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Holy Cross Crusaders


sports, giving Holy Cross the largest ratio of teams-per-enrollment in the country. Holy Cross's athletic teams for both men and women are known as the Crusaders. Holy Cross is a founding member of the Patriot League, and boasts that one-quarter of its student body participates in its varsity athletic programs. Principal facilities include Fitton Field for football (capacity: 23,500) and baseball (3,000), the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex for basketball (3,600) and ice hockey (1,400),
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, the Crusaders began its lacrosse program at the JV level. Holy Cross High School's sports teams are as follows: Along with these sports, Holy Cross also has intramural basketball, bowling, ultimate Frisbee, bocce. Holy Cross High School is well known in Connecticut for its football program. In 2006, the team won the first football state championship in the school's history, the Class SS State Championship, defeating Stratford 40-0. They were ranked third among all teams in the state, following Greenwich and Ansonia
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Cross's All-American back Bill Osmanski in his last home game in 1938. In 1896, Holy Cross and Boston College played the first football game between the two schools, starting the Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry. For much of the early to mid 20th century, BC and The Cross drew some of New England's largest sports crowds. To accommodate larger crowds, the Holy Cross game was routinely held at larger venues off campus, with the 1916 matchup taking place at the newly constructed Fenway Park. A
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of Division I. Holy Cross has won two NCAA team national championships: Holy Cross also claims two national championships not recognized by the NCAA: * - The NIT was widely considered equally prestigious to the NCAA Tournament at the time, particularly because it was played at the high-profile Madison Square Garden. ** – The Patriot League did not allow its members to participate in the 1-AA football playoffs during its early years, but the undefeated Crusaders finished first in the national polls and the Sporting News declared them National Champions. Holy
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rather than formal athletic scholarships. In 1990, the Colonial League became an all-sports conference and changed its name to the Patriot League; over time, it began allowing scholarships in non-football sports (with the recipients ineligible to play football), but continued to prohibit football scholarships through the 2012 season. In 2013, much to the delight of alumni and fans, the Patriot League transitioned back to traditional scholarship football. A return to prominence As parts of its resurgence, Holy Cross will take on Boston College,
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Holy Cross Crusaders football


The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The team plays their home games at Fitton Field. Football began at Holy Cross in 1884 with games against teams from other schools beginning in 1891. Starting in 1896 the Holy Cross Football team played at the Worcester Oval. The first home game played at Holy Cross was
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1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1937 college football season. The Crusaders were led by fifth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Despite losing key defensive players from the year prior, the Crusaders' defense was one of the best in the country, allowing only three touchdowns all season. Holy Cross went undefeated on the year, with a record of 8–0–2, finishing tied for 14th in
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1936 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 1936 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1936 college football season. The Crusaders were led by fourth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field on campus in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team competed as a football independent. Holy Cross started the year on a five game winning streak, which helped land them a spot in the first ever AP Poll, released on October 19, 1936, being ranked 17th in that poll. Losses to and rival Boston
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1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1945 college football season. The Crusaders were led by first-year head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 16th in the AP Poll. Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Years Day, where they lost to Miami (FL), 6–13. This was the first and only bowl
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2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represents the College of the Holy Cross in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by first-year head coach Bob Chesney, play their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. The Crusaders began the 2017 season led by 14th-year head coach Tom Gilmore for the first seven games of the season before he was fired following
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2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represents the College of the Holy Cross in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by second-year head coach Bob Chesney, play their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. The Crusaders finished the 2018 season 5–6, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place. Award watch lists will be announced over the summer of 2019. The Patriot League will release their preseason coaches' poll in July 2019.
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Boston University–Holy Cross rivalry


The Boston University-Holy Cross rivalry is an American college rivalry that exists between the Boston University Terriers sports teams of Boston University and the Holy Cross Crusaders sports teams of The College of the Holy Cross. The Terriers and Crusaders have a program-wide rivalry called the "Turnpike Trophy", which BU leads 2–0 as of 2017. Both schools are members of the Patriot League. BU and Holy Cross had been conference rivals in the past prior to the former joining the Patriot League in 2013. The two schools were in
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Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band


Formed in 1845, the Holy Cross Crusaders Marching Band (HCMB) is one of the oldest organizations at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. The Crusaders Marching Band first began performing at football games in 1910 and the band's role has expanded significantly since to include other athletic appearances, performing at all home football games, selected away games, in exhibition at high school band competitions, and at various events throughout the country. In the spring, the marching band converts into the Holy Cross Crusader
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Bill Osmanski


William Thomas Osmanski (December 29, 1915 – December 25, 1996) was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and in 1977 he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. After graduating from Central High School in Providence, Osmanski attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played fullback for the Crusaders from 1936 to 1938. These three seasons were some of the most successful in Holy Cross' football history with
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Fitton Field


Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were played on adjoining the baseball field. Named after Reverend James Fitton, who donated land to the Archdiocese of Boston to found the college, it is an irregularly shaped three-sided horseshoe on the edge of the college's campus. The northern football stands are shorter than the southern due to Interstate
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to play major East Coast football powers but the Crusaders football program struggled to compete with the bigger schools. Holy Cross enjoyed a football renaissance for a decade starting in 1981 with coaches Rick E. Carter (35–19–2) and especially Mark Duffner (60–5–1). In 1983 the team was No. 3 in the nation in I-AA under Carter. Later under Duffner Holy Cross became the nation's most successful I-AA program. There were 11–0 seasons in both 1987 and 1991. Holy Cross won five Colonial/Patriot League
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The Holy Cross Crusaders are the athletic teams representing the College of the Holy Cross. They primarily compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League. In ice hockey, a sport not sponsored by the Patriot League for either sex, the Crusaders are members of two other leagues, with men competing in the Atlantic Hockey Association and women in Hockey East. The men's rowing team is part of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges. Of its 25 varsity teams, Holy Cross supports 12 men's and 13 women's
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Cross has won more than 50 regular season and/or postseason conference championships throughout its history. The majority of these have come in the Patriot League, where it currently competes for most sports. It is reported that the name "Crusader" was first associated with Holy Cross in 1884 at an alumni banquet in Boston, where an engraved Crusader mounted on an armored horse appeared at the head of the menu. The name was rediscovered by Stanley Woodward, a sports reporter for the "Boston Herald", when he used the term "
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Syracuse, Navy, and UConn in upcoming seasons, in addition to perennial foes Yale, Dartmouth, and New Hampshire, and will continue the series against Harvard, its longtime local rival. In 2016 Holy Cross travels to vaunted Yankee Stadium where it will host longtime opponent Fordham for the annual Ram-Crusader Cup. Unique among small, highly selective northeastern colleges, Holy Cross continues a proud and storied tradition of Division 1 scholarship football. In 2009, Holy Cross had one of its best teams since the founding of the Patriot
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Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry


and Holy Cross drew some of New England's largest sports crowds. To accommodate larger crowds, the Holy Cross game was routinely held at larger venues off campus, with the 1916 matchup taking place at the newly constructed Fenway Park. A record 54,000 attended the 1922 game at Braves Field, home of the Boston Braves baseball team. In 1940, Boston College went into Fenway Park and shut out the Crusaders 7–0 en route to a perfect season and the program's only national title to date. On November 28, 1942,
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Holy Cross High School (River Grove, Illinois)


Santo ran a baseball academy on the Holy Cross grounds, and the Cubs helped fund equipment for the school's baseball team. The Cubs even held their workouts at the school in spring 1972, in the midst of a strike which had shut down all of the major league training camps. Holy Cross's sports teams were known as the Crusaders. Their baseball team earned six regional championships, two sectional championships, and two appearances in the IHSA State Finals, while their football team had two undefeated regular seasons and six state playoff
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2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team


The 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. They were led by 14th-year head coach Tom Gilmore for the first seven games of the season before he was fired following a 2–5 start. Offensive coordinator Brian Rock was named interim head coach for the final four games. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-
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Holy Cross High School (Connecticut)


The 2018-2019 season was also notable because they only had one loss to Pomperaug High School during the Winter Invitational, finishing second. Starting in 2010, the "Crusader Crazies" changed their title to the Crusader Cru. The loyal fans of Holy Cross' basketball and football programs travel around the state to turn any game into a 'home' atmosphere for the teams. The Crusader Cru is also infamous in the state for The Pit , which is the name given to the Holy Cross High School basketball court by reporters
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a 6–0 defeat of Massachusetts Agricultural College on September 26, 1903. In 1908, the football field was moved to next to the baseball field which bears the same name (Fitton Field). Since 1910, the Holy Cross Crusader "Goodtime" Marching Band has performed halftime shows at home football games. The original field was built with wooden and concrete stands. These were replaced with steel stands in 1924 and aluminum seating in 1986. The largest crowd ever to pack Fitton Field was the 27,000 who showed up to see Holy
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League, led by the team's star Quarterback Dominic Randolph. The Crusaders won the league title and earned an automatic berth to the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to eventual national champion Villanova. The Crusaders have appeared in the FCS playoffs two times with an overall record of 0–2. Holy Cross has made 39 appearances in the AP Poll since it was introduced for the 1936 season, peaking at No. 9 in 1938. Holy Cross has finished the year ranked in the final Associated Press poll of the
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library resources on religion and spirituality. While not a library in the traditional sense, the shelves of Rehm Library house a non-circulating collection of primary texts from an array of religious traditions. It was named in honor of alumnus Jack Rehm '54 and his family. Holy Cross sponsors 27 varsity sports, all of which compete at the NCAA Division I level (FCS for football) with the exception of the women's ice hockey team which competes at the NCAA Division III level. The Crusaders are members of the Patriot
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Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry


The Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Boston College Eagles and Holy Cross Crusaders. The two schools are located 41 miles apart from each other in Massachusetts. The teams have met 83 times. Boston College leads the series 49–31–3. The teams last played in 2018. In 1896, Holy Cross and Boston College played the first football game between the two schools, starting one of the most storied rivalries in college football. For much of the early to mid 20th century, Boston College
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Holy Cross High School (Connecticut)


High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and meets Connecticut certification standards. Holy Cross is a member of the Naugatuck Valley League and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Council. The Holy Cross athletic program is respected statewide for its competitiveness and the positive attitudes and good sportsmanship of its players and coaches. The Crusaders have a history of success as evidenced by the many awards, acknowledgments, and trophies displayed throughout the building. The Crusaders compete in twenty-two varsity sports for boys and girls. In 2011
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Ram–Crusader Cup


The Ram–Crusader Cup is the name of the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the Fordham Rams and the Holy Cross Crusaders. Both schools are members of the Patriot League. The Ram-Crusader Cup was instituted in 1951 to honor the memory of Major Frank W. Cavanaugh. The idea for the Cup came from William P. Walsh, at the time, a Holy Cross undergrad. Walsh was working at a summer camp headed by then Fordham head coach, Ed Danowski, when hearing that the Rams
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produce the color of deep purple. Historically, Holy Cross' major rival has been the Eagles of Boston College, especially in football. Boston College does not share this view as far as Holy Cross being a "rival". In 1896, Holy Cross and Boston College played the first football game between the two schools. To accommodate larger crowds, the Holy Cross game was routinely held at larger venues off campus, with the 1916 matchup taking place at the newly constructed Fenway Park. A record 54,000 attended the 1922 game
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, Holy Cross defeated a good Providence team twice on last-second shots by forward Chris Potter and led top-ranked Michigan at the half in the first round of the NCAA tournament before being defeated. The following year, 1978, Sports Illustrated ranked Holy Cross and freshman of the year Ronnie Perry ninth in its pre-season poll. Following the team's championship years of the 40s and 50s, the Crusaders have been ranked only occasionally by the Associated Press. After appearing in 65 of 116 total weekly polls (56
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Success Rate of at least 97 percent. Also in 2016, 14 Holy Cross varsity athletic teams received Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) public recognition awards from the NCAA. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The 14 total teams earning public recognition awards put Holy Cross in the top 10 among all Division I athletic programs. The Crusaders finished tied for eighth in the nation out of 356 schools, placing them in the top three percent of all
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caught fire, killing nearly 500. But fortune did not always favor the Crusaders, and the series was suspended in 1986 after BC had won 17 games over a 20 year span. After an over three decade hiatus, the series will resume in 2018 as Holy Cross once again travels to Chestnut Hill to take on Boston College. The series will continue into the future, with a rematch already scheduled for 2020. In 1946 Holy Cross brought their best team in school history to the Orange Bowl only to feel the heartbreak they
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Dennis Golden


Dennis C. Golden is a former American football coach for Framingham State University and a college president for Fontbonne University. He played college football at the College of the Holy Cross. Golden was born in Bayside, Queens. He attended Holy Cross High School and graduated in its inaugural class. He practiced football and basketball. Golden was a two–way starter at tackle for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team, where he was a team co–captain in 1962 under head coach Eddie Anderson. Golden was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys
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Cleo A. O'Donnell


Crusaders. He remained the head coach at Holy Cross from 1919 through 1929. In his 11 years at Holy Cross, his teams posted a combined record of 69–27–6. He never had a losing season at Holy Cross, and his 1923 team outscored opponents 272 to 29. In early 1930, O'Donnell stepped down as head football coach at Holy Cross, but remained at the school as athletic director until December 1933. In April 1935, O'Donnell was hired as the head football coach and athletic director at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown
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Cross game had become more of a tradition than a rivalry, as Holy Cross football began to cease to be a major power. By 1980, the game was no longer part of the student ticket package, and was mostly attended by alumni. In 1986 Holy Cross changed the direction of its football program, joining the Division 1-AA Patriot League, and terminated the series. BC had won 17 of the last 20 games. The last basketball game between the two schools was played on January 17, 2006, a 63-
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gave BC four years earlier. On January 1, 1946, Holy Cross faced off against the University of Miami for the Orange Bowl title. With the score tied 6–6 and only seconds remaining in regulation, Holy Cross was intercepted by Miami's Al Hudson who ran the ball 89 yards for a touchdown. The final score was 13–6. In 1969, Holy Cross had to cancel the final eight games of the season when a contaminated faucet on a practice field led to an outbreak of hepatitis. Through the 1970s Holy Cross continued
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Kenneth O'Donnell


's 1968 presidential campaign. O'Donnell was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and raised in Boston. Both of his parents were Catholics of Irish descent. He was the son of Alice M. (Guerin) and Cleo O'Donnell, who was the football coach at the College of the Holy Cross Crusaders for two decades, and later athletics director for all sports activities. O'Donnell's older brother, also named Cleo, was a football star at Harvard during the 1940s. Following graduation from Harvard, O'Donnell attended law school at Boston College from
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Bob Fouracre


Robert E. "Bob" Fouracre (born November 22, 1937) is an American sportscaster who currently calls football and basketball for the College of the Holy Cross. He is a 1956 graduate of Northboro High School, a 1958 graduate of the Cushing Academy and a 1962 graduate of the Cambridge School of Broadcasting. Fouracre has called Holy Cross football since 1970 and Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball since 1989. From 1970-1981, Fouracre worked at WSMW-TV where he called Boston Celtics games (1971–73), hosted "
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known as the Crusaders. It is reported that the name "Crusader" was first associated with Holy Cross in 1884 at an alumni banquet in Boston, where an engraved Crusader mounted on an armored horse appeared at the head of the menu. In 2018, the college decided to phase out of using the Knight imagery, retiring the Holy Cross mascot Iggy T. Crusader. Holy Cross opted instead for the secondary (now primary) logo of a purple shield with an interlocking "HC." The Latin motto "In Hoc Signo
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Cleo A. O'Donnell


the head coach at Holy Cross, his teams compiled a record of 69–27–6. O'Donnell has been inducted into the Holy Cross and Saint Anselm Halls of Fame. A native of Charlestown, Massachusetts, O'Donnell attended the Boston Latin School before enrolling at the College of Holy Cross in 1904. He played four years for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. He was a tackle in the 1904 and 1905 seasons, and end in 1906, and a fullback in 1907. In the final game of the 1906 season, played at the
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John Grigas


High School. Grigas enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross in 1939 and played college football for the Crusaders football team from 1940 to 1942. He was later inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame. On September 27, 1941, Grigas gained national attention after he rushed for 192 yards on 26 carries and scored all three Holy Cross touchdown in a 19–13 victory over LSU at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He ranked third nationally behind Frank Sinkwich and Bill Dudley with 709 rushing yards in 1941. At the end
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Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey


The Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents the College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders are a member of the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA). They play at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross men's ice hockey began in 1966 and a year later it joined ECAC 2. The Crusaders played in the second tier of college ice hockey for ten years before they played their first playoff game, but once
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Jimmy Murray (offensive lineman)


James "Jimmy" Murray (born May 5, 1995) is an American football center for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Holy Cross. Murray began his football career at Holy Cross as a walk-on and redshirted his freshman season. He became a four-year starter for the Crusaders, appearing in 44 games and making 40 starts at three positions (center, left tackle, and right guard) on the offensive line. Murray was a second team
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Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball


The Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team currently competes in the Patriot League. The Crusaders are currently coached by Ann McInerney. The Crusaders began play in 1974. They went 0–12, coached by Sharon Dupre in her only season. For their first six years (1974–1980), the Crusaders were in Division III, going 37–60 during that time. From 1980 to 1982, the Crusaders were in Division II, going
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College of the Holy Cross


Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC). Holy Cross sports teams are called the Crusaders, and their sole color is purple; they compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Patriot League. Holy Cross was founded by Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J., second Bishop of Boston, after his efforts to found a Catholic college in Boston were thwarted by the city's Protestant civic leaders. From the beginning of his tenure as bishop, Fenwick intended to establish a Catholic college within the boundaries of his diocese. Relations with Boston's
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Ram–Crusader Cup


and Crusaders were restarting their series. Despite being enrolled at Holy Cross, Walsh grew up on Long Island as a Fordham football fan. The summer camp counselor approached his boss and suggested inaugurating a trophy in honor of Major Frank Cavanaugh. The "Iron Major” spent three seasons as head coach of Holy Cross (1903-1905) where he had a 19-10-2 record, and six at Fordham (1927-1932) where he had a 34-14-4 record and also elevated the program to
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college football's highest level. Danowski, who had captained Cavanaugh’s very last team while a quarterback for the Rams, looked forward to the trophy game and enthusiastically predicted Fordham would “pin back the ears” of the Crusaders. Instead, it was Holy Cross easily prevailing in a 54-20 blowout. John Cavanaugh, son of the Hall of Fame coach, later made the post-game trophy presentation to Holy Cross. Contests staged in 1952, '53 and '54 were all far closer affairs but each also
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WCHC


WCHC (88.1 FM) is the student-run radio station of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, its city of license and broadcasts at a frequency of 88.1 MHz. WCHC's official slogan is: "Worcester's Only Alternative Source" The station is operated by mainly student DJs who play a wide variety of music, from rock to classical and modern, including talk shows about sports, politics, and modern events. All home games and a handful of away games of Holy Cross' Crusader sporting events
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Worcester, Massachusetts


Golf's Ryder Cup's first official tournament was played at the Worcester Country Club in 1927. The course also hosted the U.S. Open in 1925, and the U.S. Women's Open in 1960. Worcester's colleges have long histories and many notable achievements in collegiate sports. The College of the Holy Cross represents NCAA Division 1 sports in Worcester. The other colleges and Universities in Worcester correspond with division II and III. The Holy Cross Crusaders won the NCAA men's basketball champions in 1947 and NIT men's basketball champions in 1954
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of Headmaster Charles DiGange and Jerry Arnone, the school's IT Director. Holy Cross School fields teams and competitors in many sports. The school currently offers soccer, karate, football, basketball, tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, swimming, wrestling, power lifting, track and field, and cross country. Holy Cross currently competes in Class 4A of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. Holy Cross football vs. Jesuit football is one of the oldest continuous high school rivalry in Louisiana. The first game was played in 1922
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championships, four Lambert Cups, and four ECAC Team of the Year Awards. It also earned the No. 1 ranking in the final 1987 NCAA Division I-AA poll. In 1987 running back/defensive back Gordie Lockbaum finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting after finishing fifth in 1986. In the midst of these winning seasons Holy Cross changed the direction of its football program. In 1986 it joined the Colonial League, a football-only conference that adopted the Ivy League model of need-based financial aid and grants
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Holy Cross Crusaders baseball


The Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The team is a member of the Patriot League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Hanover Insurance Park at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Crusaders are coached by Greg DiCenzo. Holy Cross has participated in the NCAA Tournament 11 times and has advanced to the College World Series on four occasions
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Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball


The Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I competition. The team competes in the Patriot League and plays their home games in the Hart Center. The program boasts such notable alumni as Boston Celtics legends Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn, and longtime Providence College basketball coach Joe Mullaney. Basketball first appeared at Holy Cross in 1900 but was discontinued several times until its reinstatement in 1939. In 1947, the Crusaders, behind coach Doggie Julian, NCAA tournament
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Blondy Ryan


John Collins "Blondy" Ryan (January 4, 1906 – November 28, 1959) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who is remembered primarily for his fielding and his starring for the New York Giants' 1933 World Series winners. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Ryan graduated from Holy Cross in 1930, where he established himself as an outstanding two-sport athlete for the Crusaders. In 1926, as a member of the football team, Ryan tossed two touchdown passes to Hymie Shanahan against Harvard in a 19-
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. Due to health concerns, Major Cavanaugh was relieved of his duties following the 1932 season and died in August, 1933. Holy Cross leads the "Iron Major" series, 18–15. The all-time series dates back to 1902, just a year before Cavanaugh began patrolling the Holy Cross sideline. The Crusaders also lead the overall series, 29–25–2. The 2016 game was played on November 12, at Yankee Stadium, where in front of 21,000+ fans, Fordham defeated Holy Cross by a score of 54–14. This
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Bill Swiacki


Southbridge, Massachusetts, in 1922. He was of Polish descent Swiacki began his college education at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played at the end position for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team in 1942. He then served as a second lieutenant and navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he attended Columbia University and played college football at the end position for the Columbia Lions in 1946 and 1947. On October 26,
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2016–17 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2016–17 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by second-year head coach Bill Carmody, played their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–17, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Navy. The Crusaders finished the
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2017–18 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2017–18 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Bill Carmody, played their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Navy in the quarterfinals before losing to Colgate in the semifinals. The Crusaders finished the
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1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross in NCAA competition in the 1946–47 season. The Crusaders, behind coach Alvin "Doggie" Julian, NCAA tournament MVP George Kaftan, star Joe Mullaney and a freshman point guard named Bob Cousy, beat Oklahoma at Madison Square Garden to win the NCAA championship. The team entered the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as the last seed in the 8-team tournament. In the first match, Holy Cross defeated the United States Naval Academy in front
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2018–19 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2018–19 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by fourth-year head coach Bill Carmody, will play their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League. The Crusaders finished the season 12–19, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Navy in the quarterfinals before losing to Colgate in the semifinals. !colspan=9
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Dominic Randolph


. Randolph completed 297 of 482 passes on the season for the Crusaders for a total of 3,604 yards and 30 touchdowns with just eight interceptions. In 2008 Randolph was named Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight year in the Patriot League and placed ninth in the voting for the 2008 Walter Payton Award. He was a first-team All-Patriot League selection, received the Gold Helmet from the New England Football Writers and earned honorable mention All-America honors from The Sports Network. That year Holy Cross finished second
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Crusader" to describe the Holy Cross baseball team in a story written in 1925. The name appealed to the Holy Cross student body, which held a vote later in that year to decide whether this cognomen or one of the other two currently in use – "Chiefs" and "Sagamores"- would be adopted. On October 6, 1925, "The Tomahawk", an earlier name of the student newspaper, reported that the results of the ballot were: Crusaders 143, Chiefs 17, Sagamores 7. Owing to the Post-9/11
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style housing. Anselm Hall and Basil Hall are traditional male dorms, while James Hall and North Hall are traditional female dorms. Holy Cross offers students the opportunity to play intramural sports, including flag football, basketball, indoor volleyball, and ultimate frisbee. Additionally, kickball, dodgeball, and sand volleyball tournaments are held throughout the year. Holy Cross students are also eligible to try out for Club Sports teams at the University of Notre Dame. A list of available sports can be found at http://recsports.nd.edu/club-sports/. Additionally, students, faculty,
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Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band


of 3.55. The Holy Cross Bands Program is one of the oldest organizations on campus. It is only two years younger than the College, dating back to 1845 and the founding of the College Brass. The Marching Band played its first football halftime show in 1910 and has been an active presence at Crusader football ever since. The HCMB conducted a celebration of its first performance on Fitton Field which occurred in 1910 in October 2010. The celebration included a gathering for past band alumni and current band members to discuss memories and history
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Bill Crowley (sportscaster)


William C. Crowley (born 1920 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, died December 1, 1996 in Needham, Massachusetts) was an American sportscaster. Crowley called New York Yankees games from 1951-1952 and Boston Red Sox games from 1957-1960. In between his time with the Yankees and Red Sox, Crowley worked at Holy Cross, where he was a radio announcer for Crusaders football and basketball games, sports information director, and economics professor. In 1961, Crowley became the Boston Red Sox public relations director, a position he
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%) in the 1950s, the Crusaders appeared in only 5 of 126 weekly polls (4%) in the 1960s and 9 of 148 (6%) in the 1970s. The Crusaders have not been nationally ranked since January 1978. Holy Cross could have joined the newly founded Big East Conference in 1980, but college President Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., vetoed the move for academic reasons. Holy Cross stayed independent until joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) to start the 1983–84 season. It moved to
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Holy Cross Crusaders


controversy over the “Crusaders” nickname, only Holy Cross and Valparaiso University maintain Crusaders at the NCAA Division I level. The school color is royal purple. There are two theories of how Holy Cross chose purple as its official color. One suggests it was derived from the royal purple used by Emperor Constantine the Great (born about 275 A.D., died in 337 AD) as displayed on his labarum (military standard) and on those of later Christian emperors of Rome. The other version is attributed to Walter J. Connors,
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1946 Orange Bowl


The 1946 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross was led by rookie head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa. Jack Harding had returned to the Hurricanes after serving in the war, in Miami's first bowl game since 1935. This was their third 8-win season under Harding, the first two in 1938 and 1941. Joe Krull gave Miami the lead on his 1-yard run for a touchdown, but the kick failed, leaving it at 6-0. Holy
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2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by first year head coach Bill Carmody, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–20, 5–13 in Patriot League play to finish in ninth place. As the #9 seed, they defeated Loyola (MD), Bucknell, Army, and Lehigh to be champions of the Patriot League Tournament and
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Holy Cross Academy (New Jersey)


win over Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in the tournament final. In 2007 the Holy Cross football team, won the Non-Public Group II state championship with a 17-0 win over Gloucester Catholic High School in the tournament final. During the 2007-08 sports season, Holy Cross sports teams won a total of six state championships. A team representing Holy Cross High School competes in the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League. In 2007, the Lancers Ice Hockey team won the S.J.H.S.H.L. Championship defeating Cherry Hill High School West
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2013–14 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2013–14 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by fourth year head coach Milan Brown, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 20–14, 12–6 in Patriot League play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Tournament where they lost to American. They were invited to the CollegeInsdiers.com Tournament where they defeated Brown in
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2017–18 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team


The 2017–18 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirty-third year head coach Bill Gibbons, play their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12–18, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell. They finished the season 8–21
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Sepsi-78


Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007. Currently Sepsi-78 focuses in youth football and its first team plays in the Kutonen, seventh tier of the Finnish football league system. Seinäjoen Palloseura was founded in 1930. SePS had activity in football and bandy, which was the club's main sport in the beginning. SePS played seven seasons in the
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John W. Costello


John W. Costello is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Massachusetts Governor's Council, and was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1964. Costello was born on April 30, 1927 in Boston. He graduated from Cathedral High School and went on to attend the College of the Holy Cross, where he majored in political science, played end for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team, and was a member of the school's swim team. In 1950,
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Boston University–Holy Cross rivalry


the ECAC-North Conference (now known as the America East Conference) together from 1979–83, at which point the Crusaders departed for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. "Series led and games won by BU are shaded ██. Series led and games won by Holy Cross shaded ██." Now in the same conference, the two schools agreed to face off for the Turnpike Trophy across all sports in 2015. BU won the inaugural trophy in 2015–2016 and leads the series 1–0. The trophy gets its name from the
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1946–47 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


30-point game, easily defeated the Beavers 60–45. In the championship game, Holy Cross faced the University of Oklahoma, behind coach Bruce Drake, in another sold-out game at Madison Square Garden. Kaftan followed up the semi-final match with 18 points in the title game, leading the Crusaders to a 58–47 victory against the Sooners. Holy Cross became the first college from the New England area to win a national college basketball title. The Crusaders finished the 1947 season with 23 straight wins. Afterward, 35,000 people watched
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2016–17 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team


The 2016–17 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirty-second year head coach Bill Gibbons, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 8–21, 6–12 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Lafayette. !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition !
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2014–15 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2014–15 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by fifth year head coach Milan Brown, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 14–16, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament where they lost to Bucknell. !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition !
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2018–19 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team


The 2018–19 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirty-fourth year head coach Bill Gibbons, play their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Bucknell. !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non
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2012–13 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team


The 2012–13 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by third year head coach Milan Brown, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12–18, 4–10 in Patriot League play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Lafayette. !colspan=9| Exhibition !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2013 Patriot League Men's Basketball
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2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team


The 2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirty-first year head coach Bill Gibbons, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 13–17, 10–8 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament to Lehigh. !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference
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Holy Cross Regional High School


Education, Religion, Sciences, Social Studies,and Visual Arts. Athletic programs offered in Holy Cross include Basketball, Volleyball, Track and Field, Soccer, Cross Country, Swimming, Golf, Football, Tennis, Cheerleading, Ultimate Frisbee, and Dance Squad. Sports events are held at Holy Cross like the BC Catholic Basketball Championship, rated the BC's best sporting atmosphere, which features rivalries between all BC Catholic high schools. The basketball program is consistently ranked in the top 10 in both boys and girls and has placed
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Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey


Paul Pearl became head coach in 1994. After recording their best season in fifteen years Holy Cross promoted its program to Division I and joined the MAAC in 1998–99. In their first year of D–I play Holy Cross won its first Conference Tournament, winning the inaugural MAAC Championship. Unfortunately, because the NCAA did not offer the MAAC an automatic bid at that time the Crusaders did not make the NCAA tournament. The next season Holy Cross dropped to seventh in the conference and lost 24 games over the course of the season
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2014–15 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team


The 2014–15 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by thirtieth year head coach Bill Gibbons, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–17, 11–7 in Patriot League play to finish third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Lehigh. !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season !colspan=9 style="background:#660066;
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Ken Simendinger


Simendinger played three years of college football and baseball. He hit two home runs and a double in his baseball debut against Dartmouth College, earning him the nickname the “Babe Ruth of the Eastern Intercollegiates.” Simendinger is the only Crusader coach to have served for just one season, as he then became football coach at Gonzaga High School in Washington D.C. where his team went undefeated and unscored upon in 1927. He was inducted into the College of The Holy Cross Crusader Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1958. Mr Simendinger then
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Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry


Holy Cross beat Boston College in a huge upset 55–12. The game is still the most famous between the two foes, not only for its result (which spoiled BC's undefeated season) but also its aftermath. The Eagles had booked their victory party that night at the popular Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but canceled after the loss. As a result, they were absent when the club caught fire, killing 492. But fortune did not always favor the Crusaders. By the late 1970s, the game had become more
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the postseason including 12 trips to the NCAA Tournament as well as one appearance in both the Women's National Invitation Tournament and the Women's Basketball Invitational. They are 1-12 in the NCAA Tournament with the lone win coming in 1991 as an upset over 6th seeded Maryland. This is the only victory in the NCAA Tournament for any team from the Patriot League. Six-time Patriot League Coach of the Year Bill Gibbons recorded his 500th win early in the 2011–2012 campaign. The Holy Cross football team played in the 1946
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record 54,000 attended the 1922 game at Braves Field, home of the Boston Braves baseball team. On November 28, 1942, Holy Cross beat BC in a huge upset 55–12. The game is still the most famous between the two foes, not only for its result (which spoiled BC's undefeated season) but also its aftermath. The Eagles had booked their victory party that night at the popular Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but canceled after the loss. As a result, the BC team was absent when the club
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Bob Dee


Robert Henry Dee (May 18, 1933 – April 18, 1979) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League and the American Football League. He was a three-sport letterman at the College of the Holy Cross who was one of the first players signed by the Boston Patriots of the American Football League in 1960. After two years with the Washington Redskins in 1957–58, Dee returned to Holy Cross to tutor the team's linemen. He became an ironman of the American Football League who never missed a
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sponsor men's rowing, the men's team was granted an acceptance into the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC), which is composed of the traditional Ivy League schools plus other select universities. Holy Cross student-athletes are among the most academically successful in the nation. In 2016, the Crusaders’ overall Graduation Success Rate of 97 percent for all student-athletes tied for the 17th best mark in the country out of 351 Division I schools. That marked the 10th straight year in which Holy Cross posted a Graduation
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Ram–Crusader Cup


ended with Holy Cross victories. When Fordham terminated their football program following the 1954 season the Cup was put on hiatus. Although Holy Cross never terminated their own program, from about the early 1950s to the early 1980s they played a mostly regional schedule at a lower Division I level with only mixed results. In 1982 they moved down to I-AA status where, under Coach Rick E. Carter and later Mark Duffner, fortunes quickly changed. From 1982 to 1991 they finished with a Top-20 national ranking every year but one.
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Alejandro Meleán


Alejandro Meleán Villarroel (born June 16, 1987) is an American-born Bolivian professional football player who currently plays for Wilstermann in the Bolivian Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. Melean attended Palmer Trinity School in Miami, where he played soccer and graduated in 2005. Later Meleán enrolled at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA after high school. During his four years with the Holy Cross Crusaders, Meleán was named all-Patriot League Conference twice and all Mid-Atlantic in his final year. Upon graduation, Meleán
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with 18 points, mostly in part to Navy coach Ben Carnevale's decision to have his players back off from Mullaney, who was reputed as being more of a playmaker than a shooter. In the semi-final match, Holy Cross faced the City College of New York, coached by Nat Holman. The Crusaders, led by Kaftan's 30-point game, defeated the Beavers 60 to 45. In the championship game, Holy Cross faced a Bruce Drake coached University of Oklahoma team in another sold-out game at Madison Square
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Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball


Garden. Kaftan followed up his semi-final game performance with 18 points in the title game, leading the Crusaders to a 58–47 victory against the Sooners. Holy Cross finished the 1947 championship season with 23 straight wins and became the first college from the New England area to win a national college basketball title. 35,000 people watched a parade in the team's honor on Holy Cross Day in Worcester. Future NBA legend Cousy was named AP and UP player of the year. In 1989, the NCAA voted teammate George Kaftan to
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Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band


uniting theme. Some recent halftime shows include: During the spring semester, many marchers trade in their uniforms for purple athletic polos and transform into the Holy Cross Crusader Pep Band. The band attends the men's and women's basketball games played at Holy Cross, as well as selected hockey games. The BC Eagles are the Crusaders' traditional athletic rivals while fellow Patriot League members including American University and Bucknell University are its modern rivals. Recent NCAA trips include the 2007 competition in Columbus, Ohio, for the men's team
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Guerin College Preparatory High School


Holy Cross High School after that school closed. Holy Cross High School had been opened in 1890. The Guerin Prep Crusaders/Gators are currently members of two athletic conferences: men (Crusaders) compete as a member of the Metro Suburban Conference, while the women (Gators) compete in both the Metro Suburban Conference and Suburban Christian Conference. Formerly, the all-boys Holy Cross High School competed in the East Suburban Catholic Conference until consolidating with the all-girls Mother Guerin High School in 2004. The school sponsors interscholastic
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Military history of the Crusader states


Holy Roman Emperor from the Holy Roman Empire and Richard I of England in the Third Crusade of 1189–1192. The long distance to the Middle East and the difficulty in crossing often hostile territory resulted in the Crusader forces being relatively outnumbered by the surrounding pre-existing nations. There were regular calls for reinforcements from the Crusader states attempting to alleviate this problem. Several calls resulted in new Crusades. Tactics followed by Crusaders varied according to the commander at the time and depended on the strengths of the different armies. The Crusaders were generally
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the all-decade team of the 1940s. The Crusaders followed up their championship by advancing to the 1948 NCAA Tournament's Final Four. After advancing to the Elite Eight in 1953, the Crusaders would wait 63 years before claiming another win in the NCAA Tournament. In 1954, Holy Cross won the NIT Tournament behind another future NBA Hall-of-famer and Celtics legend Tom Heinsohn. This is widely recognized as the College's second national title in basketball due to the prestige of the NIT at the time. In 1977
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John Grigas


John Joseph Grigas (August 19, 1920 – May 19, 2000) was an American football player. He played college football for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team from 1940 to 1942 and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) from 1943 to 1947. He was selected as a second-team All-American in 1941, a first-team All-NFL player in 1944, and led the NFL in all-purpose yards in 1944. Grigas was born Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1920 and attended Chelsea
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