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Throwback Thursday: Yale's boys in the boatAs we watch sixteen Yale students and alumni compete for nine different countries in this year's Olympic rowing events in Paris, we thought about a Yale crew triumph in another Paris Olympics 100 year ago this month. Back when college crews competed for the right to represent the USA in the Games, Yale's undefeated 1924 varsity crew won the job for the Paris games. On July 17, 1924, they won the gold medal race, besting second-place Canada by 16 seconds. Among the rowers: future pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock ’25 (far left in photo). 
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