NavySports.com Lightweight Crew
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Special thanks to Thomas E. Weil, Jr. (Yale ’70) et al. for their love of rowing and preserving rowing history.
Navy Lightweight Crew History [This page is under construction.]
Special thanks to Tom Weil (Yale 1970) for information regarding lightweight rowing history in the U.S.
Weil, Thomas E., Jr., “One Fifty…and Counting! A brief history of men’s lightweight rowing and the HYP rivalry” (2003).
And, special thanks to Hub Davidson ’45, Jack McNish ’55, Ken Costilow ’56, Ben George ’56, Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57, Terry Priebe ’58, Ernie Fischer ’62, Bob Greenman ’62, Bob Kennelly ’62, Arnie Hafner ’62, Ward Bond ’63, Felix de Golian ’63, and Rich Wilson ’63 for their stories and photos of Navy’s FirstLites of the modern era and to Mike Longworth ’71, Jim Snead ’73, Henry Netzer ’74, Steve Hall ’75, Steve Nimitz ’76, and Rob and Craig Friedrich for their photos and additions to the later history.
— Gary A. Lundeen ’75