Word: lalich
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard coach John Yovicsin's decision to pull season-long starter George Lalich in favor of Champi when the Crimson gained possession late in the first half was clearly a move rooted in desperation. Yale led, 22-0, and Harvard's offense was going nowhere...
ANSWERS: 1) George Lalich 2) 9, Murray Dea 3) Endicott "Chub" Peabody 4) adjuster George Newhouse in 1976 5) Jim Fitzsimmons with a 24.2 scoring average in 1971-72 6) "Pineapple" 7) Denise Thal, Lissa Muscatine 8) Mike Faught 9) Jon Garrity 10) Shep Messing 11) Mel Embree 12) Jim Stoeckel 13) Baltimore Orioles star lefthander Mike Flanagan 14) Andy O'Hara 15) 26 yards 16) Lyman Bullard 17) Alex Vik 18) 10 19) Dick Button, John Misha Petkevich 20) Larry Glueck
Stoeckel has given Harvard its most consistent quarterbacking since George Lalich graduated way back when in 1968. The senior signal-caller has hit on 67 of 122 passes for 903 yards and eight touchdowns, and is second-ranked in the Ivies (behind Cornell's Mark Allen) with 50 for 93 for 660 yards and five scores...
...Offense has developed into a slick, if not unstoppable unit. Jimmy Stoeckel has provided Harvard with the kind of efficient and steady quarterbacking that the Crimson has been looking for since George Lalich graduated way back...
...years Champi spent in a Harvard football uniform were frustrating ones. Until the Yale game. Champi had seen little action for the Crimson. First-string quarterback George Lalich played all but the final minutes in most of the games. But after leading the Crimson to "the tie" with Yale and a share of the Ivy League crown in his final game of his junior year. Champi was suddenly hailed as the player who would lead Harvard to an undisputed Ivy title...