Another New Recruit

msphi81 · December 09, 2009, 09:21:32 AM

I believe another two sport player was Brock T (77-81). He was a great goal scorer in ice hockey for several years but I believe he was also an outstanding soccer player his freshman year.

Swampy · December 09, 2009, 10:21:06 AM

Then, of course, Ned Harkness was very rare as both a two-sport coach and even more so, as one who had undefeated seasons in both sports.

Al DeFlorio · December 09, 2009, 12:18:05 PM

Quote from: SwampyNot to drift too far, but what the hey. "Jim Brown," need I say more?

Brown brings to mind Jim Nance, star running back at Syracuse and Patriots' Hall of Fame member, and two-time NCAA heavyweight champion in wrestling. The Lehigh wrestling coach called Nance the best heavyweight wrestler he'd ever seen.

French Rage · December 09, 2009, 02:52:38 PM

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Quote from: jkahnPerhaps Cornell's most prominent two sport athlete in the last 50 years is Bruce Arena, a lacrosse middie and soccer goalie who excelled at both on a national level.
Most recent star two-sport athlete is probably Jeomi Maduka, several-time All-American in track and Ivy basketball player of the year.
She didn't play Basketball her senior year to completely focus on track. Here's my question, how many of the multi-sport athletes actually played both sports all 4 years?
Well, none did when freshmen were ineligible for varsity teams. Bruce Cohen played both lacrosse and soccer all three years he was eligible. He missed one season of lacrosse with an injury, but stuck around to get a five-year undergraduate engineering degree and played lacrosse that spring, making first-team All-America.

It was not unusual in the 1960s for someone to play both lacrosse and football. Ting Vanneman '67 was an All-East second team offensive tackle in football and captain of the 1967 lacrosse team as a defenseman. Our own TimV also played both lacrosse and football, and still threatens to suit up when the game gets close.::woot::

Not to drift too far, but what the hey. "Jim Brown," need I say more?
Other non-Cornell two-sport stars in recent years include Charlie Ward, Julius Peppers and Ron Curry, all of whom were basketball/football. Antonio Gates could have been a two-sport star but his first college coach (Nick Saban) wouldn't let him and he preferred basketball ... so he bailed on Michigan State and didn't play any college football(!). There are plenty of football/track two-sport athletes in college, mostly WR/sprinters.

And Toby Gerhart (football/baseball)!

Swampy · December 10, 2009, 12:17:47 AM

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Quote from: SwampyNot to drift too far, but what the hey. "Jim Brown," need I say more?
Brown brings to mind Jim Nance, star running back at Syracuse and Patriots' Hall of Fame member, and two-time NCAA heavyweight champion in wrestling. The Lehigh wrestling coach called Nance the best heavyweight wrestler he'd ever seen.

As has been said about Brown & lacrosse.

billhoward · December 12, 2009, 09:44:32 PM

Joakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

ithacat · December 12, 2009, 10:42:34 PM

Quote from: billhowardJoakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

Imagine how well the staff could recruit if the "outside the rink" experience had the same wow impact that the game atmosphere has.

mnagowski · December 12, 2009, 11:37:52 PM

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Quote from: billhowardJoakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

Imagine how well the staff could recruit if the "outside the rink" experience had the same wow impact that the game atmosphere has.

Care to elaborate? I think the "outside the rink" experience at Cornell is wonderful.

ithacat · December 12, 2009, 11:58:48 PM

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Quote from: billhowardJoakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

Imagine how well the staff could recruit if the "outside the rink" experience had the same wow impact that the game atmosphere has.

Care to elaborate? I think the "outside the rink" experience at Cornell is wonderful.

There's a joke in there, right?

TimV · December 13, 2009, 09:24:16 AM

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Quote from: billhowardJoakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

Imagine how well the staff could recruit if the "outside the rink" experience had the same wow impact that the game atmosphere has.

Care to elaborate? I think the "outside the rink" experience at Cornell is wonderful.

There's a joke in there, right?

Gorges. The Farmers Market. Ithaca Commons. Dragon Boat Racing. Johnson Art Museum. Cornell Lacrosse. Sapsucker Woods. Willard Straight Theater. Ruloffs. St. Patrick's Day Dragon. Slope Day. Cornell Wrestling. Cayuga's Waiters. Cornell Plantations. I don't see a joke.

Was it a case of "It's Saturday night, and YOU CAN'T SCORE"???::nut::

Robb · December 13, 2009, 05:10:46 PM

Quote from: TimVGorges. The Farmers Market. Ithaca Commons. Dragon Boat Racing. Johnson Art Museum. Cornell Lacrosse. Sapsucker Woods. Willard Straight Theater. Ruloffs. St. Patrick's Day Dragon. Slope Day. Cornell Wrestling. Cayuga's Waiters. Cornell Plantations. I don't see a joke.

Was it a case of "It's Saturday night, and YOU CAN'T SCORE"???::nut::

And you didn't even touch on the best that Cornell has to offer outside the rink: the amazing faculty and student body. One of the most dynamic, vibrant, enthusiastic, competitive, intelligent, curious, hard-working and interesting collections of people you'll find anywhere on the planet.

Oh, to be 20 and back at Cornell!

Lauren '06 · December 13, 2009, 05:32:24 PM

Quote from: RobbOh, to be 21 and back at Cornell!

I so rarely do FYPs, but seriously.

jtwcornell91 · December 13, 2009, 06:38:56 PM

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Quote from: RobbOh, to be 21 and back at Cornell!
I so rarely do FYPs, but seriously.

They wrote the lyric before New York raised the drinking age. ::drunk::

Robb · December 13, 2009, 06:50:52 PM

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Quote from: RobbOh, to be 21 and back at Cornell!
I so rarely do FYPs, but seriously.

Heh. True story: my first drink was on my 21st birthday - wine coolers from Wegman's. Could I be any studlier?

ithacat · December 13, 2009, 11:04:04 PM

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Quote from: billhowardJoakim Ryan-to-Cornell story also in the Newark Star Ledger. Ryan: "Once you're in the rink at Cornell (52-year-old Lynah Rink), it's unbelievable."

Imagine how well the staff could recruit if the "outside the rink" experience had the same wow impact that the game atmosphere has.

Care to elaborate? I think the "outside the rink" experience at Cornell is wonderful.

There's a joke in there, right?

Gorges. The Farmers Market. Ithaca Commons. Dragon Boat Racing. Johnson Art Museum. Cornell Lacrosse. Sapsucker Woods. Willard Straight Theater. Ruloffs. St. Patrick's Day Dragon. Slope Day. Cornell Wrestling. Cayuga's Waiters. Cornell Plantations. I don't see a joke.

Was it a case of "It's Saturday night, and YOU CAN'T SCORE"???::nut::

I'm being more literal: the hallways masquerading as a concourse, the bathrooms that look like they're from a 50s Greyhound station, the concessions with room temperature creamers that curdle in coffee, the Word produced section signs taped in the hallways...you know, the stuff that's outside the rink but inside the building. That's how I read his quote. Cornell and Ithaca are too rich in their offerings to have been that to which he was referring.