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5 unusual facts about Harold Alfond


Colby Mules

The Harold Alfond Athletic Center is the center of athletic life at Colby, and home to the Colby White Mules.

Harold Alfond Stadium new in 2008, contains an illuminated 400-meter, 8-lane track, with area for the long and triple jump, new discus and hammer cage and separate areas for shot put and javelin competition.

Harold Alfond

He has donated money to various colleges to help improve their sports facilities; for example, the Alfond Arena and Alfond Stadium at the University of Maine, the Harold and Ted Alfond Sports Center at Rollins College, The Alfond Forum at the University of New England and the Alfond Center at Saint Joseph's College of Maine.

In the 1980s Alfond helped sponsor Kevin Mahaney in the latter's effort to compete in the Olympics.

Outlet store

The invention of the factory outlet store is often credited to Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company.



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