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YONKERS, NEW YORK, RESIDENT ROBERT BYRNES INDUCTED INTO MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Robert Byrnes, a resident of Yonkers, New York, and a 1968 graduate of Manhattan College, was inducted into the College’s Annual Alumni Society Athletic Hall of Fame on March 27.

Mr. Byrnes, who captained Manhattan’s football squad in 1967-68 and once coached the football team, has served as the College’s athletic director for the past 16 years.  During his tenure, Manhattan boasts more than 1,000 of 492 MAAC All-Academic honorees, including 24 Academic All-Americans.  This comes without sacrificing athletic quality since the College has had 43 MAAC Championship Teams and two NCAA champions in the same period.  Known for recruiting talented coaches, Mr. Byrnes has seen a diverse group of Manhattan Jasper teams compete in the NCAA, with the most recent being softball, women’s volleyball and men’s lacrosse. 

“Bob, you have made Manhattan College teams competitive across the boards in the MAAC conference and beyond. You prove that athletic and academic achievements can be combined to produce victory, pride and wonderfully intelligent men and women.  Manhattan College proudly welcomes you into its Athletic Hall of Fame,” according to a citation read at the ceremony.  The 25th annual ceremony was held at the College’s Smith Auditorium.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle.  Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning that offers more than 40 major programs in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. 

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