The 10th most read story of 2017 looked into Daniel Brofft’s 17 years of service at Old Orchard.
Editor’s Note: This is a countdown of the top 10 most read stories on www.cherryhillsun.com in 2017. This story was the 10th most read.
For more than 40 years, Daniel Brofft has been a fixture at Old Orcahrd Swim Club. Borfft began swimming at the club in 1975 at the age of 6 and eventually became the club’s pool manager in 2001.
The 2017 season was Brofft’s final one as Old Orchard’s pool manager. Prior to this retirement, the Cherry Hill Sun interviewed Brofft about his time at the swim club.
Brofft talked about everything from the many days he spent at Old Orchard as a kid in the 1970s and 1980s as well as his job as pool manager. Brofft took pride in keeping Old Orchard in top condition.
“People think the pool is Memorial Day to Labor Day,” Brofft said in August. “It’s almost a year-round thing for me. Whether it’d be continuing education over the winter, coming up here in February and March to see if there’s any damage from storms over the winter, pumping the pools out, cleaning the leaves out, working with volunteers to get everything ready, painting the pool.”
Brofft was emotional in talking about his upcoming retirement. However, he plans to continue being a club member for the foreseeable future.
“I’m still going to be here,” he said. “The kids are still going to be able to call me Otter Dan, and the memories I have I’ll carry with me for a lifetime.”
