Word: ken
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mediocre workout was somewhat offset by news from the medical room, where Dr. Thomas B. Quigley announced that Captain Ken O'Donnell might be able to play against Yale Saturday for more than the one play needed to win a letter. No explanation was offered for the miraculous recovery of O'Donnell, who allegedly broke his leg against Princeton less than two weeks...
Warren, 18-year-old brother of Cleo and Ken, made all-city back as captain of Worcester Classical High this year and plans to follow his two brothers into Harvard after a year at Exeter, where he will enroll next fall...
...fact that Warren will be the third O'Donnell to play football at Harvard is where his resemblance to the rest of the family ends. The first two O'Donnells were little fellows. Cleo, Jr., son of the noted Holy Cross coach, and captain in 1946, weighed 155. Ken, this year's captain, who ended his College career at Princeton Saturday, tips the scales...
Besides the Crimson's three most recent captains, the brothers Ken and Cleo O'Donnell and Vince Moravoc, three other captain the other three victims were Don Forte, Joe Gardolla, and Torbie Macdonald. The last three all were Crimson colors before 1943, the year Harvard placed formal football in mothballs for the duration of the war. Only Franny Lee in 1941 escaped jinx...
...Ken O'Donnell's elder brother Cleo suffered a broken rib in the second game of the season--a 49-0 slaughter of Tufts and had to sit out Princeton and Coast Guard contests before returning to lead a victory over Holy Cross three weeks later...