Brockton High's outstanding football coach, Armond C.
Colombo graduated from Brockton High School in 1949.
He graduated from Stonehill College in 1955 as a Liberal Arts
major. Armond began his coaching and teaching career at
Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree in the fall of
1955. He was head coach for 20 of Brockton's glory
years. His teams won five Catholic Conference titles at
Archbishop Williams along with three Class D Championships.
He came to Brockton in 1969, posting a 3-6 record the first year
and a 9-0 record the following fall. The Boxers went
to nine Super Bowls, winning six. BHS was also Class A
Champion in 1970. Colombo's teams won 15 Suburban League
titles in 20 years. including 10 straight. He has been
selected Boston Globe Division One Coach of the Year four
times. In 29 years, Colombo's teams have posted 220
wins against 48 defeats and four ties. He coached nine
undefeated teams at Brockton after having seven undefeated teams at
Archbishop Williams. He was selected by the national coaches
as Regional Coach of the Year in 1984. During his 20 years at
BHS, Armond coached all five of his sons, with Peter quarterbacking
two undefeated teams and a Super Bowl winner; Chuck winning the
1980 Super Bowl and son Tom winning two Super Bowls. Sons
Donald and Danny played backfield on the first title team.
Colombo's teams won 26 straight before losing to Leominster in
1988, but finished with their sixth Super Bowl title.