Thomas J. Dawicki was a 3 sport standout athlete for ORR from 2000 thru 2003. In his senior year, ORR chose him as the school’s student nominee for competition for the recipient of the Otto Graham Achievement Award as the Outstanding Senior Student / Athlete from the South Coast Area High Schools.
Tom was a 2 way starter in football for three seasons. Noted as an exceptional running QB as well as good passing quarterback, Coach Craig Sherman when asked about Toms running ability highly noted about a devised a series of plays strictly for Tom to call at the line of scrimmage as he saw fit involving a quarterback draw. “Lumski” was to the left and “Rumpski” to the right sent Tom off thru the defensive line of the opponent. 2002 Co-Captain quarterback Tom, along with lineman, Brian Tonelli, were chosen 2002 Co-Players of the Year by the Standard Times. In the spring of 2003 Tom was chosen to play as well as be the Defensive Captain for the South Team in the prestigious Annual Shriner’s Football Game comprised of chosen football standouts from all around the Massachusetts communities.
Tom was a 3 year starter for ORR basketball as well as the 2002 and 2003 team captain. In the spring Tom ran track and was part of the SSC 4X100 winning relay team.
In 2003 Tom attended and played football at Bowdoin College. In 2005 Tom transferred and graduated from East Carolina University with a BS in Exercise Sports Science.
Today, Tom and his wife and daughter live in Trumbull Connecticut where they are expecting their 2nd in July 2018. Standard Times Sports columnist, Buddy Thomas, chose Tom as #19 on the list of the 20 greatest Athletes to attend ORR in the last 50 years.
THE COMPLETE STORY
ARCHIVAL MEDIA
Historical photographs, action images, team photographs and later-life images will be assembled here as verified source material becomes available.
INDUCTION CEREMONY
Timestamp from the Vimeo description for the 2018 ORRAHOF Induction Banquet.
SOURCES & HISTORICAL NOTES
October 16, 2026: plaque biography reconciled directly against the existing photograph of the physical 2018 plaque. Transcription differences were corrected to match the printed inscription. Printed errors and induction-era claims remain part of the plaque record; this is not independent verification of every historical claim. No photographs were added or changed.
Restored the printed Toms spelling without an apostrophe.
Plaque biography transcribed from official 2018 manufacturer artwork. Awkward grammar in the plaque’s description of ORR’s quarterback-draw plays was not repeated in the expanded profile; the official wording remains preserved. The approved Class of 2003 yearbook portrait was standardized to the Jefferson presentation standard, with the original historical source preserved.
October 2, 2026: physical plaque photograph IMG_1900.HEIC from the inductee's Drive folder visually matched by name and 2018 induction label and attached as the plaque reference. Original retained in Drive. Format conversion only; no crop, retouch or generated detail. Approved primary portrait and earlier biography wording retained. Word-for-word physical-plaque reconciliation remains pending.
The Hall of Fame archive also preserves the complete 2018 display (IMG_1901.HEIC), pairing the historical photograph and induction plaque. That original display is included in the profile gallery.
October 14, 2026: text-only editorial review against the existing Hall biography and source notes. Existing history covers the available Hall achievements; retained rather than padded. This review does not certify an exact physical-plaque match or current record status.
