Zackary R. DeOssie While growing up in North Andover, Mass., just a few miles from campus, Zak DeOssie was steeped in football; his dad, Steve, played for three NFL teams. A four-year student at PA, the younger DeOssie was a varsity athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. He captained football and basketball his senior year under “Coach Mo” (Leon Modeste) and was named to the All–New England Prep Team.
The New York Giants snatched DeOssie—a linebacker and long snapper like his dad—in the 2007 NFL draft and went on to win Super Bowl XLII against Coach Bill Belichick ’71 and the New England Patriots. (The DeOssies became the first father-son duo to win a Super Bowl as members of the same franchise.) In the 2011 season, DeOssie was selected as special-teams captain. He called the coin toss in Super Bowl XLVI, which the Giants won, again, against the Patriots.
At Brown University, DeOssie switched from quarterback to linebacker. He played in 36 games with 29 starts and recorded 315 tackles (187 solos) with 10.5 sacks, 36.5 stops for losses. As a senior, DeOssie earned firstteam All-American recognition from the NFL Draft Report and first-team All-Ivy for the third consecutive season.
Although he wears a New York uniform, DeOssie grew up as a Patriots fan. He recently married Kate Hammond, his college sweetheart.
Below, with Coach Modeste. Right, raising the Lombardi Trophy in 2012.
Maj. Gen. Thomas “Mike” Harvey lettered at Andover for three years in hockey and for two years in football and lacrosse. He was captain of the hockey team in 1954 and was selected for all-team honors at the Lawrenceville hockey tournament that same year.
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Maj. Gen. Harvey’s service in the U.S. Army, which included three voluntary tours of duty in Vietnam, spanned 33 years. He retired as a two-star major general in 1991. His military awards include the Distinguished Service Cross (second highest award for valor), the Silver Star (for valor), four Distinguished Flying Crosses (for heroism), the Distinguished Service Medal (for achievement), and the Master Aviation Badge (15 years’ service and more than 3,000 flight hours).
Harvey went on to West Point. While a cadet, he lettered for three years in hockey and lacrosse. His skill on the ice earned him All-East squad honors and the Hal Beukema Memorial Award as the outstanding hockey player in 1958. That same year, he was a starter on the national championship team for lacrosse and was named second team All-American. He received the Army Athletic Association Trophy as the senior who rendered the most valuable service to athletics during his cadet career.
“Andover was a valued and cherished experience that provided a cultural diversity rarely found elsewhere,” notes Harvey, proud parent of Todd ’80. “The military became a calling where duty, honor, country were, indeed, a way of life.”
1954 hockey team: Harvey is front row, center.
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