At Harvard University, Bernard White dabbled in baseball but settled on football as his sport of choice during his tenure at the institution from 1928 through 1932. In his final year he was selected to help represent the team from the “East” as the quarterback at the American football demonstration event at the 1932 Summer Olympics, which the East lost 7-6. His usual position was fullback, but that role had already been taken by his teammate John Schereschewsky, and White had a reputation as a versatile player. After graduation he worked as a baseball and football coach and was for many years a teacher at Watertown High School in Massachusetts, where he was also involved with the school’s athletics program. Near the end of his life he split his time between Watertown and Florida, where he died in 1965.
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