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...Niel Mobile, and Wide Body–whatever you want to call him, 250-pound fullback Noah Van Niel ’08 makes his presence known on the football field. But there’s one more nickname that has nothing to do with Van Niel’s impressive size. “Where’s Pavarotti?” Football Head Coach Tim L. Murphy asks as teammates drag Van Niel into the center of the huddle. A video on The New York Times’ Web site shows Van Niel serenading the locker room with...
...quarter: Van Niel is stopped just short on the third-down catch, and Patrick Long adds a 20-yard field goal to make it HARVARD 30, YALE...
Game time: The Crimson wins the toss and chooses to take the ball. 10,000 men of Harvard want victory today. 4:00 until kickoff: If you haven't checked out the New York Times' piece on fullback Noah Van Niel, there's a great video of him singing with his teammates. Let's just say they should let him handle the singing...
...deep, heavy sound of a tenor, an opera singing senior.But while the sound itself is surprising, what’s even more unexpected is the source of the resonance. It comes from a ball-carrying, run-blocking fullback.Until this year, though, the exploits of Noah Van Niel, the multi-talented starter for the Harvard football team, had gone largely unnoticed.A Boston Globe story last month changed all that, as the native of Newton, Mass. became somewhat of a celebrity for his dual abilities as a football player and an opera singer. Van Niel has even appeared on National Public Radio...
...second quarter: Pizzotti is LEVELED in the backfield on a blitz, but he thankfully gets the ball off for Van Niel...