OT: John Kerry, Yale hockey player?

[djk26]

I don't mean for this thread to be at all political, just curious about something...

I've seen old pictures of John Kerry in a hockey uniform at Yale.  Was he on the "varsity"...i.e., Division I, intercollegiate squad?  Did he play any games at Cornell?

Thanks for satisfying my curiousity.

[jeh25]

[Q]djk26 Wrote:

 I don't mean for this thread to be at all political, just curious about something...

I've seen old pictures of John Kerry in a hockey uniform at Yale.  Was he on the "varsity"...i.e., Division I, intercollegiate squad?   [/Q]

Kerry played hockey, soccer and lacrosse at Yale. However, he earned his only letter playing soccer his senior year, scoring 3 goals against Harvard in his final game.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=21803

In fact, Kerry *still* plays hockey. A few months back, he donned his skates with a bunch of former Bruin's for the NH primary.

http://www.reinvented.net/article/1855
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0122a.html

Kerry also played in the Leary Foundation Charity game last year.

http://nhl.com/intheslot/read/features/leary_event092903.html

Hmmm. Ike had a putting green. You think they can fit a rink on the South lawn?

[Rob NH]

The kicker was that for the NH primary Kerry was in a UNH jersey, does this mean he is destined to choke?

[cornelldavy]

No, it means that if there is a long review in this election, he might get the call overturned in his favor.

[Rob NH]

::rolleyes::
Or he could deliver the same one speech over and over again... U-N-H, U-N-H, U-N-H...

[dss28]

Or U-H-N, U-H-N, U-H-N...

[John Manning, Jr.]

I've seen this guy skate a couple times.  If he played varsity at Yale, I was captain of the '80 Olympic team that captured the GOLD.

JM

[nyc94]

Bill Maher '78 made a great comment the other night on the election being about class warfare - Yale '66 vs Yale '68.

-note: this is not a political comment on my part

[Rob NH]

One of the channels had an interview with the author of a book on Skull & Bones, both were members. Apparently there is no S&B rule forbidding them from running against each other.

[jbeaber1998]

The interview I saw was on MSNBC with Keith Olberman.  They were talking a lot about S&B and how they steal things as offerings to their 'deity'.  Olberman replied, "Geez, at Cornell we just stole stuff for the hell of it"

-J

[Josh '99]

[Q]jbeaber1998 Wrote:
 Olberman replied, "Geez, at Cornell we just stole stuff for the hell of it"[/Q]It's funny because it's true.  :-D

[Rob NH]

Yes, it was the one with Keith Olberman. I almost fell over when he delivered the Cornell line. :-D

[Greenberg \'97]

[Q]Rob NH Wrote:

 Yes, it was the one with Keith Olberman. I almost fell over when he delivered the Cornell line.  [/Q]

The segment is available online:

http://msnvideo.msn.com/video/default.aspx?prepend=62378dec-21db-4afa-8f76-d68b6de855d6,919edacc-e319-4e0e-9e3c-fe95ad9901c1,799d30a7-724f-45a3-a62c-c6c8ca634ff6&menu=News&menuItem=NBC%20News

"Search Media Library" for Olberman.  The quote is right near the end of the segment.