Word: champi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...started yelling again for more action on the field. The heroics, or whatever, of Rex were sort of filling a hole in my life, for I had not the misfortune to leave last year's Yale game five minutes before its completion. So Blankenship was fulfilling the Frank Champi role, and Denis Sullivan was Pete Varney. Six seconds were left, and the tension was unbearable. Interference had just been called in the end zone, and we had new life. A buck into the line failed, but as the clock ticked on Blankenship refused to fold, and got the final touchdown...
Hornblower, who was the only one to win Harvard's Offensive Player of the Week Award twice last year despite the presence of Vic Gatto, is the only member of the original backfield who is starting after the first six games. Frank Champi quit, Steve Harrison displaced John Ballantyne and Gus Crim is injured, as are Scotty Guild and John Lakaska...
...Harvard football is pretty big. But I think that Yovicsin considers it to be a lot bigger and more important than it really is. Of course. if Champi were indispensable to the team. then the decision would have been more crucial. but I don't think anyone who was really informed ever felt that his departure would deal a crushing blow to Harvard's chances for success. Smith had shown himself to be of about the same ability as Champi early in the season. So how big a decision was it. Yovicsin referred to it as "such a big decision...
...really surprising part of Yovicsin's statement, however. is the suggestion that Champi is too young to arrive at a conclusion on such a vital issue. How old must one be to decide to quit football. Harvard football. that is? I don't think such a decision requires the wisdom of one beyond Champi...
Maybe Yovicsin felt that he. as coach, was in a position to determine whether or not his quarterback should continue to play even when he did not enjoy the sport anymore. Champi thought for a long time about quitting. and he said that everyone he discussed it with agreed that it was a sound decision since football was no longer fun. So the question remains. if Yovicsin does not feel that Champi is old enough to make a decision about a facet of his own life. whom does he recommend as the person to make the decision for Champi...