Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highlight of the meet was the long-awaited debut of Olympian Bobby Hackett in a Crimson suit (see profile, page 6). Hackett lived up to his reputation as a world-class swimmer by smashing the pool, meet, and University records in his first event, the 200-yd. freestyle. The freshman from Fordham Prep then returned about two minutes later to whip the field in the 200 Individual Medley...
That face belongs to freshman Olympian Bobby Hackett. Hackett, silver medalist in the 1500 meters at Montreal, gold medalist at the 1975 Pan American games, and two-time A.A.U National champion, is the kind of blue-chip athlete and personality who can transform a fairly strong program into a great one, who can attract name swimmers from all over the country, who can catapult a team into the national rankings--in short, the kind of athlete who comes to Harvard very rarely...
...Terriers, led by former British Olympian Glenn Cohen, looked very strong in the early running events as they took first places in the mile, the quarter-mile, the 60-yd. hurdles, the 60-yd. dash, and the 600--where Cohen, who is only a freshman, ran a blistering 1:12.0. But the Crimson managed to maintain a slim lead in the early going by sweeping the field events, their perennial strenth...
...Olympian Dick Lamby ended the night's scoring with 42 seconds to play. With eight seconds to go on a B.U. power play, Lamby took the puck from his own blue line, wormed by three defenders, and let go a wrist shot that deflected of Milner's leg pad and into the right corner of the cage...
...perennial sidekick Bob Hope were barnstorming the country on golf exhibitions with professionals such as Byron Nelson and Harold McSpaden. "Lord" Byron, the leading money-winner of 1945, and "Childe" Harold were then known as "The Gold Dust Twins." Crosby teamed up with woman professional and former Olympian Mildred "Babe" Didrickson in a series of War Bond exhibitions on the Coast. By the end of the war, over $600 million worth of War Bonds had been sold through golf tournaments and exhibitions...