He wasn’t born Buddy, of course; no one is. He was named Eugene Francis Teevens III, though from the start he was “Buddy,” which is the best example any of us will have, aside from maybe the tennis player Margaret Court, of an aptronym, the phenomenon that occurs when a name perfectly matches a person’s identity or occupation. (Buddy was, well, a congenial, reliable buddy.) That’s one of the many word games that can be applied to the onetime history major for whom the game of football was the Word. Here’s another: For Buddy Teevens, the walk of life was a sprint. And we should note that for those in the precincts that mattered most to him, the numerals at the end of his name that mattered most to him weren’t the Roman III but the Arabic ’79.
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Will Dehmel, who is doing a very nice job covering Big Green football for The Dartmouth, has a story headlined, ‘Strange. Surreal. Sad.’: In a rivalry game no longer fought over by lifelong best friends, Harvard tops Dartmouth 17-9. From the story STORY:
The crowd at Harvard Stadium was 22,515. It was the largest attendance at Harvard Stadium for a non-Yale game since 2009.
“It was great to see the amazing turnout in general, and part of it for Buddy Teevens,” Murphy said. “I really appreciate honoring Buddy in that way.”
Prior to the game, the video board featured a 30-second clip featuring photos of Teevens and Murphy together.
Here's a a shot I took that offers a look at the Dartmouth side of the crowd from the roof of the stadium at twilight:
