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COLOMBO ON THE VERGE OF COACHING GREATNESS
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BROCKTON - It was the longest six weeks in his coaching career.
Even though it was 32 years ago, Armond Colombo remembers it well.
He had just taken over a dismal Brockton High School football
program. His team had lost its first six games of the season.
Jack Sarson, the athletic director during the late 1960s, took
Colombo into his office and did his best to solace his new coach.
"He sat me down and talked about the team," said Colombo. "The
program was winless the season before and Jack was saying that this
team might possibly go through the season without a victory, too."
There wasn't much ...
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