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Date Posted: 10:30:08 08/17/21 Tue
Author: charles arey
Author Host/IP: 97.80.171.195
Subject: Re: University of New Brunswick - Red Bombers
In reply to: 50_Yard_Fan 's message, "University of New Brunswick - Red Bombers" on 21:01:02 08/14/21 Sat

>The Red Bombers came back in 2009 to play in the
>Atlantic Football League

Thanks, it's great to finally get some information about that team. The current incarnation is a club-level team but UNB was an official college team in the 1970s.

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[> [> Re: University of New Brunswick - Red Bombers -- 50_Yard_Fan, 21:35:57 08/20/21 Fri (207.195.109.106)

Great colour photo of UNB Bombers player from the 1960's.
https://theaquinian.net/former-unb-football-player-credited-with-record-53-years-later/
Thomas Pinckard studied law at UNB from 1962 to 1969

Here is a team photo from 1967 that shows the team with a different helmet and Thomas Pinckard does not appear in the photo.http://unbredbombers.ca/archive-1967/

So we can assume the photo of Thomas was taken sometime between 1962 and 1966. 1966 is when he made the punt that he is credited for in the story


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[> [> [> Re: University of New Brunswick - Red Bombers -- 50_Yard_Fan, 21:48:31 08/20/21 Fri (207.195.109.106)

Just found another article the states the picture of Thomas is from 1964.
https://doppleronline.ca/huntsville/tom-pinckard-finally-recognized-for-historic-114-yard-punt-53-years-later/#jp-carousel-75156
There is also a colour team photo from 1966 that show the team with black helmets with red stripes and what looks like a logo on the helmet.
https://doppleronline.ca/huntsville/tom-pinckard-finally-recognized-for-historic-114-yard-punt-53-years-later/#jp-carousel-75155

Here is the full article.
https://doppleronline.ca/huntsville/tom-pinckard-finally-recognized-for-historic-114-yard-punt-53-years-later/


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[> [> [> [> Re: University of New Brunswick - Red Bombers -- 50_Yard_Fan, 22:04:26 08/20/21 Fri (207.195.109.106)

Here is a video of the 1966 game with the longest punt.
The Bombers clearly have a logo on their helmets
https://www.macleans.ca/society/the-longest-punt-in-football-history-has-a-math-problem/l-75156
There is also a colour team photo from 1966 that show the team with black helmets with red stripes and what looks like a logo on the helmet.
The Bombers clearly have a logo on their helmets
https://www.macleans.ca/society/the-longest-punt-in-football-history-has-a-math-problem/