Word: coached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speculation on the part of Boston sports columnists as to the fate of football head coach Lloyd P. Jordan was generally unfavorable towards the University as of yesterday evening's papers, with most scribes claiming that the University planned to fire Jordan because he could not produce winning football at Harvard...
...fundamentally, he is a brother-under-the-skin to followers, say, of the Brooklyn Dodgers. All he wants is to win. He will not say of a losing coach, 'Trow da bum out,' but he will remark firmly, 'Kindly show the gentleman to the door...
Kaese also pointed out that Pusey had just asked alumni for $75-100 million for Harvard's Development Program, and added, "when you ask people for that kind of money, you like to throw them a bone in return, or at least a football coach...
...Goodenough of the American made the most outspoken approval of Jordan. In a "Letter to President Pusey," he declared, "Jordan is a real man; he's not a moaner or alibi artist as are some of his contemporaries.... If this fine coach is removed, it will be a disgrace to the University and to Harvard football....Why not get some players instead? Or why not drop football entirely...
Boston has sent UNH teams to 40 victories while absorbing 20 defeats and accepting four ties. Along the way he has acquired several Yankee Conference Championships. But only Princeton, in the Ivy League, has an alumnus football coach...