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To this day the Pennsylvania Quaker wrestling team still has an annual Dr. Harry Fields award given to a member of the team who shows outstanding academic achievement.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Their Best = Haverford
When it comes to the history of Black Squirrel wrestling which unfortunately came to an end after the 1976-1977 season, there's one name that clearly sticks out above the rest.
Harry Fields without question is the best wrestler to ever come out of Haverford. A two-time NCAA participant, Fields made the NCAA finals in 1931 as a junior. Post his education at Haverford, Fields put himself through Med school at the University of Pennsylvania by dabbling in professional wrestling on the weekends. He later became a Gynecologist.
To this day the Pennsylvania Quaker wrestling team still has an annual Dr. Harry Fields award given to a member of the team who shows outstanding academic achievement.
To this day the Pennsylvania Quaker wrestling team still has an annual Dr. Harry Fields award given to a member of the team who shows outstanding academic achievement.
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Huge Thank you to former Cornell wrestler James Moffatt for the following addition!!
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He grew up in Collegeville, PA and wrestled for The Hill School in Pottstown under Hall of Fame coach, Frank Bissell."