Monday, February 13, 2006
3:15 p.m. Here's that same list I posted earlier today, reordered by year of graduation, starting with the most recent. Interestingly, after having five NFL players graduating between 1976 and 1981, Dartmouth went 13 years until it could claim another.
Casey Cramer ’04 E,B Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers, 2004-
Lloyd Lee ’98 DB San Diego Chargers, 1998-99
Zack Walz ’98 LB Arizona Cardinals, 1998-2000
Jay Fiedler ’94 QB Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins New York Jets 1994-
Dave Shula ’81 WR Baltimore Colts, 1981
Jeff Kemp ’81 QB Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Philadelphia Eagles, 1981-91
Gregg Robinson ’78 DT New York Jets, 1978
Nick Lowery ’78 K New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, 1978-96
Reggie Williams ’76 LB Cincinnati Bengals, 1976-89
Gordie Rule ’68 DB Green Bay Packers, 1968-69
Don McKinnon ’63 LB,C Boston Patriots, 1963-64
Jake Crouthamel ’60 RB Boston Patriots, 1960
Bill Roberts ’51 HB Green Bay Packers, 1956
Jonathan Jenkins ’49 T Baltimore Colts, New York Yankees (AAFC), 1949-50
Nick Daukas ’44 T,G Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), 1946-47
Joe Crowley ’43 E,DB Boston Yanks, 1944-45
Alex Wizbicki USMC '43 DB,HB Buffalo Bills (AAFC), 1947-49
Jim Landrigan USMC '43 T Baltimore Colts (AAFC), 1947
Ed Gustafson USN '43 C,LB Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), 1947-48
Bob Krieger ’41 E Philadelphia Eagles, 194146
Bill Hutchinson ’40 QB,DB New York Giants, 1942
Bob MacLeod ’39 HB,DB Chicago Bears, 1939
George Tully ’27 E Philadelphia Quakers (AFL), Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1926-27
Don (Swede) Swenson '27 G Chicago Bulls (AFL), 1926
Les Haws ’24 B Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1924-25
Vern Hagenbuckle ’24 E,G Boston Bulldogs (AFL), Providence Steam Roller, 1926
Gerald (Red) Maloney '24 E,B Providence Steam Roller, New York Yankees (AFL/NFL), Boston Bulldogs (NFL), 1925-27,29
Charles (Chick) Burke '23 B Providence Steam Roller, 1925
Phil Bower ’21 B Cleveland Indians, 1921
Joseph (Cuddy) Murphy '21 G Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
Gus Sonnenberg ’20 T,FB Buffalo All-Americans, Columbus Tigers, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Rollers, 1923-30
Johnny Bryan ’20 QB,TB Chicago Bears, Milwaukee Badgers, 1922-27
Tom Whelan ’19 E,C,G Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
John Shelburne ’19 FB Hammond Pros, 1922
Charlie Guy ’19 C,G Detroit Heralds, Buffalo All-Americans, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, 1920-23, 25
Ed Healey ’18 T Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears, 1920-27
Adolph (Swede) Youngstrom '18 G,T Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1920-27
F. Joe DuSossoit '18 E New York Giants, 1921
Karl Thielscher ’17 FB Buffalo All-Americans, 1920
Ray MacMurray ’17 G Muncie Flyers, 1921
Milt Ghee ’15 B Chicago Tigers, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
7:15 a.m. It's a quiet morning in the Green Alert Blog World, so here's a little light reading for you: a list of former Dartmouth players -- including some who were stationed here during WWII -- who made it to the NFL (or one of its recognized predecessors). Credit the media guide.
Phil Bower ’21 B Cleveland Indians, 1921
Johnny Bryan ’20 QB,TB Chicago Bears, Milwaukee Badgers, 1922-27
Charles (Chick) Burke ’23 B Providence Steam Roller, 1925
Casey Cramer ’04 E,B Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers, 2004-
Jake Crouthamel ’60 RB Boston Patriots, 1960
Joe Crowley ’43 E,DB Boston Yanks, 1944-45
Nick Daukas ’44 T,G Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), 1946-47
F. (Joe) DuSossoit ’18 E New York Giants, 1921
Jay Fiedler ’94 QB Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars,
Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, 1994-
Milt Ghee ’15 B Chicago Tigers, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
Ed Gustafson USN ’43 C,LB Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), 1947-48
Charlie Guy ’19 C,G Detroit Heralds, Buffalo All-Americans, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, 1920-23, 25
Vern Hagenbuckle ’24 E,G Boston Bulldogs (AFL), Providence Steam Roller, 1926
Les Haws ’24 B Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1924-25
Ed Healey ’18 T Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears, 1920-27
Bill Hutchinson ’40 QB,DB New York Giants, 1942
Jonathan Jenkins ’49 T Baltimore Colts, New York Yankees (AAFC), 1949-50
Jeff Kemp ’81 QB Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Philadelphia Eagles, 1981-91
Bob Krieger ’41 E Philadelphia Eagles, 1941,46
Jim Landrigan USMC ’43 T Baltimore Colts (AAFC), 1947
Lloyd Lee ’98 DB San Diego Chargers, 1998-99
Nick Lowery ’78 K New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, 1978-96
Bob MacLeod ’39 HB,DB Chicago Bears, 1939
Ray MacMurray ’17 G Muncie Flyers, 1921
Gerald (Red) Maloney ’24 E,B Providence Steam Roller, New York Yankees (AFL/NFL), Boston Bulldogs (NFL), 1925-27,29
Don McKinnon ’63 LB,C Boston Patriots, 1963-64
Joseph (Cuddy) Murphy ’21 G Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
Bill Roberts ’51 HB Green Bay Packers, 1956
Gregg Robinson ’78 DT New York Jets, 1978
Gordie Rule ’68 DB Green Bay Packers, 1968-69
John Shelburne ’19 FB Hammond Pros, 1922
Dave Shula ’81 WR Baltimore Colts, 1981
Gus Sonnenberg ’20 T,FB Buffalo All-Americans, Columbus Tigers, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Rollers, 1923-30
Don (Swede) Swenson ’27 G Chicago Bulls (AFL), 1926
Karl Thielscher ’17 FB Buffalo All-Americans, 1920
George Tully ’27 E Philadelphia Quakers (AFL), Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1926-27
Zack Walz ’98 LB Arizona Cardinals, 1998-2000
Tom Whelan ’19 E,C,G Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, 1920-21
Reggie Williams ’76 LB Cincinnati Bengals, 1976-89
Alex Wizbicki USMC ’43 DB,HB Buffalo Bills (AAFC), 1947-49
Adolph (Swede) Youngstrom ’18 G,T Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets, 1920-27
Sunday, February 12, 2006
8:50 p.m. Dartmouth grad Brian Mann came off the bench to go 26-of-38 for 291 yards and five TDs for the Los Angeles Avengers in Sunday's 66-41 loss to defending Arena League champion Grand Rapids. A game story and quotes can be found here.
The latest on former defensive lineman Derham Cato '05 was that he had hooked up with NFL Europe despite being overlooked in the draft. No further news on that, but he is his agency's featured client right now. Check out how they are promoting Derham here. ... Speaking of promoting, among the assignment students had at a Florida college was figuring out a way to market Jay Fiedler when he was the Dolphins' quarterback. Nothing more about that in this story, but wouldn't you like to read the papers the students produced? ... The snow that is piling up on the East Coast is missing us here for the most part. We're expecting just 1-3 inches. ... A great overtime win for the Dartmouth hockey team before a standing room only crowd waving thousands of terrible towels yesterday at Thompson Arena. The women's basketball team took control of the Ivy League race by stomping Princeton to complete a weekend sweep and the men's basketball team came from 10 points down to push the Tigers until the final seconds before a shot to tie at the buzzer went awry.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
5:45 p.m. Missed this one the first time around. The Dartmouth Review takes a look at the Big Green football program and how Buddy Teevens is reshaping it.
If you've got a couple of minutes, check out The Helmet Project, a self-described "atlas of football helmets." Scroll down the left side of the home page and click on Ivy League to bring up well-done historical mockups of all the school helmets. Some go way back, although there are just three relatively recent versions of the Dartmouth helmet. (An aside: Dartmouth is making minimal changes to the helmet for next fall, but nothing you'll be able to see from the stands. The white will have a gentle sparkle to it and the face masks will be green instead of black. I've been told -- although I hadn't really noticed -- that the old helmets had, to varying degrees, yellowed over time.) ... After looking over the Ivy League helmets check out the other leagues and teams. Fun stuff (and a great way to waste time). ... I covered the Dartmouth men's basketball loss to Penn for both Basketball-U and the wire service last night and the crowd was a dismal 810. I can't remember a smaller crowd for a game against one of the "P's." Meanwhile there were 3,417 for the men's hockey game against Quinnipiac (a 5-4 win), hardly a household name. Princeton is in town today for a 4:30 hockey game (on ESPNU) and for men's basketball tonight. Maybe the time difference will drum up the hoop crowd a bit. ... Speaking of which, Steelers coach Bill Cowher watched his oldest daughter play for the Princeton women's basketball team last night and he'll probably be back at Jadwin tonight when the second-place Tigers try to hand Ivy League-leading Dartmouth (which defeated Penn last night) its first conference loss. ...
Former Dartmouth quarterback Brian Mann will start his third Arena League game with the Los Angeles Avengers Sunday against the Grand Rapids Rampage (with a halftime performance by "the world's smartest dog"), but he's still looking to solidify his hold on the job. Mann has thrown seven touchdown passes to one interception in two games, but his completion percentage is a wobbly 48.6. He has passed for 486 yards. Brian is mentioned briefly in this story but there's not much more there than you've already read here.
Friday, February 10, 2006
New Defensive Assistant Coach
11 a.m. I just got tipped off about an NHL.com story about former Dartmouth skater Hugh Jessiman and his travels and travails this year after turning pro. It includes this:
"A lot of people said, 'You didn't even play last year,"' Jessiman said. "But I felt mentally ready to go pro. It showed early in (this) year that I just didn't play in enough games last year."
10:30 a.m. Set to join the Dartmouth football staff as a defensive assistant according to the Huntsville Times will be Alabama A&M assistant Cedric Calhoun (bio) . Calhoun replaces James Jones, who left Hanover after on year to join the staff at Kansas State. Calhoun, 34, helped A&M to a 34-15 record during his tenure at the school. If he needed any background on the Ivies before accepting the job, he had only to ask another member of his staff about the league: David Arnsparger is a former Cornell assistant.
Carnival Daze
Feb. 9 8:30 a.m. Forget the Winter Olympics, it's time for Winter Carnival at Dartmouth. A handful of people have sent links to this story in Sports Illustrated on Campus. It features quotes from Jay Fiedler and Brad Ausmus as well as this line about the Dartmouth Winter Carnival: "National Geographic has referred to it as 'the Mardi Gras of the North.' " ... Should the Ivy League go to a letter of intent system in recruiting like the rest of the college football world? The Daily Pennsylvanian says yes. ... An earlier post mentioned that Columbia quarterback Joe Winters is going to finish his final year of eligibility as a graduate student/quarterback at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Now the Columbia Spectator has a story about how that came about. ... There are no Ivy or Patriot League schools or athletes mentioned but former Dartmouth Sports Information intern Matt Dougherty has an interesting piece on The Sports Network site about impact players headed to Division I-AA next fall. ... It will be a fun weekend on campus for more than students and their visitors. Penn and Princeton make their annual visit to Leede Arena for men's basketball (usually the biggest crowds of the year) and the Dartmouth-Princeton men's hockey game will be broadcast live from Thompson Arena Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU. (Hockey opens with Quinnipiac.)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
1 p.m. The Ivy League web site has posted an interesting series of stories in celebration of Black History Month. Several of the stories are a little dated but well worth reading. Onetime Dartmouth football players included in the series are former Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl linebacker Reggie Williams (now vice president of Disney Sports Attractions), former wide receiver (and Buddy Teevens teammate) Jimmie Lee Solomon (the senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball) and Rhodes Scholar and Baltimore Colts draft pick Willie Bogan (vice president, associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in San Francisco).
9:30 a.m. Just heard that in addition to senior defensive end Anthony Gargiulo (see earlier post), senior defensive back Mike Ribero has joined the Dartmouth rugby team.
7:55 a.m. The 2005 Dartmouth football highlight video can now be watched on line, but keep in mind it helps to have a fast Internet connection. I had a chance to watch the production on the big screen in the football lounge and it is well done. You can find it here. ... News reports yesterday had former Dartmouth baseball and basketball standout Jim Beattie a lock to be the new general manager of the Cincinnati Reds but those reports turned out to be erroneous and Beattie will continue to look for his next job in or out of baseball. The former GM of the Montreal Expos and and most recently the co-GM of the Baltimore Orioles, Beattie was a finalist for the Dartmouth athletic director's position after Dick Jaeger retired in 2002. ... The Winter Carnival snow sculpture might not be as grand as planned, but against all odds, it will be ready by tonight's opening ceremonies. From today's Daily Dartmouth: "Despite the poor showing and poor response to posters asking for assistance in building the structure, a small group of students have volunteered to finish the snow sculpture."
Feb. 8 1:45 p.m. Among those who showed up in Philadelphia Sunday to watch Brian Mann make his second start at quarterback for the Arena League's Los Angeles Avengers: Princeton head coach Roger Hughes and assistant Scott Sallach (Dartmouth coaches when Brian was in Hanover) and Jay Butler, the former Big Green strength coach now at Rutgers. Brian, by the way, was playing with a slight ankle injury incurred on the final play of his first start.
While I was at Alumni Gym this morning I stopped by Davis Varsity House to get a quick comment from Coach Buddy Teevens about the town of Hanover approving plans for the new varsity house, one of the final hurdles that had to be cleared before work on the building can begin. Buddy had just finished meeting with an engineer regarding the project and I corralled him as he was about to pull on a black watchcap and head out for a run. "We're pleased that the plans were approved," he said. "I expected they would be, but that's just me. Other (athletic) projects have had delays so you can't be sure, but I had a good feeling since the field and the track had been approved. We appreciate all the hard work that has gone into making this happen and the understanding of the neighbors and the town." In typically optimistic fashion, Buddy said he expects the cut-down visiting stands to be available in the fall.
8:15 a.m. The new varsity house scheduled to be built behind the lower visiting stands at Memorial Field received unanimous approval last night by the Hanover Planning Board. That gives the project, slated to be ready for the 2007 season, a green light to begin construction. According to Bob Ceplikas, deputy athletic director, work on reducing the size of the visiting grandstands will likely begin before the end of this month. Those stands are being cut down in height (and stretched in length to mirror the home stands) to make room for the varsity house to rise behind them. (Stadium capacity will go from 20,416 to 13,000.) Work on the FiedTurf synthetic surface and new track is slated to begin May 15, immediately at the conclusion of the outdoor track season. Of note to fans: Because parts of the existing stands will be reused, there is a chance there will be grandstands on the visiting side of Memorial Field next fall. They may possibly be ready for the opener. If not, the hope is they will be available by the Oct. 26 Homecoming game against Harvard. Original plans called for newer, steeper grandstands that would not have been finished in time for the coming season, which would have required additional temporary stands in the end zones. Also of note to fans: A later addition to the plan is a full, standalone restroom facility at the north end of the varsity house. Previously the only facilities on that side of the field were porta-potties. Green Alert Take: The quick approval of the varsity house plan will speed along a much-anticipated project that was already on the fastest of tracks. The first real talk of the facility started at this time last year. Compare that to the numerous delays that held up construction of Sculley-Fahey Field, home of the Dartmouth lacrosse and field hockey teams. Interestingly, the long-delayed soccer "stadium" -- which has been talked about for more than a decade -- is scheduled to move dirt on Aug. 1 and be ready for the 2007 season. ...
The absence of snow has taken a toll on Winter Carnival. According to a college release: "While the slalom and giant slalom races for this weekend's Dartmouth Winter Carnival will be held as scheduled at the Dartmouth Skiway, recent warm weather and heavy rains have forced the relocation of Friday's and Saturday's cross country ski races. Men's and women's cross country competition will be moved to the Craftsbury Ski Touring Center in Craftsbury, VT, about 90 minutes north of Hanover." ...
The Daily Dartmouth published the last of a three-part series examining sexual abuse toward women at Dartmouth today and the piece includes postive references both to members of the football and coach Buddy Teevens.
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