Founders of Early Ultimate Teams
NAME
1960s
TEAM STARTED
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Buzzy Hellring*
Joel Silver*		 Columbia High School (CHS)
[Maplewood, NJ]
1969
 Buzzy - deceased
?

* Columbia High School (CHS) grad
NAME
1970s High Schools
TEAM STARTED
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
? Millburn High School
[???]		 1970
(ended ?)		 ?
Al Jolley* Staples High School
 [Westport, CT]		 1971 alan_jolley(at)westport.k12.ct.us
Jim Clark
Todd Basche		 Nutley High School 1971
(ended '73)		 tdiguy(at)everestkc.net
toddbasche(at)wordlock.com
Tom Mattek East Brunswick High School
[???]		 1972
(ended ?)		 deceased
Jerry Brown ? West Orange High School
[West Orange, NJ]		 1972
 ?
Sue Cochrane ? West Essex Regional High School
[???]		 1972
(ended ?)		 ?
Jim Pistrang Northern Valley Regional High School
[Demarest NJ]		 1973
(ended '75)		 jim(at)jpcr.com
? Mountain High School
[???, NJ]		 1972
(ended ?)		 ?
? Passaic Valley High School
[???]		 1972
(ended ?)		 ?
Stu Case Teaneck High School
[???]		 1973
(ended ?)		 Smc55eng(at)aol.com
Dave Bixel, Mike St. Clair,
Angela Dellaventura		 St. Joseph's HS
 [Metuchen NJ]		 1973
(ended ?)		 ?
Keith Armstrong
Tom Rooney		 Canisius High School
 [Buffalo, NY]		 1976
(ended '80)		 kjam1(at)mindspring.com
deceased
Chris Carilli, Jeff Cane,
Dave Altana		 Ramapo High School
[Franklin Lakes, NJ]		 1976
(ended ?)		 ccarilli(at)aoc.nrao.edu
Pablo Zangerle City Honors High School
 [Buffalo, NY]		 1977
(ended ?)		 finzange(at)gmail.com
Rob Seidenberg Nichols High School
 [Buffalo, NY]		 1977
(ended ?)		 robseidenberg(at)yahoo.com


* Columbia High School (CHS) grad
** Staples High School grad
NAME
1970s Colleges & Clubs
TEAM / ORG STARTED
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Jonny Hines*
Buzzy Hellring*		 Princeton
1971
 JHines(at)deweyleboeuf.com
deceased
Ed Summers*
Jim Pistrang
Mike Miller		 Tufts University
-- History link --
1972
 edsummers(at)ieee.org
jim(at)jpcr.com
millwaters(at)alltel.net
Joe Barbanel*
Wayne Gotsch*		 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI)
1972
 jolidori(at)comcast.net
whgotsch(at)yahoo.com
Irv Kalb*
Dan Roddick
Geoff West*		 Rutgers
1972
 Irv(at)furrypants.com
cyberstork(at)earthlink.net
gwest12(at)earthlink.net
Dave Dinerman*
Andy McGruer		 Hampshire College
[Amherst, MA]
1972
 daviddoubled(at)earthlink.net
?
Steve Frieman*
Walter Belding		 Clark
1972
 ?
dingbel(at)yahoo.com
Larry Schindel* University of North Carolina - CH 1972 larry6150(at)msn.com
John Hadley* IM team at Stanford
(IM disbanded in '75)		 1972 johnwesthadley(at)worldnet.att.net
Jim Diehl
Jim Powers		 University of New Hampshire
(UNH)
1972
 ?
powersjr2(at)verizon.net
Jon Cohn* Cornell 1973 JC(at)cohnclan.com
Dave Leiwant*
Jim Lovell		 Yale 1973 davidleiwant(at)comcast.net
?
David Meyer*
'Buddha' 		Columbia University 1973 deceased
Tom Owens ? Holy Cross 1973 ?
Dave 'Tex' Harper University of Kentucky 1973 ?
John Kirkland MIT 1973/74 frizwhiz(at)adelphia.net
Larry Schindel* Rochester Institute of Technology 1973 larry6150(at)msn.com
Rick Labasky Webb Inst. of Naval Architecture 1974 ?
Tom Kennedy
'TK'		 Santa Barbara Condors
History link -- Interview with TK
1974
 tpk01(at)earthlink.net
Ron Kaufman** Brown 1974 Ron(at)RonKaufman.com
Dan Buckley**
Ed Davis**		 University of Connecticut (UConn)
Uconn Alumni		 1974 BuckDanley(at)cinci.rr.com
EADavis(at)aol.com
Kevin 'Igor' Harper
Bill 'BJ' Johnson		 Glassboro Ultimate 1974 gruberharper(at)comcast.net
wmjo1954(at)comcast.net
Jim Powers Penn State (PSU) 1974 powersjr2(at)verizon.net
Jeff Durra
'Yogi'		 Boston University 1974 jdurra(at)mulfil.com
Bruce Johnson
'Frisbee' 		Kalamazoo College
[Michigan]		 1974 BJohnson(at)gazellesports.com
Marc Hirsch* Lehigh 1975 ?
Eric Simon* Michigan State University
1975
 sholom(at)aishdas.org
Bob Lacy** Wesleyan University 1975 rlacy(at)ix.netcom.com
Andrea Cummis* Carnegie Mellon 1975 acummis(at)oxygen.com
Tom Westervelt
Harvey Edwards		 Bucknell University
Mudsharks		 1975 ?
habo1(at)verizon.net
David Soens Earlham College
[Richmond, Indiana]		 1975 ?
Sandy Stillman* SUNY Binghamton 1975 Stillflyer(at)aol.com
Mike Jackman University of Buffalo 1975 ?
Mike Broughton
'Snuffy'		 Cleveland Frisbee Club 1976 mandminsb(at)yahoo.com
??? University of Warwick
[England]
1976
 .
Dan Buckley**
Ron Kaufman**		 Westport [Connecticut] Ultimate
Frisbee Team (WUFT)		 1976 dgbuckley(at)aol.com
Ron(at)RonKaufman.com
Greg Mead** University of Pennsylvania 1976 gmead(at)gru.net
Steve Anderson
Reach Helmka		 San Jose State (SJSU)
Cling'ons		 1976 ?
imreach(at)yahoo.com
Larry Schindel* Washington Area Frisbee Club 1976 larry6150(at)msn.com
Tom Rooney Middlebury College 1976 deceased
Doug Powers Oberlin College 1976 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Sara Schechner*
Ed Summers*		 Harvard 1976 schechn(at)fas.harvard.edu
edsummers(at)comcast.net
Mark Claycomb* University California Davis 1976 markclaycomb(at)aol.com
Richard Hicks University of Warwick Frisbee Club
The Warwick Bears - History Link		 1976 ?
Phil Jones Cambridge University Club
- History link -		 1976 ?
Byrne Kelly Williams College
-- History link --		 1977 byrnehk(at)starpower.net
Mitch Arion Dartmouth 1977 emarion(at)bluecrab.org
Andy Klein,
et al		 Univ. Wisconsin/Madison 1977 kleina(at)engr.orst.edu
Jim Powers Philadelphia Frisbee Club 1977 powersjr(at)comcast.net
Houston Miller University of Virginia 1977 houston(at)gwu.edu
Doug Powers Defiance College 1977 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Kevin 'Igor' Harper Knights of Nee 1977 gruberharper(at)comcast.net
Ken Scott Mars Ultimate 1977 kscott(at)epdelectronics.com
Tom MacNiven
Pat Baker		 SMU Mustang Frisbee 1977 ?
?
Greg Adams*
John Lawler*		 Essex County Blue Meanies 1978 gadams(at)aep.com
JohnLaw555(at)aol.com
Finlay Waugh Stanford 1978 wf(at)earthlink.net
Dave Claycomb* Humboldt State University 1978 davec(at)helixepi.com
Doug Powers Miami University 1978 doug.powers(at)powerslawoffices.com
Leonard Johnson Ferris State College 1978 ?
Torry Hack
Brian Toal		 Dukes of Disc
[CT]		 1978 wthack(at)aol.com
brian.toal(at)po.state.ct.us
Roger Giles Univ. of Missouri 1978 GilesR(at)missouri.edu
Tim 'Chico' Mackey Winona State University 1978 mackeytim(at)yahoo.com
Tom Krajna Vassar College 1978 ?
Diane Tartaglia Ultimate Kaos (women)
[New Jersey]		 1978 dtartaglia1(at)comcast.net
Steve Hagan
Richie Marsh		 North Dallas Ultimate 1978 ?
Lisa Dally Wilson Cornell women 1979 dallywilson(at)verizon.net
Jefferson Allen
Ben Goldfarb		 Evergreen State College
[Olympia, WA]		 1979 grubbymuffin(at)msn.com
bengoldfarb(at)gmail.com
Kurt Dahlenburg North Miami Ultimate
(became Miami Refugees in '84)		 1979 KurtDDmiami(at)aol.com
Ross Snyder Atlanta Frisbee Club 1979 rossnchris93(at)aol.com
Dee Rambeau
Pat Bieker, et al		 Texas Sky Pilots 1979 drambeau(at)thefuelteam.com
?
? Bucknell women 1979 ?
* Columbia High School (CHS) grad
** Staples High School grad
NAME
Early 1980s Colleges & Clubs
TEAM / ORG STARTED
YEAR
STARTED
EMAIL
Kelly (Green) Austin Michigan State Univ. Women 1980 fishead4(at)tcsn.net
Betsy Storey-Bono Glassboro State Women 1980 bstorey_bono(at)epix.net
Vanessa Chambers
Lynn (Babcock) Walters		 St. Louis Women's Ultimate 1980 vchambers2(at)comcast.net
lynn30k(at)hotmail.com
Bob Hammann
Tom Heimann
Randy Ricks
Randy 'Rudi' Drake		 St. Louis Tunas 1980 ?
tom.heimann(at)sbcglobal.net
rcricks(at)comcast.net
randyd5842(at)msn.com
Louie (Mahoney) Cohn Boston Ladies Ultimate (BLU) 1981 louie4444(at)hotmail.com
Jeff Ross, Jim Hanks
Pat Gustin		 Harrisburg Area Community College
The Flying Eyeballs of Harrisburg PA		 1981 jffross(at)gmail.com
Fred Perivier Atlanta Chain Lightening 1982 ?

Emails from Team Founders

Earliest Known Ultimate Frisbee Videos

List of Columbia High School graduates by year

List of Staples High School graduates by year



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