Word: jerseyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Coach Joe Restic made the announcement prior to the team's annual luncheon at the Faculty Club by unrolling the new captain's Crimson jersey before the team, as is tradition. When Azelby's big bright No. 50 appeared, a tremendous yell went up from the players...
Azelby, a native of Dumont, N.J., and a 1980 graduate of Bergen Catholic, was at a loss for words as Restic draped the jersey across his newest captain, amid the cheers of his teammates...
...baseman. Steve Garvey, who came to The Game with his agent. Harvard glad Jerry Kapsteim, after negotiating with Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner in New York, stood at the center of the locker room having his picture taken with Crimson wingback Jim Garvey. Somebody tossed Garvey (Steve, not Jim) a jersey with the wingback's No.33 on it, and the one-time National League MVP held it up during the snapshot session. But for the most part, Garvey, the man who could ask and receive as much as a million and a half dollars a year from owners like Steinbrenner...
Last New Year's Eve. the national and local news reported the death of a New Jersey Angel named Frank Melvin, a 26-year-old Black man. In a tragic incident, Melvin and a group of Angels arrived at the scene of a burglary at the same time as two Newark policemen. One officer was on the roof of the burglarized building when he saw Melvin below, running toward his partner; he misinterpreted the Angel's intentions as threatening, shouted warnings, and then fired one shot through Melvin's chest. In truth, Melvin had tried to unzip his jacket...
During his first three years in a Crimson jersey, however, Granger says he spent a lot of time wondering why he played. "Even at the beginning of this season, I kept asking myself if it's been worth it," says the Economics major...