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...wonder what Eric Crone will be doing this weekend when Harvard faces Yale in New Haven. After all, in the four years he quarterbacked for Harvard, his name became strongly identified with Harvard-Yale football. He had a roller coaster experience with Yale games. He led Harvard to three wins in four years (including freshman season). Yet what he is remembered for is that inglorious safety, the nickname-making two points that christened Crone "Endzone" for the remainder of his career...
There was a certain ring to the nickname "Endzone Crone." The safety, along with the distinct, stylistic idiosyncrasies of his craft--the Crone scramble, the Crone pump, the Crone interception--made the Zone a legend in his own time...
...people will claim that he was drafted because of "fantastic" statistics. Crone, the only Ivy League quarterback picked by the pros in the draft last year, finished seventh in Ivy League passing last year, completing the lowest percentage of passes and throwing the most interceptions enroute to breaking the Harvard career interception record. He also ran 56 times for 140 yards...
...standards, Harvard has had some superb atheletes in the past, many of whom have had excellent potential in professional sports. Eric Crone will not be remembered as Harvard's greatest football player--for all his potential, his Crimson career was spotty--but he has certainly demonstrated that he, and a lot of other Harvard gridiron heroes who have chalked up even more impressive statistics, can play with the "big boys." When they want...
WHEN ENDZONE Crone pranced into the endzone three years ago and earned his immortal nickname, The Crimson followed him there. And when the St. Louis Cardinals drafted him in the 17th round, The Crimson eagerly followed his effort to make the squad. The Zone didn't make it, and Jeff Leonard found out why. All on The Crimson sports page (page 15), a daily feature of The Crimson...