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...Vesper Boat Club in the Olympic trials. Now the Crimson is stronger, more mature, more confident. They average 6 ft. 3 in. and 180 lb.-including Coxswain John Unkovic, who stands 5 ft. 6 in. and weighs 120 lb. after dinner. Four of them-Captain and No. 6 Oar Paul Gunderson, Stroke Geoff Picard, No. 3 Oar Tom Pollock, No. 2 Oar Bob Schwarz-have been in the same boat since their freshman year at Harvard...
Gunderson, a three-year letterman and member of the four-oar crew from Harvard that represented the United States in the 1964 Olympics, is only the second oarsman to earn the Bingham Award since its inception in 1954. The other was Perry Boyden...
During Gunderson's tenure, the Harvard crew has terrorized the Eastern Seaboard. The 1964 eight compiled an undefeated season in intercollegiate competition, captured the Eastern Sprint title, and finished second behind the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia in the Olympic eight-oar trials...
Stands leaning on his oar...
Harvard's heavyweight crew, the Olympic bridesmaids, scored a smashing victory in the featured eight-oar event in the 90th National Rowing Championships in New York Sunday...