Biography Standing at 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Dan Messier was the largest lineman the Bishop Feehan football team has ever seen, before or since his arrival. Still, Messier almost never became a football player. Primarily a basketball player in his youth and early high school days, Messier never played football until his junior year at Feehan as ...

Biography “Gallant in his blocking, determined in his bid for the ball on defense – he led the way all year” was how the Sun Chronicle and then first year Head Coach Curt Smith collectively described Greg Moore’s contributions to the 2004 Super Bowl Champion Shamrocks. Every hard-nosed team built on defense and physically imposing their will over their opponent needs ...

Biography Bishop Feehan opened its 1977 football season with a young, inexperienced line. None, however, were younger than a rugged fifteen year old sophomore named Tom Moore. Nicknamed "Trunks" because of the size of his treelike thighs, Moore was as solid as seasoned oak in his defensive tackle position. Early injuries and inexperience yielded to increasing strength...

Biography He is a fourth generation great grandson of one of the most famous families in the history of Attleboro. He was a captain of the first Bishop Feehan football team to ever win ten games and go to the Super Bowl. He was a prolific receiver whose coach described as “a great athlete with great concentration.” Thom (spelled with an “h”) Morin was an impact player...

Biography One of Feehan's all-time defensive stalwarts, Dave Nazarian broke into a tough Shamrock lineup as a junior offensive tackle and keyed impressive Feehan wins over Attleboro and North Attleboro. As a senior, he became the team's defensive enforcer, keying shutout Feehan wins over Dighton-Rehoboth, Case, Coyle-Cassidy, and Seekonk. An All Sun District and South...

Biography Power-Strength-Size-the prototype Stud Lineman who can single handedly control a game best describes Greg Nazarian. The 6'3" 250 pound tackle teamed with 6'3" 260 pound Hall of Famer Andy Robertson in forming one of the most formidable tandem's to ever play the line for Bishop Feehan. As Coach Paul O'Boy stated: "By virtue of their size and athletic ability,...

Biography At 5'10",220 pounds, Rodney O'Brien was a prototypical high school tackle. A stalwart two way player on an immensely talented Feehan team, O'Brien was tough, aggressive and explosive. In his junior year, O'Brien's gritty contributions helped Feehan fashion a commendable 6-3 record which included back to back victories over Attleboro (22-12) and North (22-8) ...

Biography After two straight Superbowl victories, Bishop Feehan’s goal for the 2003 season was to win the EAC and three-peat as State Champs. During this championship run, the Shamrocks touted potent offenses and swarming defenses, the heart and soul of which were the young men on the offensive and defensive lines. The lifeblood of these lines was David Paine, a 6’3” ...

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Biography Tough, versatile and competitive – that was Bishop Feehan High School’s stalwart two way tackle Andy Pelletier. At 6’1” 215 pounds, Pelletier was a force in the 1987 and 1988 seasons for Coach Paul O’Boy’s Shamrocks. At the outset of Pelletier’s’ junior year, Coach O’Boy predicted that “the secret to our success is in the junior class.” Those words proved to...

Biography One of the hallmarks of Coach Matt Lanagan’s Bishop Feehan teams of the 1990’s was a swarming, fast, and sometimes undersized d efense that found a way to shut down opponents through sheer determination and willpower. Chris Peluso always seemed to be one of the last guys out of the pile of Shamrock gang-tacklers and was the epitome of this “team-defense” men...

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Biography Coming off a 1977 winless season, Bishop Feehan was looking for a "savior." At a diminutive 5'6" and 135 pounds junior halfback, Manny Perry was hopeful he would provide that salvation. Described by a local sportswriter in a pre season write up as "a game breaker", Perry had the unenviable task of playing behind future Hall of Famers Jim Brennan on offense a...

Biography Jim Petrillo was one of the finest two sport athletes to ever graduate from Bishop Feehan High School. However, it was on the gridiron that Petrillo had the greatest impact. As one of the few left handed quarterbacks to ever play for Feehan, Jim could beat an opponent with his running and his passing. In two years as a starter, he scored 17 touchdowns and th...

Biography Tough, competitive and talented, the football career of the 5’11” 180 pound Brett Poirier was one of opportunities seized. Although he possessed a tremendous throwing arm, Poirier spent the majority of his junior year playing linebacker and backing up Hall of Fame quarterback Nate Cote on 1st year Coach Matt Lanagan’s 7-3 team. As a senior co-captain, Poirie...

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Biography Power, performance and perfection describe the kicking career of Bishop Feehan High School’s Joe Riley. Riley took an unconventional route to reach the gridiron at Holcott Drive. As a starting midfielder and one of the top scorers on Bishop Feehan’s varsity soccer team as a freshman and sophomore, kicking a football off a tee was the farthest thing from Joe ...

Biography A key member of two of Feehan's best teams (in '83 and '84), Andy was a force on the powerful Shamrock front fine, a 267-pound, two-way star at tackle. A piledriving blocker on Feehan's wishbone offense, Andy was named a Shamrock captain as a senior and was an all-star selection on both the Sun Chronicle and Southeastern Mass. Conference squads. Later a thre...

Biography Bullet quick and rock solid aptly describes Tad Roediger of Bishop Feehan in the 1982 and 1983 seasons. The perfect complement to fullback Peter Luongo's blasts up the middle, halfback Roediger was a devastating blocker and powerful runner in the heyday of the Shamrock wishbone offense. There were none better at executing the lead or junction block on an uns...

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