Bissell Hall

In 1949, the then-relatively new Hill School wrestling program, guided by second-year coach Frank Bissell ’33, won its first National Prep championship. Twenty-two years later, in February of 1971, the Hill wrestling team hoisted its 17^thNational Prep championship trophy, the culmination of a dynasty which included 11-consecutive titles from 1949 until 1959. Bissell was at the helm for all 17 titles, retiring in 1973 with a career record of 212-66-4. Hill’s 17 National Prep titles ranks second all-time in the National Prep Championship’s history.

To commemorate this historic era, the Frank S. Bissell ’33 Hall was established to honor all 17 of Hill’s National Prep championship-winning teams, which include: 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58 (2013 HOF inductees), 1958-59, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, and 1970-71.

1948-1949

Back Row: Robert Leach, John Ferenbach (Manager), Bruce Mowery

Front Row: Carlton Colcord, Thomas Edson, Ehret Page (Captain), Andrew Kaul, Hudson Samson

1949-1950

Back Row: Mr. Bissell, Robert Davenport, Richard O’Shaughnessy, William Joyce, Ronald Horne, John Rupley (Manager)

Front Row: Karl Kirchoff, Joseph Atkins, Andrew Kaul (Captain), Maxwell Pearson, Colton Colcord

1950-1951

Back Row: Carlton Colcord, Otis Keller, Alan Reed, Randolph Barton (Manager)

Front Row: Donald Spillman, Joseph Atkins, Andrew Kaul (Captain), Maxwell Pearson, Harold DeHaven

1951-1952

Back Row: J. Worth David, Terry Hunter, Andrew Edmonds (Manager)

Front Row: John Huntsman, William Jemison, Maxwell Pearson (Captain), Robert Twining, Harold DeHaven

1952-1953

Back Row: John Huntsman, Robert Wynne, Tod Beebe, Christian Kirchhoff (Manger)

Front Row: Leon Harbold, Don Damuth, Maxwell Pearson (Captain), B. Lauriston Hardin, Andrew Fitch

1953-1954

Back Row: Melvin Feroe, John Tucker, David Lennox, Henry Stoever, John Wynne

Front Row: Andrew Fitch, Makota Tokioka, Leon Harbold (Captain), Mark Miller, Jon Jaspan

1954-1955

Back Row: William Storm, John Tucker, David Lennox, John Wynne, Charles Seivard

Front Row: Melvin Feroe, Courtney Brown, Leon Harbold, Kuhrt Wieneke, H. Furness Taylor

1955-1956

Back Row: William Dyer, Lewis Wiley, R. Kent Frazier, Bruce Damuth, Hugh Dyer, William Storm, John Wynne, Albert Harrison, Donald Corriere

Front Row: Robert Chappell, Osvaldo Damas, Hiram Mersereau, Melvin Feroe (Captain), Stephen Trott, William Cochran, James Detrixhe

1956-1957

Front Row: Thompson Burnett, Charles Ellis, William Dyer, Donald Corriere, Hiram Mersereau, Robert Chappell, F. Willmott Williams (Manager)

Back Row: James Detrixhe, Kent Frazier, James Kelley, William Fox, Stephen Trott, John Wynne

1957-1958

Front Row: Peter Jones, F. Anthony Fiore, James Moffat, Charles Ellis, William Dyer, Hiram Mersereau, Robert Chappell, John Judis, F. Willmott Williams (Manager)

Back Row: W. Buffington Ward, Kenneth Rugh, James Detrixhe, William Fox, A. Dennis Merklinger, William Cochran, Kilburn Moore, George Kellner

1958-1959

Back Row: David Dickey, C. Markel Becker, Whitney Beebe, Philip Wick, D. S. Stevens Schaff, Jay Jamison, Kenneth Rugh, David Herasimchuk, James Hazeltine

Front Row: H. Landis Gabel, James Moffatt, John Manock, Peter Jones, Robert Chappell, R. Jeremy Stowell, John Judis, John Clarke

1960-1961

Back Row: Robert Hartenstine, William O’Donnell, D. S. Stevens Schaff, John Taylor, Richard Armentrout, Edward Fenstermacher, Christopher Stowell, John Parlin

Second Row: Christopher Wick, Lawrence Tice, Frank Lukus, James Moffatt, Roger Olesen, Thomas Fader, Thomas Gale

Front Row: Thomas Christy, Robert Harper

1962-1963

Front: Thomas Fader (Captain)

Front Row: Geoffrey Henson, Malcolm McAlpin, Robison Harley, Carl Pfeiffer, Eric Gould, John Stephenson, Thomas McCaslin, John Weber

Back Row: Michael Hazzard (Manager), Wayne Wentz, Charles Powers, Henry Koren, Wayne Titus, Robert Hartenstine, Carmichael Fels

1963-1964

Front Row: John Frondorf, John Weber, Geoffrey Henson, Wayne Wentz, Thomas McCaslin, Warren Humes, Paul Dahlgreen

Back Row: Robison Harley, Thomas Stanko, Mark Birdsall, Milton Dillon, Bevan Alvey, James Weber, Clay McEldowney

1964-1965

Front Row: John Weber, Clay McEldowney, Geoffrey Henson, Thomas McCaslin

Middle Row: James Weber, Mark Birdsall, Thomas Stanko, Richard Voliva, Warren Humes

Back Row: Matthews Williams, Nicholas King, Bevan Alvey, David Scanlon, Walter Price, F. Barton Harvey, Blair Tatman (Manager)

1967-1968

Front Row: Richard Cassel, Robert Schenk, Martin Hayden, John Cook, Anthony DuBon

Middle Row: Hale, Robert Spalding, Chapman LeBlond, Michael Stahovich, Brennan, Robert Rand (Manager)

Back Row: Christopher Kuntze, David Rabold, William Benedict, William Fox, Frank Reisner

1970-1971

Kneeling: J. Thomas Moore

Front Row: Biello, Doug Schutte, John Bodley, Boris Holmes, Greg Penny

Back Row: George Baker, Cyrus Wert, Jeffrey Moely, Steve Bissell, George Braddock

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