Former Lynn Classical football star Richard “Buddy” Ford com­pleted his freshman season as a linebacker and special teams player for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy football team. Buddy is pictured (photo right) after a game with family and friends, from left, Eric Sheehan, his grandfather, Jim Matthews, his father, Lynn City Councilor Rick Ford, his mother, Tina Ford, his uncle, Jim Ford, his cousin, Emily Ford, and his grandmother, Jean Matthews. In the photo above, Buddy Ford is pictured as he marches in the Veterans Day Parade in New York City.