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    Presentation of game ball to Vincent S. McDonough, S.J., after the Georgetown v. Manhattan College football game, October 13, 1934, which was won by Georgetown, 9-0. Flanking Fr. McDonough are, to the left, Georgetown football coach Jack Haggerty and, to the right, football captain Joseph Saverine

    Presentation of game ball to Vincent S. McDonough, S.J., after the Georgetown v. Manhattan College football game, October 13, 1934, which was won by Georgetown, 9-0. Flanking Fr. McDonough are, to the left, Georgetown football coach Jack Haggerty and, to the right, football captain Joseph Saverine
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    Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
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    Vincent S. McDonough, S.J. ( 1870-1939) was both revered and feared by students. In addition to serving as Director of Athletics from 1916 to 1928, Father "Mac" was also Prefect of Discipline and a student counselor. On September 3, 1939, he was found dead in his room, beside a radio broadcasting news of the declarations of war by Britain and France. Lou Little, who coached under Father "Mac," said of him, "I never knew a man with so broad a vision. I never knew one who understood boys as he understood them. I never saw him confronted with a decision and fail to give a fair and sympathetic answer- one that satisfied all hands and endeared him to all." A few days before his death, he had been asked what he would most like to honor his 25th anniversary as a priest and had replied, "You give the boys a new gym and I'll be happy." The McDonough Memorial Gym, entirely funded by subscriptions from alumni and friends and dedicated in December 1951, bears his name.
     
    Repository: Booth Family Center for Special Collections. For more information about this collection please email: speccoll@georgetown.edu
     
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552736
    Date
    1934-10-13
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    Subject
    Jesuit heritage; Sports; McDonough, Vincent S., 1870-1939; Haggerty, Jack; Saverine, Joseph; Georgetown University--Football; Football coaches--Washington (D.C.);
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    image
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    10 in. x 8 in.
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    • AJCU Photographs Collection
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