Word: brisco
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brown varsity picked up two of its victories in the sprints. Ralph Brisco won, the 50-yard free-style, with the varsity's John McNamara second and Crimson captain Ron Huebsch third. Bruin Brisco won the 100-yard sprints, with McNamara and Huebsch again second and third...
Senior Don Cameron, who swims the 120 free-style and occasionally the 100-yard sprints, junior Ralph Brisco, who races in the 50 and 100-yard sprints, and junior Ron Wills, who swims the 200-yard breast-stroke and the individual medley make up the triumvirate of Bruin swimmers who could give the Crimson trouble...
Last year, when the Crimson defeated Joe Watmough's squad by a resounding 61 to 23 tally, Cameron was the only Bruin to win a first place. He had to break a Brown record in the 220 free-style to do it. Brisco was submerged twice by Dave Hedberg--who will be swimming against him today, incidentally--and Wills lost the medley as Marv Sandler broke a Harvard College record to gain first place. Sandler will also be swimming today...
Even a combination of Bruin freestyle record-holders like Ron Wills, Brisco, and Cameron couldn't take the 400-yard freestyle relay. Stroud, John Jones, John McNamara, and Phil Pratt won the event with 30 yards to spare...
Dave Hedberg, with two firsts, had to defeat Bruin record-breaker Ralph Brisco in both events to become the Crimson's most prolific point-producer. Hedberg outswam Brisco in both the 50-yard and the 100-yard freestyle...