Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HARVARD (81)-Bob Ferry 8-2-18: Calvin Dixon 0-1-1: Joe Carrabino 10-6-26: Donald Fleming 5-4-14: George White 1-1-3: Kevin Boyle 0-2-2: Kyle Standley 1-2-4: Bob McCabe 3-1-8: Monroe Trout 2-2-6: Totals...
Finally at 10:31, Dixon's free throw capped a drive that gave the Crimson a one point, 55-54, lead, after having rebounded from five points down. But to no avail, Yale cagers reeled off three straight buckets, and the Harvard team discovered that it was once again down by five...
...captain this season, Fleming's outside commitments became, if anything, more difficult to handle. The way he handled the position, however, reflects his general personality and outlook on life. According to guard Calvin Dixon--Fleming's closest friend on the team and the only other Black player--"you would never know he was married by the way he conducts himself. He never lets those pressures affect him or affect the way he deals with people...
Potentially, one of those pressures was being--along with Dixon--the only two Blacks on the team. But the squad remained a close group, especially off the court, and the race question never explicitly came up. "It didn't affect things as far as the team is concerned," Fleming said, "but it is different that if there were six or seven Black guys on the team," Kyle Standley, a freshman guard, said. "There really wasn't any friction. People didn't have to act differently around them [but] people were definitely aware." According to Dixon, "we joked about it more...
...Donald is a very reticent leader," Dixon said. "He leads by doing more than by going out there and posing as a rah-rah kind of person. The mark of a great individual is that their actions speak louder than words...