Tag Archives: N.C.A.A.
Cristina Teuscher
Cristina Teuscher (Swimming. Born, The Bronx, NY, Mar. 12, 1978.) Seldom, if ever, has an individual overwhelmed her sport in a league as Columbia’s Cristina Teuscher dominated Ivy League women’s swimming. Teuscher was unbeaten in over 40 collegiate dual meets and was 12-0 in four years in the league’s championship meet, setting records in five [...]
Dick Kazmaier
Dick Kazmaier (College football. Born, Maumee, OH, Nov. 23, 1930.) A 171-pound tailback in Princeton’s single-wing attack, Dick Kazmaier was considered the nation’s best football player, winning the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award in 1951, the culmination of a career in which he led his Tigers to 22 straight victories. Princeton got off to something [...]
Henry MacCracken
Henry MacCracken (College executive. Born, Oxford, OH, September 28, 1840; died, New York, NY, December 24, 1918.) As Vice Chancellor (1885-91) and Chancellor (1891-1910) of New York University, Henry Mitchell MacCracken was an enthusiastic supporter of intercollegiate athletics. He persuaded N.Y.U. alumni from his native Ohio to contribute sufficient funds to build athletic facilities for [...]
Tom Gola
Tom Gola (Pro basketball. Born, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 13, 1933.) Among the greatest of all college players, Thomas Gola led LaSalle to the N.I.T. championship as a freshman (1952) and to the N.C.A.A. final twice, winning in 1954 and losing (to San Francisco) in 1955. Gola then began an N.B.A. career with the Philadelphia Warriors [...]
Charlie Gogolak
Charlie Gogolak (College football. Born, Rabahidveg, Hungary, Dec. 29, 1944.) As a soccer-style placekicker for Princeton (1963-65), Charles P. Gogolak set seven N.C.A.A. records. Gogolak made 50 straight extra points, then considered exceptional, scored 81 points by kicking in a single season, and scored 20 points in one game with six field goals and two [...]
Lou Eisenstein
Lou Eisenstein (Basketball. Born, New York, NY, Sept. 27, 1913; died, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 20, 1996.) Rated one of the top referees for over 30 years, Leo Eisenstein was an official in both college and pro ball in the 1940s and 1950s. Eisenstein began as a college referee but signed up with the new Basketball [...]
Vic DiGravio
Vic DiGravio (College basketball. Born, Montreal, P.Q., Feb. 19, 1917; died, Boston, MA, Jan. 29, 2005.) A semipro football player who ranked among the best college basketball officials of his era, Vicker Vincent DiGravio started as a high school referee in Quincy, Mass., in 1938. DiGravio started working college games in the Eastern Intercollegiate (now [...]
Glenn Davis
Glenn Davis (College football. Born, Claremont, CA, Dec. 26, 1924; died, La Quinta, CA, Mar. 9, 2005.) “Mr. Outside” Glenn W. Davis was the speedy half of the deadly Blanchard-Davis backfield that made Army the powerhouse of the nation in college football from 1944 through 1946. During that span, Davis scored 59 touchdowns (43 by [...]
