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...Bruce Munro stepped down yesterday as Harvard's varsity soccer and lacrosse coach. Athletic director Robert B. Watson granted Munro's request that he be relieved of those duties, effective this fall, and that he remain at Harvard as head freshman coach in both sports...
...Munro has been coaching at Harvard for 26 years, and felt that after that long a time "you start losing some of that desire and competitiveness." He cited his age (he'll be 56 next week) and the increasing pressures of coaching intercollegiate soccer and lacrosse as prime reasons for his decision...
...Soccer and lacrosse are becoming more pressurized," Munro said yesterday. "You have to work on turning out teams to win the Ivy and national championships. There isn't enough time to do the teaching I'd like...
Died. Sir Leslie Knox Munro, 72, astute diplomat and president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1957 to 1958; near Auckland, in his native New Zealand. After successive careers as teacher, lawyer, and newspaper editor, Munro was sent abroad in 1952 as ambassador to the U.S. and permanent representative to the United Nations. At various times during the next eleven years, he was president of the Security Council and the General Assembly, and also served as U.N. special representative on Hungary. A tall, imposing figure and excellent public speaker, Munro returned to New Zealand...
...middle of this season, the problem of bench strength became acute. Felix Adedeji became injured, Bent Hinze and Dragan Vujovic returned to Europe last year, Jean-Pierre Gilbert of Luxembourg quit after the Penn game, and Crimson head coach Bruce Munro could find very few healthy and talented bodies to fill...