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| Mal "Mac" Aldrich | |
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Position: Halfback |
| Member Biography | |
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Malcolm Aldrich was All-America halfback and Yale captain
in 1921. He drop-kicked a 48-yard field goal against Brown.
He beat Princeton 13-7 with two fourth-quarter field goals.
He excelled as a runner and passer, and his 86 points made
him the nation's third leading scorer. Frank O'Neil wrote in the
New York Sun that Aldrich "combines high will-power with
skill, remarkably agile and with a fine side-step." In the
Princeton game he ran behind the referee, Tiny Maxwell, using
him as a screen before making a long gain. He also was Yale's
baseball captain and after graduation in 1922 joined the
Commonwealth Fund, which donated money for medical
education. He became the Fund president in 1940, chairman
in 1963, and received an award for distinguished service from
the American Medical Association. Aldrich served in the
Navy in World War II. He died July 31, 1986, at age 85
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