When a former Dartmouth coach or player is in the news it's easy to dig out an old media guide and shoot a picture of his bio to post. Time will tell if 25 years from now someone will be able to access a web page and reproduce the bio for entrepreneur Dominick Pierre, Wall Street titan Michael Runger or NFL general manager Bronson Green. Given how technology changes, the web as we know it may well have gone the way of the eight track or the CD in a quarter of a century.
Now, despite the fact that I refuse to own a cellphone, I'm not a Luddite. While I rue the end of the printed guide, I'm a huge fan of online team sites as an additional source of information, and in some ways a better source. The ability to update an online bio is huge. Printed guides aren't updated after a player's senior season, but that can be done online.
That being the case, check out last year's Dartmouth roster for updates on Pierre, Runger, Green and others.
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Speaking of updates, add to the list of recent football grads continuing their education the name of former Dartmouth single-game rushing leader Greg Patton '13, who will be in law school at George Washington in the fall.
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The local daily has an inspiring story about the courageous fight the 24-year-old son of late fullback Vic Chaltain '69 has fought against brain cancer. Grady Chaltain underwent surgery, radiation treatment and six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with medullobalastoma about three years ago. The former two-sport Hanover High School standout has since graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in kinesiology and started work as a personal trainer.Vic Chaltain, who averaged 4.1 yards on 30 carries as a Dartmouth fullback in 1966, was a familiar figure in Hanover and a tireless volunteer for the town's rec programs before passing away in 2006. Two years later the high school dedicated the Vic Chaltain Memorial Press Box in the Bronxville, N.Y. product's honor.
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No doubt hoping to ward off sea changes in college sports in light of recent legal developments, Big Ten presidents have released a position statement that promotes four-year scholarships (including a guarantee to athletes who leave to turn pro without graduating), improved and consistent medical insurance, and a guarantee to cover the "full" cost of a college education. (LINK)
