9.1-fbl_1914When Harvard Was College Football's Number One (Really!)

A Dinner Conversation with Dick Friedman AB '73, football writer for Harvard Magazine
Tuesday, October 16th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (Hogan Lovells)

It's kickoff time! With Harvard's 2018 gridiron season at its midpoint, please join us to revisit the first golden age of Crimson football. (The second is...right now!) You'll see how between 1908 and 1916, Harvard's blueblood roughnecks under iconic coach Percy D. Haughton (A.B. 1899) ruled the sport, compiling a record of 71 wins, five ties and only seven losses while thrice being named national champions. Plus you'll revisit the controversies over recruiting, big money, concussions, violence and overemphasis--all of which resound a century later.

Dick Friedman AB '73 is a contributing editor at Harvard Magazine, where since 2014 he has been reporting on Crimson football. A career-long journalist, he was a writer and editor at Sports Illustrated from 1994 through 2012. Friedman is the author of the recently published "The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football" (Rowman & Littlefield). He first attended a game at Harvard Stadium in 1958.

Registration
Harvard Club members, Friends of Harvard Football, and Harvard Varsity Club members and their guests: $45/person
Non-Members: $65/person
Ticket includes talk, full dinner, and drinks
 

This event has been cancelled. All people who have pre-registered will receive full refunds.

 

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Menu
Nacho Salad
Chicken Wings (traditional or boneless)
Sausage, peppers and onions
French fries
Vegetable crudité with hummus and ranch (or grilled vegetables-hot)
Football shaped cookies
 

Venue

This venue is fully handicap accessible and our meals are designed to accommodate vegetarians.

The nearest metro station is Metro Center. Exit at 12th and F Street, NW. Your destination is the building named "Columbia Square" which will you see right in front of you as you exit the escalator.

There are several nearby parking garages including:

  • Columbia Square Parking Garage: 555 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-8105
  • Parking Management: 600 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 347-5469

When:

6:30PM - 8:30PM Tue 16 Oct 2018, Eastern timezone

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Where:

Hogan Lovells
555 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20004 United States

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