Allan Edward Doucette '95 died of typhoid fever at his home in Cambridge Monday night. He had been critically ill for some time previous to his death and little hope was entertained for his recovery.
He was born on September 15, 1872, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and prepared for College at the High School in Dover New Hampshire. He entered Harvard as a Sophomore in the class of 1895, receiving honorable mention in Physics at graduation. The next year he was in the Graduate School, transferring a year later to the Law School, and receiving his LL.B. in 1898.
From the time he entered College, he was prominent in football, playing centre on his Sophomore and Senior class teams. For two years after his graduation from College, he played on the University eleven as substitute centre, taking part in most of the big games. In the fall of 1897 he was centre on the eleven that tied Yale. Since that time he had always taken an active part in the coaching of the various elevens, and was a regular assistant at the daily practice. He also kept in touch with undergraduate life by his work as a tutor. At the time of his death he was in the law office of George F. Williams in Boston.
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