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Marc and Bobby are grateful to the sport of football for all of the experiences this great game has given them, the people they have been able to meet along the way and the lifetime of fond memories that they continue to accumulate.
They want to say a special thanks to their alma mater Ithaca College and to their coaches and teammates in the Bomber brotherhood, most especially their Coach Jim Butterfield, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and a man that was beloved by all.
It will give them great joy to see this generation of Ithaca Bombers and Cortland Red Dragons run out on the green grass of Yankee Stadium on November 12, 2022 and renew this great rivalry once again. Go Bombers!
Marc T. Hudak Ithaca College ‘90
Marc was a two-time All-America selection at center and a team captain on the 1988 National Championship football team at Ithaca College. The Bomber’s were 31-5 during his three years on the varsity football team, losing in the national semifinal game in 1986, before winning it all in 1988. Marc was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. More recently, Marc served on the Ithaca College Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2012 to 2017, the last four years as President. He was also a Founding Member of the Athletics Advisory Board from 2015 to 2020 and served as Committee Chair for the Head Football Coach Search Committee in 2016 that ultimately hired current Head Football Coach Dan Swanstrom. In 2018, he led the effort to renovate the football locker room at Ceracche Center with longtime friend and teammate Bob Garone ‘87. In 2019, he and Bob reunited once again to form 5167 Sports Media, LLC to promote the 2019 Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium, that set an NCAA single game attendance record of 45,161. In 2021, Ithaca College presented Marc with the Edgar “Dusty” Bredbenner Jr. ’50 Distinguished Alumni Award, its highest honor for his commitment and loyalty to Ithaca College. He is currently Chairman of the New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and President of the Football Club at the New York Athletic Club where he also serves on the William V. Campbell Trophy Committee. Marc is a Senior Vice President and Partner at Acrisure, currently the 10th largest insurance broker in the world. He and his two children, Gabriella and Matthew, reside in Glen Cove, NY on the north shore of Long Island Sound, and always look forward to football weekends in Ithaca.
Robert M. Garone Ithaca College ‘87
Bobby was a three-year starter at center and offensive guard for the Ithaca Bombers from1984 to 1986, a span that saw the Bombers go 33-4, finishing as national runner-up with a loss to Augustana in the 1985 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl and as national semifinalists in a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Salisbury in the 1986 NCAA playoffs. As a sophomore, Bob was named ECAC “Rookie of the Year” on a team that finished the season 10-1 and won the 1985 ECAC Bowl against Norwich. Bob earned first-team All-ECAC honors his junior and senior year and also earned Associated Press All-America honors as a senior. Recognized as one of the strongest players in Bomber history, Bob was named to the 1986 National Strength & Conditioning Association All America Team as well. As a senior, Bob was recognized by the Ithaca program as its “Whistle Man” award winner for his intense style of play.
For Bobby and wife Laurie, being a Bomber is all in the family, as all three children; Bobby Jr ’15, Carly ’16, and Nicholas ’20 are Ithaca College graduates. Daughter Carly was a three-time letter winner on the women’s volleyball team, son Bobby Jr. was an all-conference center for the Bombers making the NCAA playoffs in 2013 and 2014, and youngest son Nicholas was a team captain and All-America selection on the 2019 Ithaca College football team that beat Cortland in the 2019 Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium.
Bobby and Laurie are generous supporters of Ithaca College and created the “Garone Family Scholarship” in 2017 which provides tuition assistance to students who are already enrolled at the college but through circumstance find themselves without the resources to stay in school.
In 2018, Bobby teamed up with longtime friend and teammate Marc Hudak to lead an effort to renovate the football locker room at Ceracche Center which is now named the “Garone Family Locker Room”.
In 2019 the duo reunited once again to form 5167 Sports Media, LLC to promote the 2019 Cortaca Jug game at MetLife Stadium that set a new NCAA Division III single game attendance record of 454,161.
Bobby is a native of Patchogue, NY where he was a standout football player and power lifter at Patchogue Medford High School. He is a founding member of the Ithaca College Athletics Advisory Board and is also a board member for the New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Bob is also the Founder, President and CEO of Rosemar Construction, one of the largest street and road contractors in New York State. Bobby and Laurie reside in Suffolk County and enjoy everything that Long Island living has to offer.