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Wayne Johnson First to Win Both Harvard 'H' and Eli 'Y'

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Wayne Johnson, Jr., of Worton, Maryland, played on Harvard's 1942 football team as fullback. This year he was sent to Yale as a Marine trainee and, although injured early in the season, has just received his "Y" from Yale coach Howll Odell, thus becoming the first player in football history to win both his "H" from Harvard and his "Y" from the Elis.

Another ex-Harvard man, George E. Egan, of Belmont, Mass., was awarded Yale's Ledyard Mitchell prize for punting proficiency.

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