FRED ELLIS/HAROLD KAESE Signed 1946 Tufts College Football Program(16 Signed)

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HERE IS A 1946 TUFTS COLLEGE OFFICIAL GAME FOOTBALL PROGRAM, SIGNED BY 19---INCLUDING HEAD COACH FRED ELLIS, SPORTSWRITER HAROLD KAESE, 3 ASSISTANT COACHES AND 11 PLAYERS, INCLUDING ROWLAND BEERS & CHARLIE FORTIN.
16-PAGE PROGRAM MEASURES 7 3/4" X 10 1/2"; IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH LIGHT WEAR/LIGHT CORNER WEAR; DATED OCTOBER 12, 1946--GAME WAS BETWEEN TUFTS AND BATES COLLEGE.
HERE ARE THE 16 SIGNERS: HEAD COACH FRED ELLIS, SPORTSWRITER HAROLD KAESE, ASSISTANT COACHES JOHN RICKER, LUCIAN COLUCCI, & TONY DETESO---PLAYERS RUSS JOHNSTON, GEORGE WELDON, BOB HAINES, AL WEBBER, JOHN CALAGIONE, ROWLAND BEERS, CHARLIE FORTIN, LOUIS BOURNAZOS, JOHN MAZZOLA, JULIUS DOLINER, JACK LEE.
HEAD COACH FRED ELLIS WAS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT TUFTS FROM 1946-1953 (WON-LOSS RECORD OF 25-34-6)/WAS ALSO THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH FROM 1946-53 (RECORD OF 74-75).  ELLIS OVAL, THE TUFT HOME FOOTBALL FIELD IS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.
FRED ELLIS DIED JULY 19, 1967.
HAROLD KAESE IS A LEGEND IN BOSTON SPORTS---HE WAS A SPORTSWRITER FOR THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT FROM 1933-1941/WITH THE BOSTON GLOBE FROM 1943-1973/COVERED BOTH THE BOSTON BRAVES AND THE BOSTON RED SOX.  IN 1976, HE WAS AWARDED THE J. G. TAYLOR SPINK AWARD BY THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM.
HAROLD KAESE DIED MAY 10, 1975.
ASSISTANT COACH LUCIAN COLUCCI DIED JANUARY 5, 1985.
ASSISTANT COACH TONY "THE GENERAL" DETESO DIED MARCH 26, 2010.
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