Post by trimtab on Nov 21, 2008 7:35:05 GMT -7
This headline appeared in the Harvard Crimson campus newspaper forty years ago this week. With less than a minute to play, Harvard scored two touchdowns to tie the game. (no overtime)
(It turns out there were three celebrated players on the field that day. Two made it into the NFL. The most famous of the trio, however, never played in the pros: Tommy Lee Jones (Al Gore's roommate), was a Harvard offensive tackle from San Saba, Texas.
The two big stars were both on Yale's team:
-- Running back Calvin Hill, who would win the NFL rookie-of-the-year award in 1969 with the Dallas Cowboys. Hill was a four-time Pro Bowl selection during his 12-year NFL career. His son Grant Hill favored a different sport and in 1995 won the NBA rookie-of-the-year award.
-- Quarterback Brian Dowling, who had a brief NFL career with the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers, but whose exploits inspired cartoonist classmate Garry Trudeau, whose "B.D." character continues to grace the panels of the Doonesbury cartoon strip.)
(It turns out there were three celebrated players on the field that day. Two made it into the NFL. The most famous of the trio, however, never played in the pros: Tommy Lee Jones (Al Gore's roommate), was a Harvard offensive tackle from San Saba, Texas.
The two big stars were both on Yale's team:
-- Running back Calvin Hill, who would win the NFL rookie-of-the-year award in 1969 with the Dallas Cowboys. Hill was a four-time Pro Bowl selection during his 12-year NFL career. His son Grant Hill favored a different sport and in 1995 won the NBA rookie-of-the-year award.
-- Quarterback Brian Dowling, who had a brief NFL career with the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers, but whose exploits inspired cartoonist classmate Garry Trudeau, whose "B.D." character continues to grace the panels of the Doonesbury cartoon strip.)
