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...Lamar received a degree in Architectural Engineering in 1929 "which I never used." A heavyweight then, he turned pro and won his first bout which was all he had intended to fight...
...fights and two years later, however, before Lamar hung up his gloves. In the interim he defeated all but one of his opponents, and in 1930 was considered one of the ten top heavyweights in the nation...
...fall of 1931, L. J. Conley, Harvard's head boxing coach, died and Lamar came to Cambridge to take his place. He coached the Varsity teams until boxing was abandoned as an intercollegiate sport in 1937, and since then has been teaching ring principles to Harvard pugilists...
Meanwhile, the football department has been keeping him busy in the fall. Although he made his niche on the canvas, his first love is football. "It's a funny thing," Lamar muses, "when I boxed they called me a football player and now that I coach football they call me a boxer...
Before the advent of Harlow, Lamar coached the Freshman line, and in 1935 Harlow shifted him to Jayvee coach. The next year he mentored the Freshman group that included Torby McDonald and Tom Healey, and in '37 was shifted back to the Jayvee post which he held until...