Jim Farrell
Jim Farrell was an equipment man in the athletics department at Harvard University when Jack played sports there. Farrell gave Jack a football for a…
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Lennie Thom
Lennie Thom was the executive officer of PT 109 when it was sunk the Japanese troop transport ship the Amagiri. Before his service in the…
Football
Although much to his chagrin that it was not his best sport as a performer, JFK simply loved football. Thinking it a manly and virile…
March 13, 1953 (Friday)
At 11:15 am Kennedy had an appointment in room 9-B of the Senate Office Building to record highlights of his career to date. At 11:30…
November 8, 1949
The Associated Press published an article about JFK supposedly practicing in full uniform and pads with a high school football team. In the piece, Kennedy…
Game
Jack was in Princeton, New Jersey and attended the Harvard-Princeton football game with Charlotte McDonell, a friend of his sister Kick. He described the outing…
Snowfall
Jack wrote his father a letter describing his school football team’s last game and the snowfall that caused it. He also somewhat with some relief…
Harvard Junior Varsity Football
Although he was often in precarious health, JFK was keen on proving himself an adept athlete. He played on the junior varsity football team at…