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July 4, 1959, stands as the greatest date in the history of the Harvard crew. On that day, the Crimson heavy and light-weight shells culminated undefeated seasons by winning championships in Britain's Royal Henley Regatta...
Harvard crews had been undefeated in the past and three Crimson heavy-weight contingents had won at Henley--in 1914, 1939, and 1950. But never before had a tame combined the two achievements, and never before had the light-weights been in London together with the heavies...
...spectacular achievement. For Harvard, however, it was another blow in a year of disasters. Their first eight had been declared ineligible for the Henley Regatta. The Grand Challenge Cup Committee had excluded the first boat because of a rule that a crew must have an amatuer coach during its last six weeks of training...
...this day, they did not realize that Harvard crews would grow to dominate America; Harvard would win three more Grand Challenge Cups. But this day, with a world war scarcely a month away, they did not care. Harvard had won the Henley...
...foursome from Harvard's varsity lightweight crew defeated Vesper by four lengths Saturday to win the Princeton Cup at the American Henley Competition at Worcester...