Word: crones
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crone pro-ball saga began February 4, 1973, when the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL drafted the ex-Harvard quarterback in the 17th round. Crone stayed with the team, until September 15. He was the last person cut before the regular season began...
When the Cardinals dropped Crone, he hit the Canadian trail to toss a few aerials in Winnipeg. After three weeks of the Northern circuit, it was back to semi-pro ball in New England...
...felt that I should have been kept on that Cardinal team originally," Crone said. "There were a lot of politics involved with who they cut and who they kept. But I learned a lot about quarterbacking when I was with them...
...Crone acknowledges that it is hard for a player from the Ivy League to break into pro football and the NFL in particular. He said that "the Ivy schools just can't offer the training in actual time that the big football schools can. The big schools go for about ll months, and the other months is for weight training, while at Harvard you go for only three months...
...Crone said the coaching he received from Harvard Coach Joe Restic was "really good--it helped me quite...