Paul Goulet
Graduating class: 1958
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2022
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
Paul Goulet is the seventh member of the famed 1956 Football Team to be inducted into the FHS Hall of Fame. Coached by the legendary Mel Entin, this group that was labeled the “12 Iron Men” racked up three consecutive winning seasons in the mid 1950’s by playing tough, hard-nosed football in the old Bristol County League with the likes of Durfee, New Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro, New Bedford Voke and Wareham, and Coach Entin led his team of “12 Iron Men” to many hard-fought victories, including three consecutive wins against archrival New Bedford High School.
Paul played right tackle on those accomplished squads, and was touted to be the muscle man of this line that was tasked with protecting fellow Hall of Famers quarterback Pete Mendell and running backs Kenny Lanoue and Abbie Teixeira. Paul Goulet also joins three other Hall of Famers from those football teams: Jerry Razon, Danny Santos and Barry Behn.
Paul earned individual recognition and was able to demonstrate his individual brute strength during the winter and spring track seasons where he was a championship shot putter winning both Bristol County and state wide honors. In his junior season in 1957 he placed 3rd in the state wide meet, and then to cap off his senior season in February 1958, Goulet was also the only representative of his school to compete at the 41st Annual Indoor State Meet at Boston Garden where he won the Class D 12-pound event with a toss of 49’- 6 ¾”.
After graduating from Fairhaven High School in 1958 Paul spent three years in the United States Army and then returned home to raise a family. Paul has two children, Paul, Jr. and Rebecca who Paul raised after his wife Ruth passed away early on in their marriage. Unfortunately Paul passed away November 20, 2021, but with the knowledge that he had been voted into the FHS Hall of Fame and would be reunited with the other 11 "iron men".