Word: gourdin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deceased inductees are headed by All-American football players Edward Casey '10 and Charles Hubbard '24; Malcolm Whitman '99, standout on the first Davis Cup team and three-time national tennis champ; Edward Gourdin '21, former world record holder in the broad jump; Palmer Dixon '25, two-time national squash champ and Varsity Club President from 1963-1966; Robert Emmons '21, baseball and hockey star; tennis champs Bob Wrenn '95 and Richard Williams '16, runner John Watters '26; hockey goalie Jabish Holmes '21; and Charles Clark '20, another star of the 1920 Rose Bowlers...
With the turn of the century, the Golden Age breathed its last, and Harvard track slipped into obscurity. There have been the individual greats along the way since--athletes like Edward O. Gourdin '21, whose 25'3" broad jump in 1921 set a wrold record. But the days of Harvard-the-team-power are long gone--or were until this year. Who's to say but that the next few years may prove to be the "Renaissance" of Harvard track...