1949

An issue devoted to athletics creates a problem for 1949. Because of the untimely interruption called WW 11, three-quarters of the class had their attendance interrupted, and some who matriculated with '49 became '50s. Consequently we couldn't be expected to have a whole lot of standout athletes in our ranks.

Except for football players like Ray Truncellito a guard who played both ways including the North-South game, and running backs Carll Tracy, Joe Sullivan,Connie Pensavalle Ding Durning BrudBecker, and tackle Jon Jenkins, who later played two years with the Baltimore Colts.

Except for hockey players Joe Riley and Bob Amirault and Hugh Brower and BillStout and Bots Young and Brud Becker and team captain Dick Desmond.

Except for basketball star and captain EdLeede and the aforementioned Joe Sullivan. Ed, a great ball-handler who played in the East-West game, was a guard who sometimes took over at center. Later the Celtics took him over for two years.

Except for soccer captain Lee Fancher Dean Cameron, Dick Hoar, Luke Soule.

Except for tennis players Bill Boardman,Bert Rodman, and Bill Gahagan a guy we inherited from '35 who's still winning masters tournaments in his 80s.

Except for Bob DeForest, a three-letter man in tennis, cross-country, and skiing.

Except for Deke Jackson, captain of the swim team, Dick Andrews, JimHuntington, Don Kirkland Alan Winslow

Except for the lacrosse team's DonScully, William Cook, George Day, Jim Ruch.

Except for Christian Bugge of the ski team.

Except for the guys on the baseball team, like Al Quirk, a starting pitcher on a team that became league champions, not to mention Bob Amirault and Dick Desmond, who've already been mentioned, and JohnStockwell, and two-year captain EdMcNeil (inherited from '44).

Except for Mike McGean, who did some skating then as he does now, along with being captain of the squash team.

Except for wrestler Bob Zeiser rowing captain Pete Schumacher, skier FredSpringer-Miller, runners Lew Geer and Norm Crisp.

Except for such team managers as JohnBalatow, BB Crawford, Bob Hill, Dan Raabin.

Looks like Bob DeForest now a doctor in Rhode Island was our only three-letter man. But there were a couple of dozen who took home two "D"s. There are, what's more, a couple of real sports who never forgot what Dartmouth athletics meant to them and decided in recent years to return the favor: Ed Leede gave the College a multiuse basketball arena and Don Scully combined with an alum from another class in donating a multi-use, all-weather practice and playing field.

Of course, this was just a highlights reel of some '49ers who participated in a sport or two. If a key candidate for the '49 Hall of Fame is missing let me know. But in the meantime why don't we just salute ourselves, the whole class, living and dead, the tall and the short, all the winners and all the, Umm. victory-challenged. Nowadays, of course, we're mostly into tennis and golf. What's your handicap?

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