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...good players were returning from the 1956 team, injuries and dissatisfaction had caused some squad members to quit the squad, and Yovicsin had a mere 33 men on his bench on opening day against Cornell. The biggest thrill of the season was a near-upset over Princeton...
...course, it was a tremendous surprise to most people that he ever came to Harvard in the first place. Everyone was talking about backfield coach Josh Williams and Davey Nelson, head coach at Delaware and a former Harvard assistant. Meanwhile, Gettysburg coach John Yovicsin was out playing golf and was only mentioned as a darkhorse at the last moment...
...Tuesday, March 12, after 95 people had applied for the job and 26 had been interviewed, the CRIMSON ran a front-page banner proclaiming that Yovicsin was the winner. The prize was a football team which had won two games the year before, and three games the year before that at a college where losing had become a tradition ever since the departure of Robert Fisher...
...responsible for luring Yovicsin to Harvard was former coach Dick Harlow, who in 11 seasons had been six games over 500. Thanks to Harlow, it was Yovicsin who was coaching the Crimson when Williams routed Harvard by seven touchdowns in a pre-season scrimmage...
...Yovicsin had mobilized the alumni, who were thrilled to hear someone talk about winning. They went out in search of good football players, and the freshman team in 1958 was the one which was supposed to make Harvard a powerhouse. In both 1958 and 1959, the freshmen were...