Bruce Kimball (2000) - Hall of Fame - University of Massachusetts Athletics

Bruce Kimball

Induction:
2000
Class:
1979

Bruce Kimball earned three letters as a member of the University of Massachusetts football team from 1976-78, and won first-team all-America honors at guard in 1977 and 1978.

Kimball anchored the UMass line that helped the Minutemen rush for over 3,000 yards in 1978 (setting a school single-season record at the time) en route to the NCAA Division I-AA national championship game. Three players on that 1978 team combined to rush for more 3,000 yards during the 13-game season, including 1,000-yard rusher Dennis Dent.

Kimball served as captain in 1978, and earned all-Yankee Conference honors in 1977 and 1978 when the team won back-to-back conference titles.

A member of the 50th Anniversary Yankee Conference team, Kimball also helped UMass to the 1977 NCAA Division II playoffs.

Following the conclusion of his UMass career, Kimball was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 1979 National Football League Draft. He played for two seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts, before moving on to the NFL in 1982. Kimball competed for the New York Giants in 1982 and the Washington Redskins in 1983 and 1984. He was part of the Redskins' 1983 NFC championship team, and played in Super Bowl XVIII.

A native of Rowley, Mass., he received his degree from UMass in Physical Education in 1979. Kimball was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.