Word: puchtel
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...doing it just to have fun and just to play basketball,” Puchtel said. “Of course the thought crossed my mind, but it was never a serious aspiration or goal...
After the JV basketball season came to a close in the winter, Puchtel bounced over to the rugby team, but he began to feel the urge to take his athletic commitment to the next level...
...Puchtel arrived at Harvard in 2001 after being recruited by Harvard coach Tim Murphy to be a tight end on the Crimson football team. Puchtel had initially wanted to be a Golden Gopher, since his father Scott had been a two-time football letterwinner at Minnesota, but he was reportedly informed that there would be no spots for him on the school’s basketball team and that he would have to walk-on to the football team...
...Puchtel took the offer to come to Harvard, but decided, after his freshman season, that he no longer wanted to play football. His athletic career would continue, however, as he joined the junior varsity basketball team during his sophomore fall, though at the time he entertained little notion of making a charge for the varsity...
...considered going back and asking the football coach for another chance, but my pride wouldn’t let me do that,” Puchtel said. “Then I just started looking elsewhere, so I contacted [a connection at Minnesota], and he said that they had one open walk-on spot [on the basketball team] and that they’d love to have...