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...playing football proved to be "a relief in many ways" to Champi. "I was in the cruz off an identify crisis. I had to be more concerned with the important problems of my identity than with football," he said...
...year after his gratuation from Harvard. Champi was still trying to "find himself." He decided to hitchhike across the country by himself and meet people. "I got fed up with the guys in Winthrop House always talking about their trips all over the world, so I decided that the big city boy should branch...
...home in Everett, he still didn't know what he wanted to do. "Everything was aimless, until I bumped into an old Hocher of mine in Everett." The teacher convinced him that he should at least substitute teach while he searched for what he wanted to do, Champi not only began to substitute at his old school, Everett High, but he was soon asked to help coach ther football team...
...year off proved to be just what Champi needed. "Life really cleared up a lot, and that was my best year," he remembered. As backfiel coach of the Everett football team, he established a close relationship with his players. He tried to be someone with whom the players could share their problems. Champi says coaching in the easiest and most rewarding way of getting close to high school boys...
Last year Champi continued to coach at Everett, but he returned to Harvard for a masters degree at the School of Education. After a summer of hitchhiking through Europe, he accepted a teaching position at Lunenburg High School. "I felt bad about leaving the strong relationships I had made with the kids at Everest, but I still go back and see them," he said...