Word: crones
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when Eric Crone was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals on the 17th round of last year's NFL draft, Crimson gridiron fans had reason to be surprised. And, although the colorful Crone was finally cut when the Cardinals trimmed down to their final regular season limit last week, the fact that Crone was the last player to be dropped by the Cardinals speaks highly for the 6 ft. 3 in. quarterback...
...Crone, a down-again-up-again performer for the Crimson since his sophomore year, immortalized himself in the annals of Harvard sports by leading Harvard to a 14-12 upset victory over Yale. He was dubbed "Endzone" Crone in that game when, thinking time had expired, he ran into his endzone jubilantly holding the ball in the air and was tackled by a Yale lineman for a safety...
...Crone says that the Cardinals training camp was different than he expected, but that the caliber of football which he encountered with the pros wasn't that much above that of the Ivy League...
...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...