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His lessons of caring, loyalty, and humility turned Cistercian athletes into winners on and off the gridiron • By David Stewart ’74 4
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OVERHEARD SOME OF you talking outside my office,” Coach Tom Hillary said as he eyed his first team of Cistercian players in August of 1984. At 6'6" and 240 pounds, this monument of a man commanded their attention effortlessly. More than a very fitlooking coach, he stood with the presence of a player, a real player. “You were saying, ‘We’ll lose to The CONTINUUM
