The late great Jack Davison ’51, remembered in PAW (Memorials, June 4) as a mere defensive back? I beg vehemently to differ! Jack was one of the superlative running backs in Princeton history. I once saw him score four touchdowns, as I recall, in a single game vs. Harvard, running through the enemy lines like Moses parting the Red Sea.
I never did meet him, but I met his wife on his graduation day as I was handing out programs (she needed an extra copy). “It’s OK, I’m Jack’s wife,” she said blithely, confident that I wouldn’t squeal to the deans about Jack being illegally married for nearly two months. (In our era, marriage before graduation was a no-no, making you subject to immediate dismissal.)
Please rectify the record for a great athlete.