Athletics
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Coach Charlie Butt (center) with Howard "Rollie" Ives '70 (left) and Tom Huleatt '71 on the soccer field, 1968
Charlie Butt (1925-2018) joined the athletic staff at Bowdoin in 1961 as varsity swimming and soccer coach, and his presence had an immediate impact. His 1962 soccer squad won a share of the first Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association soccer title, and his 1965, 1966, and 1968 teams won the title outright. Charlie coached men's swimming at Bowdoin for thirty-nine years, women's swimming for the first twenty-four years of the program, and served as coach of men's soccer for twenty-three years.