A 'Unique Experience' At Dartmouth

Missed this the first time around but thanks to an emailer for pointing out that a former Dartmouth football recruit was written up in the Daily Dartmouth as one of four seniors who "have had particularly unique experiences at Dartmouth."

From the Daily D story:

Andrew Seidman ’09 began playing poker in high school to bring his friends together, but his interest in the game soon grew to become a passion. With three years of professional poker under his belt, Seidman is also the inventor of the Baluga poker theory, has written an eBook on poker whose two volumes sell for a total of $949, and has made $312,000 by playing online games and giving lessons in the past year.

A particularly unique experience. ... Um, ya think?

Seidman was a 6-foot-2, 195-pound running back who had six carries for 20 yards and caught one pass with the jayvees as a freshman. Check out the home page for Seidman's balugapoker.com, his blog and forum.

Seidman's story calls to mind another former Dartmouth student with a football background named Chip Reese, who was profiled in the New York Times after he died in 2007.

The Charlotte Observer has a story about Russell Wilson, the two-sport star son of two-sport Dartmouth alum Harry Wilson. Russell is a quarterback/infielder for North Carolina State.