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Harvard's 111th gridiron captain, Steve Abbott was introduced to the game as a toddler, and his father--the Black Bear's head coach from 1966-1974 and the man responsible for that initial indoctrination--recalls those early days...
...Steve was with us from the time be could walk," says the elder Abbott, currently an associate professor of physical education at the University of Maine. "And as the coach, we'd have some of the players over to the house and they always spent time playing with the kids. I think Steve learned his work habits from them and I think they were great role models...
...were ever going to define a captain or a leader," says junior linebacker Brent Wilkinson, "you'd look to Steve Abbott...
Harvard Coach Joe Restic adds that the soft-spoken Abbott "has handled the captaincy with a touch of class...
...came as somewhat of a surprise last fall, however, when Restic dropped Abbott's jersey at the squad's post-season luncheon--the customary way of announcing Harvard captains...