Word: lacroix
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...slalom in the international High Sierra ski cup races; at Heavenly Valley, Calif. Beaten by his French teammate, Georges Maudit, in another giant slalom race the day before, Killy zipped through the 57 gates in 1 min. 32 sec. to beat Maudit by 1 sec. Another French skier, Leo LaCroix, finished third, and the top American, California's Jimmy Heuga, wound up fourth...
...received the Frederick Greeley Crocker Trophy, which in recent years has been recognized as a "Most Valuable Player" designation. Evans received he William Paine LaCroix Award, given yearly to the senior most outstanding for his enthusiasm, sportsmanship, and team spirit...
...Crocker Award, established in 1949 in honor of a popular 155-pound end on the 1933 team, killed in World War II, is voted on by the team's lettermen; the LaCroix award recipient is selected by a committee of coaches and friends of William P. LaCroix, who died in 1950 from injuries in World...
Stan Yastrzemski, a reserve fullback most of the season and a star when he started in the Brown and Yale games, was awarded the William Paine LaCroix award for "enthusiasm for the game... sportsmanship, loyalty, and team spirit...
Only a week after he had come out of nowhere to win a bronze medal in the special slalom at the Winter Olympics, the young Californian won the Kandahar special slalom, placed second in the giant slalom, easily beat France's Leo Lacroix for the combined title. Another U.S. winner: Oregon's lean Saubert, 21, who won the Kandahar women's slalom, beating France's Olympic Champion Marielle Goitschel...