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Blouin, Bob (1984)

Writer: Maine Baseball HOF
Maine Baseball HOF
Aug 12, 2019
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Robert Blouin, center, scans the diamond.

According to friends, Robert Blouin guarded his age much like Jack Benny. What the late Blouin couldn't hide were his considerable athletic achievements i and out of baseball.

ft would require a truck to transport all his accomplishments. Fo Instance, he was the founder of Maine Babe Ruth Baseball, coaching many of his Sanford teams to first or runner-up spots mo New England Babe Ruth tournaments. He also championed restore Sanford’s Goodall Field into one of New England’s finest diamonds, where many state, regional and even New England Babe Ruth tournaments were held. And he was instrumental m equipping the park with its first set of lights.

He also maintained an interest in American Legion baseball for Sanford’s Cole Post. The long list also included Blouin coaching the Sanford High baseball team and he also served as athletic director at his alma mater. Blouin had been a baseball and football standout at Sanford High, captaining the gridiron team my 1943.

The Springvale native wielded a strong bat in high school competition. He was also strong academically, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from UMO and becoming a stellar teacher at Sanford In 1984 the athletic complex at the northern boundary of Sanford’s Gowen Park was named the Robert J. Blouin Field. a deserved honor for his more than four decades of coaching, teaching and public service to Santora.

Additionally, the Santord created the Robert J. Blouin Scholarship Fund in 1983 in recognition of his service to youth and the community. one of Sanford’s top citizens and it will be a long time before anyone nears the contributions he bestowed upon the city he loved.



 
 
 

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Meet the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
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Portland Press Herald 4/10/2026
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/04/10/meet-the-2026-maine-baseball-hall-of-fame-inductees/?copylink=true

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Former St. Dominic and current Gray-New Gloucester coach Bob Blackman and Cony coach Don Plourde are among the 11 members of the newest class. Four coaches currently preparing for the upcoming high school baseball season are among the 11 inductees in the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame class.

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Gray-New Gloucester’s Bob Blackman, Brewer’s Dana Corey, Hampden Academy’s Jon Perry and Cony’s Don Plourde are all part of the class that will be inducted on Oct. 4 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Blackman coached St. Dominic High School to nine state championships in 22 seasons before the school closed at the end of the last school year. He was named the coach at Gray-New Gloucester in September. Corey hit .359 at the University of Maine in 1971. He played two seasons in the Chicago Cubs system and has been the head coach at Brewer for 18 seasons.

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Perry hit .381 at the University of Maine in 1981 and helped the Black Bears reach the College World Series. He has coached for the past 45 seasons at the high school, American Legion and collegiate levels. 

Plourde is in his 17th season as the coach at Cony High School and has been named the KVAC Coach of the Year five times. He has been coaching at various levels for more than 30 years. 

Others earning induction are: 

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• Al Cloutier, who has been involved in baseball in Augusta as a player, Cony High and American Legion coach, Babe Ruth League director and volunteer. 

• John Kolasinski, who was a college coach at for 37 years, first at Husson and later at Siena Heights University in Michigan. He is a five-time New England Coach of the Year winner.

• Mark Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who is now in his 36th season working on the medical staff of the New York Yankees organization. 

• Scott Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who will be inducted posthumously. Littlefield coached at Florida State University and the University of Southern Maine before working for 34 years as a Major League Baseball scout, including 16 as a player personnel special assistant for the Texas Rangers.

• J. Ronald Livington, who will be inducted posthumously. Livingston was an All-Star infielder for the semi-pro Presque Isle Indians in the Northern Aroostook League in the 1930 and 1940s. He also coached and was a director in the South Portland National Little League.

• Mike McCullum, of Portland, who hit .338 at the University of Southern Maine and earned ABCA Division III All-American honors in 1999. 

• Jim Taylor of Lewiston, who was a founding member of the Central Maine Board of Approved Baseball Umpires and was instrumental in starting the Maine chapter of the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Association.

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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame day  Delta Dental Park aka Hadlock Field 7/19/2026
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