Last of Yale's "IRONMEN" passes away

[bulldog10jw]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/sports/ncaafootball/28deangelis.html?_r=1&_r&oref=slogin

James DeAngelis, Last of Yale’s Ironmen, Dies at 97

DeAngelis, a 165-pound center and linebacker, was one of the 11 players on an ordinary team that upset Princeton on Nov. 17, 1934, ending the Tigers’ two-year winning streak of 15 games. There were no substitutes for Yale that afternoon, the starters enduring for the full 60 minutes, a feat never matched in college football thereafter. They also became known as Yale’s Ironmen, a tag that followed each to the end of his life.

[Ivytalk]

Very inspirational story, and quite a feat.

[Grizalltheway]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/sports/ncaafootball/28deangelis.html?_r=1&_r&oref=slogin

James DeAngelis, Last of Yale’s Ironmen, Dies at 97

DeAngelis, a 165-pound center and linebacker, was one of the 11 players on an ordinary team that upset Princeton on Nov. 17, 1934, ending the Tigers’ two-year winning streak of 15 games. There were no substitutes for Yale that afternoon, the starters enduring for the full 60 minutes, a feat never matched in college football thereafter. They also became known as Yale’s Ironmen, a tag that followed each to the end of his life.

xeekx How the times have changed...

[RadMann]

Nice story... Thanks for posting...

[Seawolf97]

Thanks for posting- really good story !

[JoltinJoe]

The story of the "Ironmen" is one of the great pre-WWII football legends.

The Four Horsemen, the Blocks of Granite, the Ironmen of Yale (not to be confused with the Iowa team of '39), ... they're all gone now.

Here is a great tribute to the memory of the Ironmen. The website sells a great book by William Wallace about the Ironmen. Wallace is the New York Times writer who wrote the DeAngelis obit linked in the first post.

Yale's Ironmen (http://www.billwallacesports.com/yale_photos.htm#)

[Ivytalk]

The story of the "Ironmen" is one of the great pre-WWII football legends.

The Four Horsemen, the Blocks of Granite, the Ironmen of Yale (not to be confused with the Iowa team of '39), ... they're all gone now.

Here is a great tribute to the memory of the Ironmen. The website sells a great book by William Wallace about the Ironmen. Wallace is the New York Times writer who wrote the DeAngelis obit linked in the first post.

Yale's Ironmen (http://www.billwallacesports.com/yale_photos.htm#)

Bill Wallace was the greatest Ivy League writer of all time. He covered the Harvard-Yale game for the Times for years. Nice post!

[bulldog10jw]

The story of the "Ironmen" is one of the great pre-WWII football legends.

The Four Horsemen, the Blocks of Granite, the Ironmen of Yale (not to be confused with the Iowa team of '39), ... they're all gone now.

Here is a great tribute to the memory of the Ironmen. The website sells a great book by William Wallace about the Ironmen. Wallace is the New York Times writer who wrote the DeAngelis obit linked in the first post.

Yale's Ironmen (http://www.billwallacesports.com/yale_photos.htm#)

My son gave me that book for Christmas LAST year. A very good read.

[JoltinJoe]

My son gave me that book for Christmas LAST year. A very good read.

I saw the book at the local library last year. Someone was turning the book in while I was checking some books out with my son.

After that, I read the book over the course of a number of visits to the library during my son's reading group times. I was not really familiar with the Ironmen before reading the book and had no idea what they had done.

It's a fun read for any fan of Ivy League football, or college football in general.

As Ivytalk notes, William Wallace is a great writer. Around here, sports fans often criticize the New York Times because its sports coverage is not comprehensive. But what makes the Times so worthwhile is that its feature writers are so good, and none is better than William Wallace.

[YaleFootballFan]

My uncle, who passed away in October, went to Yale with Mr. DeAngelis and knew him pretty well.

Mr. DeAngelis was at the Yale-Harvard Game at the Bowl last month, which happened to fall on the 73rd Anniversary of that historic game against Princeton in 1934.