Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2010
- Class:
- 1961
Kirk Foulke '62 became the 74th member of the Bison football program to be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2010. Foulke came to Bucknell from Newtown Square, Pa., was a starting tackle for three seasons and captained the 1961 team that finished 6-3. A year earlier, he was a key player on a team that finished 7-2 and won the Lambert Cup as the top team the East under the direction of Hall of Fame head coach Bob Odell. Foulke was an Honorable Mention Little All-America selection in both 1960 and 1961, and as a senior he was named to the Williamson All-America Team as well as Second Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference.
Consistently graded as the team's top lineman by his coaches, Foulke was part of a defensive line that in 1960 allowed only 103 rushing yards and 6.5 points per game. That team produced four shutouts in nine games and allowed an average of only 6.5 points per game. The drive for the Lambert Cup was paved by a dominant five-game winning streak to end the season. In those wins over Lafayette, Lehigh, Colgate, Temple and Delaware, Bucknell outscored the opposition 107-14. On offense he blocked for a Hall-of-Fame quarterback in Paul Terhes, a Hall-of-Fame halfback in Mickey Melberger, and a Hall-of-Fame end in Dick Tyrrell. One of Foulke's linemates, Tom Alexander '62, is also a member of the Hall of Fame.
Foulke was twice named to Bucknell "all-time" teams, and he later played two years of professional football for the Newark (N.J.) Bears of the Continental Professional Football League. On May 26, 2007, he was inducted into the Delaware County, Pennsylvania Athletics Hall of Fame.
