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...little over 20 years ago, P. D. Haughton '99, came to Cambridge to coach the 1908 football team, of which Francis H. Burr '09, was captain. Haughton had been coaching successfully at Cornell...
...writer has never seen in print the true story of how Haughton came baok to coach, and even now it should be of interest to many. The man who was the originator of the idea is G. R. Fearing Jr. '93. During the winter of 1907-1908 he spoke of it to several men among others the writer, and said that he wished it could be brought about that Haughton and Burr could meet. The writer arranged a dinner in Boston at which were present Heman M. Burr '77, father of "Hooks" Burr H. C. Leeds '77, Fearing. Haughton, Burr...
...Haughton coached through 1916, and coupled with his genius as a coach he was blessed with exceptional material. His teams won five games, lost two, and tied two. The 1914 team christened the Yale Bowl with a 36-0 victory, and the 1915 eleven defeated Yale by the largest score of any Harvard team...
...Haughton was succeeded in 1919, after the War, by Robert T. Fisher '12, captain of the 1911 team. He coached four successive winning teams, two losing ones, and the 1925 team which so successfully held off, 0-0, what was generally thought to be a much superior Yale eleven. The 1923 and 1924 games were played under the worst weather conditions of any games between the two universities...
Beginning in 1911, F. J. Sexton, Brown '93, later with the Boston National League team, coached until the middle of the 1915 season, when he resigned and was succeeded by P. D. Haughton '99. During this period Harvard won three of the five series...