march december american football player coach law student born new_york attended yale_university beginning popular student member delta skull bones year starter football team backup crew team junior year replaced football team freshman returned starting position remainder time yale successful enrolled graduation invited serve head coach football program accepted position rigorous practicing regime led team record included victory rival army army navy game repeatedly news coaching decisions leading game commended following upset victory end season returned new_york continue studies hospitalized cold caught coaching worsened shortly arrival died fever late december age career early life college born march new_york son child attended connecticut second person family graduated school following year began classes yale_university popular yale member delta secret undergraduate society skull bones sophomore year starting right end football team squad finished season thirteen record sole loss coming national champion harvard following year joined university crew team substitute described classmates prominent athletics football season turned disappointment early season starting end later follow navy football coach injured game observing team practice noticed play backup end watched brief time decided needed return practicing lose starting position share view game replaced starting end regain position despite remained popular senior year university graduates presented class award graduation school enrolled joined law office new_york_city coaching career october shortly began attending invited yale coach live maryland serve coach football team program requested camp serve coach response army hiring teammate camp suggested better fit job accepted invitation second head coach navy history independent program prior coach student academy responsible revival program strategy practices intensive academy early years classes day team play minute games team backup players followed immediately long swimming session cold pool shortly season began hired player serve assistant coach season commenced october shutout loss finish season record losing national champion yale team played game days later navy lost game shutout score losses continued losing streak dated november previous year following week october received coaching win navy defeated followed victory week small navy won shutout largest shutout win navy game continued winning streak november biggest win navy beginning season week break received fourth win point shutout nearby georgetown final game season annual army navy biggest rivals navy upset cadets previous year game came game unbeaten army despite expected victory telling reporters opinion navy certainly win caught attention press scheduling constant practices leading game including organizing night practices field closed press fan access practices unusual action time navy officials claimed army learned plays prior year observing practices actions proved successful november west_point navy led army entire game won easily month game appreciation coaching navy win team presented inch high sterling silver loving cup produced inscribed simple message officers cadets death legacy following conclusion season returned new_york_city continue studies attended classes brief time reportedly contracted severe cold time head coach continued affect season december attending law classes illness intensified apparently succumbed attack fever taken condition progressively worsened following days finally succumbed effects fever december age season head coach amassed record team opponents wins tied seventh fewest navy coach single season coaches fewest losses navy coaches win percentage tied tenth highest navy coach coaching position filled yale teammate subsequently replaced yale teammate largely forgotten outside navy football history event life remembered replacement yale end discussed magazines 1920s significant impact hiring serve assistant following navy coaches head coach brought navy national prominence won games later longest serving members college football helping forward pass ban flying wedge things head coaching record
Ben Crosby