Alan Richard 'Bucky' Kempton, 78, entered into God's eternal care Friday, March 6, 2009 at his home. Bucky was the loving husband of Joyce A. Kempton to whom he was married for 49 years. She passed away on September 18, 2008 at their home. Born on February 13, 1931, in Englewood, N.J., he was the son of the late Frank and Emma (Niero) Kempton. He attended St. Cecilia High School in Englewood, N.J., where he was recruited by Vince Lombardi to play football and was a stand out player. Upon graduation, he joined the Army and served in the Korean war as a paratrooper with the 511th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He was also a varsity football player in the Armed Forces League. After his Army service, Mr. Kempton enrolled at Gettysburg College in 1954. Joining the football team, he moved to the varsity team in 1955 and won three letters and started his last two years. Gettysburg posted a record of 19-4-1 during those three seasons and he was awarded the weekly Philadelphia Maxwell Club Award for his play against Lafayette his senior year. In a dinner in his honor, Bert Bell, NFL Commissioner presented Mr. Kempton with his plaque. He was named to the All-East and All-State teams and was given the honorable mention AP AllAmerica. Twice he was named the ECAC Player of the week. Mr. Kempton also played on the Gettysburg College lacrosse team and lettered two years on defense as a starter. He graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education. Mr. Kempton was inducted into the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor on October 25, 1997. Mr. Kempton became the head football coach at Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, in 1959, leading the Squires to 3 Central Pennsylvania Catholic League Championships in 1959, 1960 and 1962. It is during this time that he met and married his wife Joyce A. McCloskey in December, 1960. In 1964, he returned to New Jersey with his young family to teach physical education and become the head football coach at Cliffside Park High School. He turned around a losing football program into a winning one and in 1969 the Raiders won their league championship. He was also named the News Coach of the Year. In 1977 Cliffside Park won the New Jersey Group Three State Title by defeating Indian Hills 37-6 at Giants Stadium and the Raiders led Bergen County in scoring. Mr. Kempton went on to become the Athletic Director at Cliffside Park and stayed there until his retirement in 1996. He compiled a total record of 102 wins, 67 losses and 8 ties in his nineteen years as a head coach. He was inducted into the 1996 New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame and into the Cliffside Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. In 1999 he retired back to Gettysburg, and spent one year as an assistant football coach at Gettysburg College and then several years as an assistant football coach at New Oxford High School. He is survived by two daughters, Pamela Kempton of Severn, Md., and Laurie Kania of San Diego, Calif.; three grandchildren, Emma, Helen and Kathryn Kania; and one sister, Barbara Uglick of Riverside, Calif. He was preceded in death by his older brother, Frank Kempton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 4 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 10 E. Hanover St., Bonneauville, with Father Caesar A. Belchez officiating. A viewing and time to share memories with the family will be held from 2 to 3:45 p.m. Thursday at the Kenworthy Funeral Home, Inc., 66 E. Hanover St., Bonneauville. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the cemetery in St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church Cemetery, Bonneauville.