Dick Kazmaier

By his junior year, his first of two All-American seasons, Kazmaier was a key part of an undefeated team that was ranked number one in the nation by the Boand and Poling polls and racked up a Princeton record that still stands at 38.8 points per game. In his senior season, the Tigers went undefeated again, a back-to-back accomplishment that Princeton has yet to repeat. Kazmaier was drafted by the NFL's Chicago Bears, but opted out of professional football for a degree from Harvard Business School, which was followed by a stint in the Navy. "We had won 22 straight games, I had played with the best men I have known and we were at the top of the world," Kazmaier said of his decision to end his football career. He eventually started his own company, Kazmaier Associates, Inc., which he still presides over today. His intensity and perfectionism have served him well in the business world, but Stevens also remembers his self-effacing attitude when dealing with the popularity and awe of his fellow classmates. RICHARD W. KAZMAIER is president of Kazmaier Associates, Inc. of Concord, MA, a family investment company. Operations are located in the Boston, MA and Orange County, CA areas. He established the firm in 1975 after having served for 15 years as president or general manager of several different businesses. Kazmaier graduated with an AB degree cum laude from Princeton University in 1952 and received his MBA from Harvard University in 1954. He is the 1951 Heisman Trophy winner and was voted the Male Athlete of the Year that same year as an All-American football player. He served three years active duty as an aviation ground officer with the U.S. Navy. Kazmaier serves as a director of SGMA International, a US sporting goods trade association. He is a director of Hawaii based Wailuku Water Company LLC. He also served as a trustee of Princeton University and on the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. He was chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports having been appointed by President Reagan. Additionally Kazmaier has served as President of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame and President of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. Dick and his wife Patti reside in Key Largo, Florida. They are parents of six daughters and have eleven grandchildren.