I am mortified that I forgot in my item below about the Giants' Kevin Boothe that there has, in fact, been a Cornell alum who won a Super Bowl ring.
(Thanks to my friends/readers for setting me straight on this.)
What makes it ridiculous is that the man in question is Derrick Harmon, who was a member of the 49ers when they beat the Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX.
Not only did I actually go to school with the guy, but I watched that game with Cornell friends, and in the San Francisco area, not far from where the game was played at Stanford Stadium.
Sigh. It's been a long week.
Yo, Giants p.r. people: Please tell Boothe about this. I don't want him getting all excited on the victory podium for no reason, thinking he has made Cornell history.
Comments (5)
Neil, I hope Boothe, like Harmon, becomes a member of the Big Red with a Super Bowl ring. He's a class act.
It's funny how you went to school with Harmon, and now Boothe, someone I went to school with, is in The Big Game (am I allowed to call it that?). Neat.
Sadly, I didn't deliver Newsday as a youngster. Otherwise we could have tied this all together very nicely.
Neil, I hope Boothe, like Harmon, becomes a member of the Big Red with a Super Bowl ring. He's a class act.
It's funny how you went to school with Harmon, and now Boothe, someone I went to school with, is in The Big Game (am I allowed to call it that?). Neat.
Sadly, I didn't deliver Newsday as a youngster. Otherwise we could have tied this all together very nicely. I have had a subscription my entire life though.
I, too, have a soft spot for Derrick Harmon -- not only a Cornellian, but also from Bayside -- but he didn't exactly distinguish himself in The Big Game, returning the opening kickoff all the way to his 6-yard line.
Other Ivy Leaguers with rings:
* Brown's Sean Morey -- Steelers in 2006
* Harvard's Jamil Soriano -- Patriots in 2004
* Princeton/Columbia's Jason Garrett (son of former Giants assistant Jim) -- Cowboys in 1994
* Yale's Kenny Hill -- Raiders 1984
* Harvard's John Dockery -- Jets 1969
* Yale's Chuck Mercein (later a Giants RB) -- Packers 1968
Andy: I very well remember Harmon botching the opening kickoff return. But I was too polite to remind him of that in the blog post.
Neil, I saw the ring and the man, had a nice conversation in Johnny's Big Red Tavern around 90/91. Great guy, huge ring.