But Allard hardly spent all four years waiting his turn on the sidelines. Each year, as fall turned to spring, the 6 ft. 180 lb athlete, who hopes to go into banking, found plenty of playing time on the baseball diamond. Meet Donnie Allard, a gridder by fall, a barman by spring.

For the first three years. Allard fared consistently well in Soldiers Field Park, but the Crimson baseball squad could barely manage a winning percentage that matched Allard's consistent 400 batting average.

This year, however, the talented outfelder emerged as the key ingredient on a banner Crimson club that won its first Eastern crown in three years. Duplicating his efforts from the fall, Allard set another Harvard record, slamming more than 20 home runs, that is sure to keep his name in the books for some time to come.

"Coming out a winner is great," says the champion football and baseball player. "I learned a lot here. I finally realized this year that if you keep working hard, your time will come."

"It's just too bad his time has come so soon," Restic laments.

Mark Fusco

Harvard men's hockey Coach Bill Cleary has been having nightmares recently. "I think about waking up in the middle of the night and realizing number six won't be there anymore. That's really scary."

But those bad dreams probably compare favorably to the ones number six gave to Crimson opponents during the past four years. For over that time, Mark Fusco's blistering slapshot made that numeral the most famous in Cambridge, and the most feared number everywhere else.

From the day he first stepped on the ice of Bright Hockey Center--and became the first person ever to score for Harvard in that arena--Fusco has provided thrill after thrill for Harvard hockey fans.

"It was obvious from the first time he stepped on the ice." Cleary recalls, "that Mark was going to be the man, he had the love and the spirit to go with the talent."

But in those days, not even the love, the spirit, and the talent of Bobby Orr could have helped the Crimson squad. As a freshman, Fusco became the main man on the worst Harvard hockey team in history. And oddly enough, that was one of the key reasons he would eventually lead Harvard to national prominence.

"Back then I got to play all the time," Fusco says. "All that playing time helped me learn more than I could have ever gotten from the bench."

With that experience in hand, Fusco and several extremely talented teammates turned the program around. His sophomore year, he brought the highly coveted Beanpot trophy to Harvard. In the past two years, the defenseman's sterling play has been the main reason the Crimson has won consecutive Ivy League titles, has made two consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament and finally, finished as runners-up in the national tourney this year.

"I'm extremely satisfied with what we've accomplished here," says Fusco, who has set more records than anyone else ever to play the game for Harvard. He's scored more goals and more points in a season and in a career than any player in Crimson history.

"You just don't get players like Mark Fusco very often," Cleary says, "He does it all."