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Alan J. Colville

Alan J. Colville

  • Class
    1933
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Tennis

A true "Ironman," Colville was the first dominant pitcher in the history of baseball at Saint Michael's. In his two-year career, he was the winning pitcher in 14 of SMC's 16 victories. As a freshman in 1932, he won six games, including a masterful four-hit shutout against Vermont--SMC's first-ever win over UVM! Chosen team captain as a sophomore in 1933, Colville won eight games, and led the Knights to their first-ever Green Mountain Conference Championship. He was twice named All-Conference and All-State First Team. Remarkably, he beat Vermont all four times he faced them, for prior to his arrival UVM had led the crosstown series 21-0! At the time of his induction, Colville still holds four SMC pitching records, and is one of only three Knight hurlers to throw a no-hitter. Like teammate and Hall of Famer Phil Ruggiero, Colville also played varsity tennis during baseball.

[addendum: research some years after his induction uncovered Dutch playing baseball at SMC in 1930, his actual freshman year, before not playing in 1931 for unknown reasons.]

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