Emmanuel A. Flumere, who has since passed away, was elected to the Hall of Fame for his achievements as an athlete and coach.
Flumere was an outstanding multiple sport athlete at Northeastern, and was captain of the Huskies first intercollegiate football team, the freshman squad of 1932. He was the first alumnus to become head football coach of football in 1942. Following a multiple sport undergraduate career (football, basketball, baseball), Flumere became freshman coach of football, basketball and baseball at Northeastern in 1941. He would take over as head coach a year later. "Foxy", as he was fondly referred to by teammates, friends and classmates, was credited with preparing many of Northeastern's athletes in the early 1940's for college competition and the inevitable delay for the war, as athletics were suspended from 1943-45.
Flumere, after Northeastern, was a pioneer of sorts at Brandeis University, where in addition to being the Associate Athletic Director, he was the head coach of football, baseball and basketball. He later directed the Brandeis Physical Education and Intramural Departments and also coached the golf team. His athletic bailiwick is considerable and impressive. In 1963, Flumere received the Walter Brown Sportsmanship Award for significant contribution to New England College basketball; he accepted the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Friends of Brandeis Athletics in 1974, the George C. Carens Award for Outstanding Contribution to Football in 1981, and the Contribution to Amateur Football Award from the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
