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In 1911 Sanford White, at end, scored all the points that brought Princeton its first Big Three title since 1896... Less spectacular, but equally important, was the all-round play at tackle of Eddie Hart, captain in 1910 and 1911. One of the most powerful linemen who ever played for Princeton, he became a legend in the American Expeditionary Force during the First World War when, responding to an offer by a professional strong man in a Paris theatre to take on anyone in the audience, Hart, on orders from his colonel, went forward to the stage and threw the challenger into the wings. In 1911, just before Hart's team was photographed, someone doing research on the rights and privileges of champions discovered John DeWitt in his white sweater. A similar sweater was made ready for Eddie Hart, thus transmuting the 1903 improvisation into tradition. from Princeton Football

The American-born Canadian neurosurgeon, Wilder Graves Penfield (1891-1976), founded and was the first director of the Montreal Neurological Institute. He diagnosed the cause of epilepsy and perfected a surgical cure. Wilder Graves Penfield was born in Spokane, Washington, on January 26, 1891. He was one of three children born to Charles Samuel and Jean (Jefferson) Penfield. His father was a physician and died when Penfield was very young. To support herself and her family, Penfield's mother became a writer and Bible teacher. Penfield spent his early years at the Galahad School in Hudson, Wisconsin, where his mother worked as a housekeeper. Upon graduation in 1909, Penfield was accepted at Princeton University. He was active in extra-curricular activities and became president of his class. He was so good at football, that upon graduation in 1913, he was hired as a coach. After graduation from Princeton with a degree in literature, Penfield held a Rhodes scholarship and a Beit Memorial Research fellowship at Oxford University, where he studied with Sir William Osler and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. He married Helen Katherine Kermott in 1917 and eventually raised four children. Penfield received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1918. He worked in Sherrington's research laboratory at Oxford from 1919 to 1921. After his retirement from the Montreal Neurological Institute in 1960, Penfield set out on what he called his "second career" of writing and lecturing around the world. Not one to take to retirement easily, Penfield said " … rest is not what the brain needs. Rest destroys the brain." He traveled abroad many times during this period and even lectured in China and Russia. from www.answers.com/topic/wilder-penfield

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tigertigertiger76: Thanks for the information! Fascinating!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called History of Canadian Science and Technology, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Graves_Penfield

George Foster "Sandy" Sanford (June 4, 1870 – May 23, 1938) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Columbia University (1899–1901), the University of Virginia (1904), and Rutgers University (1913–1923), compiling a career college football record of 84–46–6. Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sanford_(American_football)

Thank Richard Norton, we'll add his full name to the catalog record.