Word: burlington
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feed him a story. But this was not a Harvard story. Matthews wanted Roberts's help with a cause, of sorts. The president of the University of Vermont had decided to dismantle the school's competitive athletic program to save money. Matthews was horrified. He grew up in Burlington, right next to the school's football stadium, and later graduated from the University. When he finally got Roberts aside, Matthews urged him to write a piece supporting reinstatement of the program. Roberts puffed a cigar, looking disinterested...
There was only a wire fence separating his house from the end zone of the University's Centennial Field, so as a child in Burlington, Matthews could watch college football games from an upstairs window. Or he could jump the fence and play football himself--or baseball, or basketball. It was a well-equipped field with facilities for every sport, and Matthews played them...
Matthews received his first money for writing sports when he was a high school junior: $10-15 a week for covering local games in the Burlington Daily News, a now-defunct William Loeb paper...
...dedicated scholar. He took grade school-like courses (majoring in history, with a minor in geography), and spent part of his time working as an assistant in the school's sports information office (and most of his time, in something of a conflict of interest, writing sports for the Burlington Free Press...
After a year in the Guard, Matthews returned to Burlington to become the University of Vermont's director of sports information. He held the job until August 1969, when Baaron Pittenger, then Harvard's "DSI," offered Matthews a job as his assistant. The job meant a raise of $1000 a year for Matthews. He quickly accepted...