{"id":610,"date":"2021-06-07T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/inductee\/barry-g-royden\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T18:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:45:12","slug":"barry-g-royden","status":"publish","type":"inductee","link":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/inductee\/barry-g-royden\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry G. Royden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Honor, courage, and commitment detailed the life and times of 1996 Branford Sports Hall of Fame inductee Barry G. Royden as a three sport scholar athlete in high school and college, as a serviceman in the United States Air Force, and as a teacher of intelligence at a Department of Defense Institution.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Born on April 4, 1938, Barry attended Branford High School, graduating in 1956.\u00a0 At Branford, he participated in basketball and baseball for four years and football for one.\u00a0 In his only year in football, Barry caught seven touchdown passes as a receiver in his senior year and made Honorable Mention All State as a teammate of 1994 inductee Americo \u201cSkip\u201d Sciarra and played for 1992 Branford Sports Hall of Fame inductee Dominic Cote.\u00a0 That year, Branford earned a 7-2 record, starting off the season with seven consecutive wins over St. Mary\u2019s (30-0), Derby (19-13), Lyman Hall (34-6), North Haven (6-0), New Cannan (7-6), Seymour (30-0) and Southington (27-21).\u00a0 The win over Southington ended a 3 year unbeaten streak.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the Hornets lost their last two games by identical 13-0 scores to Shelton and East Haven.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In basketball, Barry was coached by 1989 inductee Stan Petela.\u00a0 In his junior year, Barry and the Hornets earned an opportunity to play in the Class B Tournament, following a regular season record of 11-8.\u00a0 In the tournament, Branford fell to Darien in the first round.\u00a0 In his senior year, he was the co-captain of the basketball team which finished with an 8-9 record.\u00a0 Despite missing several games with pneumonia Barry scored as many as 23 points in a game for the Hornets.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a baseball player, tonight\u2019s inductee was viewed as a classic, hard-throwing right handed pitcher for the Hornets.\u00a0 Barry captured a record of 11-4 in his senior season before losing in the semi-finals of the state tournament.\u00a0 The Hornets finished with a respectable second place finish in the Housatonic League race with a 12-4 record.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After graduating from Branford, Barry attended Trinity College in Hartford, where he earned three letters in basketball, one letter each in baseball and football.\u00a0 During his season, he was captain and Most Valuable Player of the Basketball team, which finished with a 14-4 record.\u00a0 That year, he was listed as a 6\u20190\u2019\u2019 guard who moved into the playmaker slot for the Bantams.\u00a0 He made 120 field goals, 32 free throws for a total of 272 points, a 15.1 per game average.\u00a0 Following the season, he was named to the New England All-Star Team.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Following college, Barry served three years in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1964.\u00a0 While there, he was selected to the Tactical Air Command All Star basketball team and played in the All-Air Force tournament.\u00a0 He has served 33 years with the Central Intelligence Agency with overseas posting in Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Chile, El Salvador, West Berlin, Argentina and Thailand.\u00a0 Barry is currently assigned to the Joint Military College, a Department of defense institution where he is teaching intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Married to his wife, Brenda, Barry is the father to six children: Amy, Lisa, Sarah, Michelle, Suzanne and Jonathan.\u00a0 \u201cThe opportunity to be inducted into the Branford Sports Hall of Fame with so many Branford athletes that were heroes of mine-Joe Paul, Joe Chandler, Bill Hinchey and others that I knew personally and have respected, is a real proud feat,\u201d said Royden. <\/span><\/p>\n

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