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Almost the entire Williams team made the trip to Amherst Saturday and they were not encouraged by the performance of even an injured Ohiri. But this afternoon there is no Ohiri, and victory will be up for grabs...
Judging by the applause, the high point in Saturday's football game against Colgate was the announcement that the soccer team had beaten Amherst that morning, 4 to 2. An even greater stir followed the news that Chris Ohiri had scored all four goals, bringing his total to 14 in the first three games...
Discussing opposing coaches' strategy of double-teaming him, Ohiri says: "It's only hurting them more. They are making me try harder, but they're leaving a man open." Cornell's defense couldn't stop him: Chris scored five goals and established a Harvard and Ivy League record...
Born in Oweeri, East Nigeria, in 1939, Ohiri says he has been playing soccer "ever since I can remember--from the time I could recognize a ball." From sandy beaches, rubber balls, and bare feet, he moved on into high school competition, the city team, the regionals, and, in 1959, the Nigerian All-Stars...
...Rome last summer, Ohiri started at right wing for Nigeria. The competition was stiff ("They were tough, trained, and used to playing together.") and, after beating Ghana, his team lost 3-2 to Egypt in a preliminary round. He had a place on the Nigerian track team, but gave it up to travel to the U.S. in August on "The Experiment in International Living...