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Cloherty's beginning in journalism came when his collegiate athletic career turned sour. After winning a football scholarship to the University of Montana, he played for a year, but quit when he learned how his own and his teammates' free rides were funded. The athletic department was supplementing gridiron subsidies with government monies for work-study programs, and Cloherty launched a series in the Montana Kaimin, the campus daily, which ended in scandal, indictments, and two convictions...
...former Harvard gridiron coaching assistant has been named the first black head coach of a professional football team...
Sixty-four days after pulling off his Crimson shoulder pads for the last time, Harvard quarterback Jimmy Stoeckel received what may be his highest accolade yet Saturday night, unanimously winning the Swede Nelson Award from the Boston Gridiron Club for his superlative senior season at Harvard...
...winning the award, given annually "to the player, who, by his conduct on or off the gridiron, demonstrates a high esteem for the football code and exemplifies sportsmanship to an outstanding degree," Stoeckel joins an illustrious list of former winners, including Doak Walker, Floyd Little, Otis Armstrong, and Dick Jauron...
Most teams are a blend of various athletic talents. Tackle football teams are composed of former Harvard players, old high school players, and those who have long awaited their opportunity to shine on the gridiron. Winthrop's championship soccer team includes a tutor from Scandinavia, and James Vorenberg '49, master of Dunster House, has participated in several sports...