Richard Lillibridge graduated from Windsor High School in 1957. He was a three sport athlete, participating in soccer, basketball, and baseball, where he earned nine letters during his career at WHS. Dick was named outstanding athlete during his senior year. Beyond athletics, Dick was a strong student who also served as Student Council President.

Upon graduation Dick enlisted in the US Air Force and was assigned to Home-stead Air Force Base, Florida. He was honorably discharged in 1961. Dick then enrolled at UCONN (Hartford Branch) for two years. He ultimately transferred to the University of Hartford where he earned his BS Degree in Mathematics.

Dick went to work with CIGNA where he stayed for 29 years before his retire-ment. During that portion of his professional career he was the recipient of multiple Superior Achievement awards. After his retirement from CIGNA, Dick entered the next phase of his career by going to work with the John B. Collins Association, a Reinsurance Brokerage firm. There he became a Senior Vice President before his retirement.

Dick married his Windsor High School classmate, Arline Yesaitis. They have two children. Dick remained active in sports participating in company volleyball, softball, bowling and golf leagues. An avid golfer with a handicap of four, Dick won the club championship at Millbrook Golf Course. Dick was also a member of the Windsor Elks Golf League. Additionally, he was an accomplished self-taught artist.

Dick passed away on March 24, 2010.

David graduated from Windsor High School in 1973 where he was a three sport athlete lettering in football, basketball and baseball. David was the team captain in his senior year of both football and basketball and received the All-Conference Award in both sports. He was also awarded the prestigious Windsor Cup which is given to athletes who earned seven varsity letters or more over the course of their high school careers.

After high school David moved to San Marcos, Texas to attend Southwest Texas State University (now called Texas State). While at STSU he lettered three years in football and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree.

Upon graduation, David spent a number of years managing restaurants, teaching, and was a football coach for Bay City Texas High School. He was also involved in Big Brothers of Houston. David eventually relocated to Sacramento, California to play semi pro-football where he was noticed by scouts from both the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) and the Dallas Cowboys. He attended tryouts as a quarterback and punter for both NFL teams.

David subsequently moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to become sales and account manager in the Telecom industry and later became the Chief Operations Officer and Co-Owner of Global Technology Corporation of Honolulu. David was ex-ceedingly accomplished in his field and was a very highly respected professional in the Information Technology industry.

David was extremely humbled and honored to be nominated into the 2019 Windsor High School Athletic Hall of Fame and excitedly looked forward to attending the awards ceremony. Sadly, David died unexpectedly on May 6, 2019 at the age of 64. He leaves behind his wife Cecilia Wong Muldoon, sisters Pam Lamb of Texas and Kathy Tierney of Florida as well as numerous nieces, neph-ews, cousins and friends.

David earned 7 varsity letters in baseball, football, and basketball. As an athlete with the baseball team he was Captain of the 1975 CVC Championship team that went to the state tournament semi-finals before losing to state champion North Haven in extra innings. With a career varsity batting average of .424, he was All Conference in 1974 and 1975 and All District first team (similar to today’s All State) in 1975.

As a football team athlete he was starting defensive safety and punter on the 1973 CVC championship team, with the 3rd most tackles. He was captain, Start-ing running back and punter on the 1974 team, and led team in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. As a kickoff and punt returner on ’73 and ’74 teams, he was All CVC returner in 1974.

He was backup point guard on ’74 and ’75 basketball teams, with a career high of 17 points in his last game of senior year vs. Bloomfield. After High School he played College Division 2 Baseball with a .338 lifetime batting average at American International College (AIC). He was 2nd on the 1979 NEAC (New England Athletic Conference) championship team with a .350 batting average and held a school record number of walks and on base percentage. He was 1979 Academic All-New England with a career GPA of 3.28.

After college David went on to play 10 years in the Hartford Twilight League and became a 2 time all star. David’s business career spans 15 years with Travelers Insurance Company in Billing, Collections, Accounting, and Financial Reporting (where he met Lynn, his wife of 37+ years), 9 years with MetraHealth in Finance and IT and 15 years with United Healthcare in Business Analysis and IT Program and Project management.

David enjoys family time with wife Lynn, daughters Samantha, Jamie and Amanda, son-in-law Mike, granddaughter Hazel and siblings Steven, Susan and Robert.

Betty graduated from Windsor High School in 1981 lettering in Cheerleading and Track and Field all 3 years. During Betty’s time at Windsor she held school records in 100 and 200 meter, she was captain of both cheerleading and track her senior year. She also was a member of the National Honor Society.

Betty was a key part of the track team running many events, from 100, 200, 400 meters, anchor of both 4 by 100 and 400 meter relay teams, as well as long jump and hurdles. She also was a creative leader of the cheerleading team.

Betty attended University of Connecticut in Storrs after high school where she earned a degree in Physical Therapy. She was also a member of the cheerleading team her sophomore through senior years at UConn. Betty resides in Windsor and works as a Physical Therapist for Hartford Healthcare at Orthopedic Associate of Hartford.

Lynn graduated from Windsor High School in 1987 following a distinguished athletic career. She earned 10 varsity letters: three in gymnastics; four in softball; two in field hockey and one in cheerleading.

As a gymnast, Lynn competed in all four events: Vault; Uneven Bars; Balance Beam; and Floor Exercise, achieving All-State honors in Vault her senior year. Lynn played all four years for the varsity softball team, the last two at short stop. She was also named captain of the team. She was consistently one of the leaders in batting average and RBIs. She backed up her All-State award in gymnastics with another one in softball.

In addition to those two All-State awards in gymnastics and softball, Lynn won five All Central Connecticut Conference Awards, the Connecticut Interscholastic Student/Athlete Award, and the 1987 Windsor High School Female Athlete of the Year Award.

Lynn attended Boston College and graduated in 1991 with a nursing degree. While actively sought out by the BC softball coach, Lynn decided to “retire” from varsity athletics in favor of the less intense world of intramural sports. Athletics have remained an important part of Lynn’s life. She now gets that competitive fix playing tennis and paddle ball for a local club.

Lynn lives in Madison, New Jersey with her husband Tony. They have four children: Mary age 22; Ellie age 20; Anthony age 18; and Thomas age 15. After years working tirelessly raising those four, Lynn recently returned to work as a nurse for a private doctor located in Morristown, New Jersey. Lynn readily admits that her biggest challenge will come in less than three years when her “baby” heads off to college.

Spencer Hartmann got his start in swimming at the age of five with the Windsor Water Rat Express swim team. He swam for Windsor High School from 2002 thru 2005. Spencer currently holds the Windsor High School records in the 200 Freestyle, 500 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley, and was a member of 2 record setting relays. Spencer achieved 3 time All-State, 3 time All-Conference, and class L Champion his senior year. He was named a NISCA All-American (Top 100 in the country) in 2005 for the 200 yard and 500 yard freestyle. In his early teens, he also swam for a USA swim club. He qualified for several national level competitions including Junior Nationals and was awarded Scholar-Athlete by USA Swimming during his senior year.

He continued swimming as a Division 1 student-athlete at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY from 2006-2009. While at Marist College he was a 12 time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Finalist, 7 time MAAC Champion, and helped the Marist Red Foxes to MAAC Team Championships in 06’, 07’, and 08’.

Spencer retired from competitive swimming after college. Since retiring, Spencer has not left the pool deck. He currently coaches part-time at Charter Oak Aquatic Club in Simsbury, where he has developed several swimmers to qualify for US Open and US Nationals. Many of his swimmers have continued their careers at top level colleges around the country. Spencer currently lives in Windsor with his fiancee and works for a local insurance company as a video engineer.

Bob graduated from Old Saybrook High School in 1945 where he played baseball and soccer. After high school Bob enlisted in U.S. Army and was a Veteran of World War II and the Korean War. On his return from service he attended and graduated from the University of Bridgeport.

In 1957 Bob joined the staff of Windsor High School teaching science, social stud- ies and physical education. During his time at Windsor High, he coached baseball and soccer. In 1975 the baseball team won the CVC league title and advanced on to state semi-finals. From 1965 –1981 he coached soccer. Bob also spent many summers enriching young people’s lives at Victory Soccer Camp.

He retired in 1984 from the school system after 27 years. At that time, he moved with his wife Jane to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed his retirement with friends and family. Bob passed away in 2004 at the age of 79 leaving his wife Jane and daughters Gail & Heidi, 4 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Coach Bill Walsh was married to his wife Ann and they moved to Windsor over fifty years ago and raised eight children. He enjoyed teaching and coaching kids to help them develop as people as well as athletes. He was involved with youth sports in Windsor until he passed in July, 2013. His dedication to every player who was lucky enough to play for him lasted a lifetime. This was never more evident than at his wake when thousands and thousands of Windsor residents came to pay their respects and tell stories of the impact he had on their lives. He received the Bo Kolinsky Sportswriter Award in 1997 for all his years as a volunteer coach.

Bill coached midget league football with the Poquonock Coccomos, many of the years he did not have a son participating. In addition, he was a New England Patriot season ticket holder from 1971 and attended UCONN football games if his schedule would allow it. He coached minor and major Little League baseball with the Poquonock International League. He was heavily involved with Jaycee Courant, Senior League and American Legion baseball and helped feed the pipeline of talent that is joining him in the Windsor HOF this year – the 1991 state champion baseball team. Lastly, he coached CYO and recreation league basketball and helped organize the Windsor High summer basketball team 35 years ago and coached the team for 15 years. After he retired from ABB, he organized a similar program in Granby and coached GMHS Girl’s JV basketball and softball for twelve years. The Granby Varsity Girls basketball team still has a yearly Bill Walsh coach’s award.

Coach Walsh also worked with many individual players at the batting cage he installed in his backyard, Scott’s Sports or the Windsor High ball fields. His impact is still going strong as the last player he gave individual pitching lessons played for the Windsor High School softball team this year.

The 1991 baseball team won the Class LL state championship, defeating Greenwich in the state final, 8-5. The team posted the best baseball record in school history, going 21-1, and was ranked #1 in the state for all divisions, in the final 1991 state poll.

The team joins the 1979 Class LL state champion baseball team, as Hall of Fame inductees. Like the 1979 team, the 1991 team had the same positive approach to the season. They did not think anyone could defeat them, and that attitude carried both to their respective state titles.

The 1991 team had a team batting average of .342. They stole 132 bases in 137 attempts and played strong defense during the year, especially in the state tournament. Multiple team members were selected to the All-CCC West team, one was All-District, while seven went on to play college baseball.