A 200% Man
Alan Rozycki '61 of Chicago easily could be dubbed Dartmouth's current "Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy." The succession of honors that has come his way since the end of the football season is quite amazing. In case anyone could have forgotten, Al is first and foremost a right halfback, having completed three years of Dartmouth varsity play back in November. However, since then he has joined numerous other teams including the All-Ivy Coaches squad, the All-East (AP) Team, and everyone's All-Ivy and All-New England teams.
Mr. Rozycki has also collected some statistics that will probably be his for a good many fall seasons to come. He set a new Dartmouth ground-gaining mark of 726 yards and a record for rushes with 168 carries during this, his senior, season. The workhorse of the 1960 squad, he leaves two Ivy records bearing his imprint. Such a double is unprecedented in Ivy League play. His League rushing record of 609 yards and his passes-received record of 21 were inscribed in the books after his fine personal performance at the Princeton game. Al was voted the outstanding back on the field that day and on five other Saturdays during the ninegame schedule. He was named Ivy Back of the Week twice this season, being the only League player to receive this double honor.
Al is not a particularly large lad. He stands just under six feet and weighs about 175 pounds. It is difficult to find the right words to sum up this man Rozycki on the football field, but Coach Bob Blackman has done it nicely: "There is not another football player in the United States who has done more with what he has than Rozycki." After that there isn't much more to add. Rozycki has been just magnificent.
But what of the Rozycki off the field and back on the campus? Al is a student representative on the DCAC, a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx. He has served on the SOC and in the Newman Club. On the academic side, he has been a solid ground-gainer all the way. He advises that his overall average is 4.4, even though sportswriters have given him credit for a 4.7, which was last term's average. A zoology major, headed possibly for medical research, Al has recently been accepted by the Dartmouth Medical School. However, his application is in for a coveted Rhodes Scholarship, and, until he hears on this, his next year is uncertain.
Al is a naturally loquacious guy, blessed with considerable enthusiasm and energy. He talks of all things easily and liberally. His ambition at Dartmouth has been to become what he calls the "200% Man," or the scholar-athlete. In his analogy, 100% is devoted to the academic side of things, and the other 100% to the physical areas. As part of this effort, he was known for his constant chatter on the football field. This helped him to focus all his attention on the practice. If he were quiet, he found his mind wandering to the paper that was due soon or something to be completed back in a lab. Without the chatter, the "whole" job could not be accomplished.
A 200% output seems impossible, but all along Alan Rozycki has handled it very well. As evidence of this, Al was awarded one of eight scholar-athlete awards given this year by the National Football Foundation. The award carries with it an Earl H. Blaik Fellowship of $500 for postgraduate study. This single award is about as close to 200% output as any college man ever gets.
Alan Rozycki '61 holding the National Football Foundation award received last month.
