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Just the fact that Crone did so well in an NFL training camp will help boost the reputation of Harvard football with the pro teams who may be reluctant to take a chance on Crimson players, Restic says...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Crone Takes On the Big Boys--And Almost Wins | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...event that Crone doesn't sign with another football team for this season, he says that he will find a job and apply for admission to business school...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Crone Takes On the Big Boys--And Almost Wins | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

Looking back at Harvard and his Crimson football career, Crone says that it is too early for him to tell if he would choose the same path if he had to do it all over again. Naturally, any football player with professional aspirations is at a disadvantage if he chooses to attend Harvard. The program here is not as intense, nor is the sport taken as seriously as at the big football schools...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Crone Takes On the Big Boys--And Almost Wins | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Crone Takes On the Big Boys--And Almost Wins | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...standards, Harvard has had some superb athletes 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...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Crone Takes On the Big Boys--And Almost Wins | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

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