CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College football team hosted its annual senior awards banquet on Sunday afternoon. Defensive end Marcus Valdez (Perth Amboy, N.J.) wsas honored with the Scanlan Award; BC football's highest honor given to the senior who best embodies the ideals of Tom Scanlan, class of 1920.
A courageous and inspiring fullback, who played both offense and defense for the Eagle team of 1916, 1917 and 1919, forgoing the 1918 season for military service in World War I, Thomas F. Scanlan was a popular student-athlete and beloved alumnus, who was elected Varsity Club President for five consecutive years (1942-46).