Word: mendel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...losses were captain Howie Mendel, Arthur Page, George Hanford, James Rousmaniere, and Prentice Willetts who has not shown up yet although he still has one more year. To fill those gaps Coach Carr was relying on last year's Freshman strength. But with Al Merck, an outstanding Yearling half-back, and Joe Phelan, an equally brilliant '43 goalie, failing to come back, the problem is made all the more difficult...
...Herky" Herskovits and Dick Gifford, also two former Freshman starts, have a good chance to fill the outside wing positions left by Mendel and Page. But as yet the biggest difficulty of all is still unsolved, namely the lack of fullbacks. As Carr points out it takes four fullbacks to give any college team defensive strength. So far only two men have been found with enough skill to fill this position...
Last year the Varsity, captained by Howie Mendel, won five games and lost three, and brought its season to a close with a 2 to 1 victory over Yale. Mendel scored against Yale in all of his three years as a Varsity member, a feat which has never been surpassed...
Captain Jim Lightbody of track, Captain Tom Healey of baseball and Captain Howard Mendel of soccer were individual greats of the year. One of the Crimson's greatest competitors and middle-distance runners, Lightbody doubled in the 600 and 1000 to inspire the trackmen to their Quadrangular win. He set a new Harvard half-mile record, and lost to Burrowes of Princeton by a fraction in the I.C.A.A.A.A, half mile, one of the great foot races of all time...
...Mendel shone in soccer and track. In pacing the team to triumph against Yale, he scored a goal against Yale for the third successive year. He set a new Harvard shot put record in the spring, and became the first Harvard man to put the shot over 50 feet...