Robert Bogan ’87 was an outstanding wide receiver and kick returner during the early years of the Westfield State football program in the 1980s.
 
Bogan held 21 school records at the time of his graduation in 1987. A big-time playmaker with excellent speed, size and hands, he still holds school records for most yards per reception in a game (37.6; 5 catches/188 yards), season (25.0), and career (23.0), and kickoff return average in a season (34.8) and career (27.0). His name is also in the school records for kickoffs returned for touchdowns in a season (2) and longest kickoff return (96 yards). He currently ranks 14^th on the Owls’ career scoring chart with 88 points, which includes a school record three touchdown receptions in a single game.
 
Bogan was a four-year starter with career totals of 60 catches for 1,382 yards in the Owls’ run-oriented offense. The sure handed standout also was the place holder for field goals and extra point attempts. Bogan was a two-time all-conference selection and a three-time Westfield State offensive MVP. His talents were noticed by professional scouts as he was invited to tryouts by the New York Giants, New England Patriots and Toronto Argonauts.
 
Always a student of the game, Bogan stayed in football for a number of years following his stellar collegiate career. He was an assistant coach at Westfield State in 1987; an assistant at Coyle Cassidy High School in Taunton, Mass., (1988-90); the head coach at Durfee High School (1990-95) in his hometown of Fall River; and an assistant coach at UMass Dartmouth (1996-2000).
 
A Westfield State team captain and business management major, Bogan continues to possess leadership skills as president of the Borden & Remington Corporation and property manager of the Iron Works Complex, a 30 acres industrial park; both are located in Fall River. He has been an executive board member of the Fall River Boys & Girls Club for the past 16 years, and served as a corporate board member of the USS Massachusetts from 1998-2010. An alumnus of Bridgton (Maine) Academy, Bogan has been a Bridgton trustee since 2007 and the board’s chairman for the past two years. He was a Bristol Community College trustee from 2000-05.
 
Bogan has been a certified RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) instructor since 2006 and is a fourth degree black belt. He conducts RAD women’s self defense community service programs at high schools, hospitals and Boys & Girls Clubs in southeastern Massachusetts.
 
Bogan and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Fall River with their children Bridget (15), Christy (12) and Danny (6).