Word: dover
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After finding the going a but tough in American pro ball, Dover moved on to the position of player-coach with a Portuguese team and guided that squad from obscurity to a Portuguese national championship. The league included Angola and Mozambique, and Dover got to tour Czechoslovakia to play in World Cup matches...
...Dover's Harvard experiences prepared him for both international work and professional sports. Majoring in Far Eastern Languages, he added fluency in Chinese and Swahili to his knowledge of French. He joined the Foreign Service in 1974 and has held posts in Denmark, Portugal and Israel...
Then Crimson Coach Bob Harrison, though blessed with many All-American high school players, made "tremendous demands" on his team, says Dover. "He was not terribly [complimentary] when we did things right, but he certainly did let us know when we did things wrong...
...Harrison and his assistant, K.C. Jones (an assistant coach now with the Celtics) left all of their Crimson charges with the same drive for victory, adds Dover. After winning the recent basketball tournament. Dover admits that he still doesn't like to lost "even in pick up games...
...Dover and his wife, Shelly Cramer, returned to Cambridge after his Foreign Service assignment in Israel. He is now in his second year at the Law School, where he also finds time to create a women's basketball team and play on the men's "A" League that won the division laurels this year...