Framingham Parks Icon Will Have Field Named After Him

Framingham MA

18 May, 2021

11:17 AM

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FRAMINGHAM, MA — An upgraded athletic field at Walsh Middle School will carry the name of a longtime Framingham park commissioner and Salute to Framingham awardee. The renovated lower athletic field at Walsh will bear Barry Bograd's name following a dedication scheduled for June. The renaming of the field is nearly two years in the making. Bograd died in 2018 after a battle with cancer. In August 2019, local residents and officials began an effort to name the renovated Walsh field after him. He had a hand in many notable parks efforts — everything from the redevelopment of the Bowditch complex to coaching local youth football. The naming ceremony will take place at Walsh on June 5 beginning at noon.