Harvard Club Trophies Awarded To Linemen Pochop, Neuenschwander

Two senior tackles were the recipients of Harvard's highest football honors announced last night at the Harvard Club of Boston's annual football dinner.

Jeff Pochop received the Frederick Greeley Crocker trophy which is given to that Harvard football letterman who, in the opinion of his teammates, possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker. In recent year it has been recognized as a "Most Valuable Player" designation.

Jack Neuenschwander was awarded the William Paine LaCroix Award, an honor given to that member of the junior varsity or varsity football squad who, by his enthusiasm for the game and by his sportsmanship, loyalty, and team spirit most nearly demonstrates those qualities characteristic of Bill LaCroix.

A 6-2, 208 pound tackle, Neuenschwander was a member of the junior varsity squad for two seasons before moving up to the varsity ranks this fall.

Pochop, a powerful 6-2, 210 pound lineman, was the Crimson's outstanding tackle and played an average of just under 48 minutes per game. He missed one game due to an injury.

The Crocker Award was established in 1949 by a group of former Harvard football players in honor of the popular 155-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team who was killed while serving on a destroyer in 1944. The LaCroix Award was established in 1950 by friends of Bill LaCroix '42, who died from injuries incurred while serving as a deck officer on the carrier Bunker Hill operating in the Leyte Gulf.