Maine Senate and House recognizes local athlete
Members of the Senate and House of Representatives join in recognizing Robert S. "Bob" McPhee, of Dixfield, on the special occasion of his induction into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mr. McPhee was born in Rumford, grew up in West Peru and graduated from Rumford High School, now Mountain Valley High School, in 1977. He was an excellent athlete in high school, earning varsity letters in football, wrestling and baseball, and was honored in Who's Who Among American High School Students for 1976-1977. He suffered a brain stem contusion while playing football in 1976 and was in a coma for 17 days. After over three years of rehabilitation at various rehabilitation centers in Maine and Massachusetts, Mr. McPhee went on to attend Husson College in Bangor and graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. Since 1984, he has been a respected journalist. He worked as a columnist for the Maine Sunday Telegram from 1984 to 1987 and has worked as a sports correspondent for the Rumford Falls Times from 1997 to the present and as a staff writer in the sports department of the Lewiston Sun Journal from 1987 to the present.
During his illustrious journalistic career, Mr. McPhee has been honored with numerous well-deserved awards, including being named the 1996 State Editor-of-the-Year by Wrestling U.S.A. Magazine and the 1997 Media Award for Writer of the Year by the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association and receiving the 1998 Media Award from the Maine Field Hockey Association. In addition to his awards, Mr. McPhee was inducted into the Maine Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame for his writing and wrestling career and into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame for Special Merit.
We extend our congratulations to Robert S. McPhee on his being inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame, and we send him our best wishes.
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