Gargiulo Giving It Another Go

Former Dartmouth defensive end Anthony Gargiulo '06 is back in Calgary and back in a Stampeders uniform, testing the leg horribly broken by a controversial block last season. The Calgary Herald has a terrific story about Gargiulo's surprise appearance at practice as he tries to defy the odds and make it back to professional football after the injury forced him to announce his retirement prior to the season. He's now listed on the team's practice squad. There's another story in the Calgary Sun that includes this quote from the player known fondly around Hanover as Knuckles:

"I wasn't pushing it too, too hard, but I was able to make it through all the scout reps. (Yesterday) was about testing it out and seeing where it was at.I think I'm pretty far along. Hopefully, I'll continue to progress."

Find the Stamps' announcement here and a note from Anthony on the Stamps' blog here.

Reggie Williams' story is compelling and the Southbend Tribune is one of the latest to write about the Dartmouth/Cincinnati Bengals alum who is about to be formally inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Noting his health issues, the Tribune writes:

Williams is often asked the question whether playing football was worth it, considering all the current medical problems he is having.

"I spoke for the Class (inductees of 2008) at the (National Football Foundation) Awards Dinner (December, 2007) at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City and said this was all worth it.

"But that was before the last six surgeries," Williams said. "What I feel now is that if it was only football success that was attained, then it was not worth it. But football gave me many things I wouldn't have had; friends from the game, an opportunity to help kids, the chance to go to Dartmouth and helping start Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex."

Do check out the photo of Reggie that accompanies the story. It's long been considered the "classic" Reggie Williams photo from his college days for good reason.

Half of the schools Dartmouth will be playing this fall have now updated their football web pages to include not only updated bios of returning players, but profiles of the incoming freshmen. Those pages are for:
Colgate
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Holy Cross
Yale

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