Category Archives: This Day in Penn History
This Day in Penn History – 1974
Last spring Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare Jr. C’75 – one of the best football players in Penn history – died at the age of 58. In what amounted to a brilliant career during something of a down period (Penn didn’t … Continue reading
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On This Date – 1980
Just in case you needed any more proof that former college hoops broadcaster Billy Packer doesn’t care for mid-majors, Michael Brown C’83 has some. Twenty-four years before Packer’s famous on-air spat with St. Joe’s coach Phil Martelli over the Hawks’ … Continue reading
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On This Date – 1971
The 2010-11 Harvard basketball team is in prime position to win the first Ivy League championship in school history. But what some people may not know is that 40 years ago the Crimson also thought they had the team that … Continue reading
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On This Date – 1950
By today’s standards, he would be too little to play football. Throw in the fact that his name was Francis, he had red hair and he used to be a water boy and what happened exactly 60 years ago today … Continue reading
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This Day in Penn History – 1920
Next Monday, the NCAA tournament will end, “One Shining Moment” will be sung, and one team will be left standing as national champions of the college basketball world. Exactly 90 years ago today, there was no such hoopla when the … Continue reading
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This Day in Penn History – 1985
Twenty-five years ago, the Penn men’s basketball team lost more games than it won. But that 1984-85 Quakers team, which was honored at the Palestra earlier this year, also captured an Ivy League championship and nearly derailed a team’s Final … Continue reading
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This Day in Penn History … 1992
Another feature I hope to add to this blog on a regular or semi-regular basis are “This Day in Penn History” posts, which are – well you can figure out what they are. The terrific letsgoquakers.com has recaps and videos … Continue reading
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