Word: peppering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to be a senior and be out all season," Pepper says...
...preseason practice, Pepper tore a quadricep muscle in his right thigh. The injury sidelined him for the booters' early season--and it wasn't until October 13 that he finally made his debut on the field, playing sweeper against Boston University...
Especially hard if you're not just any old soccer player, but a consistent contributor on a consistent winner. Since arriving at Harvard from West Germany--after passing up an offer to turn pro--Pepper has been a four-year starter for a varsity squad that has reached the NCAA's three of those four years...
Junior year, Pepper copped first team All-Ivy honors and was named first-team New England. At the end of last season, the team elected him captain, and, but for the injury, he would have been a likely All-America candidate, according to Crimson Coach Mike Getman...
With those kind of credentials, the persistent leg injury has proved doubly hard to take. "It's not only physical. It gets you down when the doctor says `one week' five weeks in a row," Pepper says...