Web Site to Mark 50th Anniversary of Andrew Warde High School's 1959 Undefeated State Champion Crimson Eagles' Football Team

This Fall marks the 50th anniversary of Andrew Warde High School's undefeated state championship football team. The Crimson Eagles' gridders completed a perfect 9-0 record under head coach Fern Tetreau in just their fourth season of play. The school opened three years earlier in September of 1956.

We'll pay tribute to that memorable season all year long. In fact, we'll take a trip back in time and turn the calendar back 50 years to recall each game on the exact date it was played a half-century later. I'll have interviews with former Eagles' players and a special feature with coach Tetreau, after whom the Warde field was named three years ago.

I'll have newspaper clippings about each game from the Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post available for download. In addition, special commemorative sweatshirts, t-shirts, and mugs marking the anniversary will be available in my Andrew Warde High School gift shop this month.

"We’d love to do something to recognize this team at a home game," wrote current Warde athletic director Chris Manfredonia. "It would be great to invite any former players still in the area back."

The Warde Eagles capped that remarkable season with a nailbiting victory over Central High School of Bridgeport for their ninth straight win. If you were a student at Warde in 1959 or played on that squad, I'd like to hear from you.

On a separate note, if you have old "film" of your days at Andrew Warde High School, I'd like to post it on this Web site. Vintage Images of Fairfield is working with me to convert old film into streaming video for the Web.

Paul

Please sign the AWHS Guest Book.

Visit the Andrew Warde High School Gift Shop.

Watch the AWHS 1976 vintage "film".