Thanks to the generosity of folks who answered the call, Dartmouth football is now prominently featured on the Any Given Saturday board, the home of FCS (I-AA) discussion. Fans from around the country will be reminded of Dartmouth and it's proud football history every time they visit the well-run site and check out the fact-a-day about Dartmouth football that will be posted each morning.
Dartmouth football lost one of its legends Wednesday with the passing of Donald Hagerman at age 95. The 1935 graduate of the college and class president was honored along with future president Gerald Ford and Don Hutson and others in a Dec. 21, 1959 Sports Illustrated article headlined: Here Are The Men Who Made It.
The subhead of the article: These are the men the judges chose: 25 football players of 25 years ago who have made much of their lives and today serve their fellow citizens in law, medicine, the military, politics, advertising, banking, movie making, and in many other ways.
Thanks to Sports Illustrated opening its vault, you can access the article and it's writeup about Mr. Hagerman here.
Also a varsity track athlete, Mr. Hagerman went on to a long and distinguished career in education. The Holderness School has a remembrance here.
The latest entry from former Harvard wide receiver Corey Mazza's blog, An American Footballer In Parma, is fresh up. This time Mazza focuses on his teammates, including one of whom he writes:
The guy is 44 years old, has played for 25 years and doesn't speak a lick of English. I'm not sure he even has a position. When he goes in on defense, Coach Papoccia doesn't mind if he misses his assignment because Robbie's such an animal on the field. Even better, outside of football he is a quiet, successful accountant with a wife and 2 kids. The people he works with probably have no idea what a badass he really is.
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