Word: semipros
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John R. Tunis '11, writing in the American Mercury, has called Harvard's football team semipro, claiming that the College subsidizes athletes so that it can fill its stadium and thus run its huge athletic plant...
Eighteen players were killed or died from football injuries during the season. Nine of these were high school students; five, college players ; four, professionals, semi-professionals, members of athletic club teams. The most unusual fatality was that of Chester Mares, fullback on Willoughby, O., semipro, team. Chewing tobacco caught in his throat as he was knocked down while catching a pass. He strangled to death...