Sports
- Bob Jackson, Class of 1952, lacrosse All-American.
- "Swish" Nicholson, Class of 1936, star in Major League Baseball as a two-time National League home run and RBI champion with Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs.
- Betsy Beard Stillings, Class of 1985, Olympic gold medalist in rowing in 1984.
- National Lacrosse Hall of Fame: John Cheek, 2003; Charles B. Clark, 1988; Agostino M. DiMaggio, 1993; John Howard, 1978; Joseph Seivold, 1979; Ray Wood, 1990.
- Homer Smoot, major league baseball player with St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, 1902-1906.
- Stephen Berger, Class of 2004, Major League Lacrosse All-Star.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)