1920 — Yale’s Eddie Eagan — a future Rhodes Scholar — defeated Sverre Sorsdal of Norway in the final of the light heavyweight boxing final at the Antwerp Games. Twelve years la… more →
Ivies in ChinaIvy History wrote 10 months ago: 1920 — Yale’s Eddie Eagan — a future Rhodes Scholar — defeated Sverre Sorsda … more →
Ivy History wrote 10 months ago: 1920 — Cornell’s Ivan Dresser was a member of the three-person United States 3,000-meter … more →
Ivy History wrote 10 months ago: 1920 — The United States epee team, which included Harvard’s William Russell and Princet … more →
Ivy History wrote 10 months ago: 1920 — Cornell’s Frank Foss cleared a world-record 13-5 to garner gold at the Antwerp Ga … more →
Ivy History wrote 10 months ago: 1882 — Harry Groman was born. Then a recent Yale graduate, he was the early leader in the 400- … more →
Ivy History wrote 10 months ago: 1920 — Yale’s Dick Landon — who met his future wife Alice Lord on the boat to the … more →
Ivy History wrote 11 months ago: 1896 — Gerry Geran was born. Geran had a few unique distinctions. First, he won a silver medal … more →
Ivy History wrote 11 months ago: 1920 — Thirty-nine-year-old Princetonian Karl Frederick claimed his first of three gold medals … more →