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Article: New Air Force athletic director has best of both worlds
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- March 2, 2004
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Some people dream of traveling to space. Michael Bloomfield's done
that, but when he was an Air Force Academy cadet 23 years ago, he
dreamed of becoming the academy's athletic director.
The former Air Force football player and NASA astronaut can now
say he's done both.
Bloomfield, 44, was named the ninth athletic director in academy
history Monday, taking over for Col. Randy Spetman, who retired Jan.
2.
Like Spetman, Bloomfield is a product of Air Force's football
team. He was a linebacker and two-year letterwinner on Air Force's
football team, and captain of the squad in 1980.
He graduated from the academy in 1981, and his No. 50 jersey hangs
in the Hall of Excellence, next to where ...