Steve Jones,
Doug Gleichauf, Tim Clark
Ohio University 1978 tclarkmd(at)comcast.net
Diane Tartaglia KAOS (women)
[Trenton, NJ]
1979 diane.marie.tartaglia(at)gmail.com
Lisa Dally Wilson Cornell women (CLU) 1979 dallywilson(at)verizon.net
Jefferson Allen
Ben Goldfarb
Evergreen State College
[Olympia, WA]
1979 grubbymuffin(at)msn.com
bengoldfarb(at)gmail.com
Kurt Dahlenburg North Miami Ultimate
(became Miami Refugees in '84)
1979 KurtDDmiami(at)aol.com
Ross Snyder Atlanta Frisbee Club 1979 rossnchris93(at)aol.com
Rambeau,Hagan,Marsh
Bieker,MacNiven
Dallas Sky Pilots
(combo of N.Dallas & SMU Mustang)
1979 drambeau(at)thefuelteam.com
marshrkb(at)verizon.net
Ken Gary
Maurice Matiz
NY Heifers 1979 ?
maurice(at)columbia.edu
??? Univ. Calif. San Diego
UCSD
1979 ?
Rick LeBeau San Diego State University
SDSU
1979 ricklebeau(at)gmail.com
David Barkan SF South Bay The Jam 1979 david(at)barkanconsulting.com
? Bucknell women 1979 ?
* Columbia High School (CHS) grad
** Staples High School grad


COLLEGE AND CLUB TEAMS FOUNDED IN EARLY 1980s
FOUNDERS
Early 1980s
COLLEGES & CLUBS
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Kelly (Green) Austin Michigan State Univ. Women 1980 fishead4(at)tcsn.net
Betsy Storey-Bono Glassboro State Women 1980 bstorey_bono(at)epix.net
Vanessa Chambers
Lynn (Babcock) Walters
St. Louis Women's Ultimate 1980 vchambers2(at)comcast.net
lynn30k(at)hotmail.com
Bob Hammann
Tom Heimann
Randy Ricks
Randy 'Rudi' Drake
St. Louis Tunas 1980 ?
tom.heimann(at)sbcglobal.net
rcricks(at)comcast.net
randyd5842(at)msn.com
Steve Moblo Western Michigan Univ. 1980 sjmoblo(at)hotmail.com
John Harrison, Tony Eubanks
Billy Ragan, Bill Reynierson
University of Georgia 1980 ec2studio(at)yahoo.com
Sheryl Hirschbein Divine Wind
(Southern Illinois - folded in 1982)
1980 shirschbein(at)noahprecision.com
David Barkan Boston Hostages 1980 david(at)barkanconsulting.com
Louie (Mahoney) Cohn Boston Ladies Ultimate (BLU) 1981 louie4444(at)hotmail.com
Jeff Ross, Jim Hanks
Pat Gustin
Harrisburg Area Community College
The Flying Eyeballs of Harrisburg PA
1981 jffross(at)gmail.com
hanks.j.v(at)gmail.com
Kevin 'Nooch' Prickett
Carmen ‘Carmine’ Scoppettuolo
San Diego Spinoffs 1982 klc829(at)comcast.net
carmen.scoppettuolo(at)ioausa.com
Ricky Martz
Mike Henderson
Atlanta Chain Lightning 1982 rd@(at)ickydude.com
?
Jon Shepard Univ. of MN - Duluth 1982 jwshepard(at)yahoo.com
Divine Wind team Chicago Nemesis
(from Divine Wind)
1983 shirschbein(at)noahprecision.com
Maurice Matiz, Brian&Ken Dobyns,
Eric Cochran, Kevin Granath, et al
NY KABOOM! 1983 peking13(at)gmail.com

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