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Ted's avatar

Rice is another school you might put on your list.

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Ted's avatar

I remember Thomas Haskell, now sadly departed, arguing along the same lines as you back when I was an undergrad.

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Charles Petersen's avatar

Oh wow, I'm a huge fan. Was this in print or in person?

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Ted's avatar

In person. I had him in a few classes

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Joel's avatar

My dad was guard on the Harvard football team (class of ‘41) and backed up consensus 1st team All-American Chubb Peabody. He was particularly proud of the fact that they beat Yale senior year. I was more impressed that they played the powerful Michigan team with Heisman winning halfback Tommy Harmon. I loved the article. People don’t realize the role that true scholar/athletes played in the early years of collegiate football.

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