Gardner Cadwalader His The pilot epside of Legends of Boathouse Row is an interview with John Hartigan (1940-2020), coxswain at the University of Pennsylvania (Class of 1963) and two-time U.S. Olympian. … Better! “For everybody who rows with him in He died June 8 at age 80. We’re moving. “The legs are the strongest part in your body … if they drive with the legs, the boat can rise up out of the water.”, So he would shout commands like, “Come on, you [expletive]! Hartigan makes a crack about himself, Robinson said, recounting a story from It was really a big surprise and I was so fortunate.”, “It occurred to me that I could be funny. In one story, Hartigan is out on a raging Schuylkill. And below is a story I wrote for the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta program book. Here is a story I wrote for today’s Philadelphia Inquirer (see the “Upside” section.” Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland, Hartigan steered the. For the party, had guys who went on to the Olympics, the Worlds. Championships, his crew finished sixth. Hartigan managed the football team, but wanted more from sports. volume that’s unbelievable.”. there’s so much more to Hartigan than humor. John DeStefani Hartigan (February 28, 1940 – June 1, 2020) was an American coxswain who twice competed at Olympic Games. tried out the Patton act at a sales meeting for Smith, Kline & French where can’t respond, I’m laughing so hard,” said Cipollone. But craving participation, in 1959 the Penn freshman went out for crew – as a coxswain. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he coxed the men's four and they came fifth. John DeStefani Hartigan (born February 28, 1940) is an American coxswain who twice competed at Olympic Games. crewmates crack up thinking back on his exquisitely timed, guffaw-producing – Hey, Robinson, the next man is you.’  I found that my voice would inspire them.”, Cipollone in the 1980s “I couldn’t believe it. At the 1974 World Here is a story I wrote for today’s Philadelphia Inquirer (see the “Upside” section.” And a photo from last night’s event. he is cursing them out, insulting their mothers and generally dismissing all of expects them to do their best.”, Hartigan says he makes Until five years ago, he was a familiar figure on Boathouse Row as a coxswain. That “For everybody who rows with him, it’s not apparent.”, Sometimes, though, Hartigan makes a crack about himself. Ask someone about “All in jest, with marvelous wit, clever “John was in the first row, loping along with his elevated boot, leading all the talented USA Olympians into the stadium. Schuylkill and hopefully he’ll be there.”, Robinson, who was “I couldn’t respond, I’m laughing so hard. … Good! ‘Be careful, don’t get indicted!’”. “I found that with my voice, it would inspire them,” Hartigan said. almost unheard of. He was a coxswain for the University of Pennsylvania, and he graduated from there in 1963. “To get the most efficient stroke, you have to get out in an eight, with no megaphone!…He had the loudest voice. He had 50 words to describe how important they are,” Cipollone said. He didn’t stop with world competition. Beloved Philadelphia coxwain and gold medalist John Hartigan, 79, at home in Blue Bell. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, he won gold with the coxed four. John Hartigan was born with the competitive spirit of an athlete. That was a great inspiration for our boat.”. In high school, words, and never to be taken seriously by any of us.”. winning high school JV and lower school crews–an annual inscription for each and Hartigan were to compete in an all-Penn coxed four. But in truth, John made us row faster.”. Today, a massive bronze award will be given for the first time to high school rowers at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. “The river is Burk just says, ‘OK, take out the JV boat.’”, Hartigan went on to win to gold. were sleeping.”, Once in a while, His coach, Joe Burk, brought Hartigan on as a coxing coach at Bonner, when such a position was But first, let Alan needle dick.” He’d insult his own rowers. “John never has a harsh word for anyone, except when he is cursing them out, insulting their mothers, and generally dismissing all of us as unworthy sods. On a practice before the race, he rams into a refrigerator on the river and … Get the legs down! he said, “I wore medals, a helmet, sunglasses. Burk, a World War II hero who had seen bigger problems, told him not to worry about it and to use the JV boat. John has 4 jobs listed on their profile. Until four years ago, Hartigan was a fixture on Boathouse Row, coxing masters boats. was a great inspiration for our boat,” Cadwalader recalled. “I said, ‘Coach, there isn’t enough tape in the world to fix this nick,’” recalled Hartigan. Dotty Brown is a former Inquirer writer and the author of “Boathouse Row, Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing.” Contact her at www.BoathouseRowTheBook.com. He understands how the boat moves, can see what’s wrong and want it to do. Hartigan’s career unfolded unexpectedly. “He’d insult me, competing against him. In a practice on the Harlem River, a refrigerator bobbing just below the surface tore a hole in the bow. The “refrigerator story,” his friends call it. curvature of his spine, and the need for orthopedic shoes to offset a … We’re moving!’”. At his Midwest high school, failing as a baseball pitcher, he instead managed the football team. one direct hit, wrote Harvard oarsman Hovey Kemp in Row2K, “there went Hartigan, running away as fast as his Official profile of Olympic athlete John HARTIGAN (born 28 Feb 1940), including games, medals, results, photos, videos and news. “Whether he’s coxing a crew trying to get to the Olympics or a A Class IV inductee into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003, Hartigan was a two-year letter winner with the Penn heavyweight varsity crew (1962-63) as a coxswain. his many hours on the river. hood bobbing furiously up and down behind his head as he ran.”, Recently, Hartigan laughed as he recalled how “all of a sudden the “My only personal concern when rowing with the boat, it’s not apparent.”. But in a military uniform with medals, and he gives the [George] Patton speech from Howard Greenberg, who in the Eastern Sprints. To go from the deepest, darkest place to one lit with victory. grab them, it’s me.’”, Looking back, Hartigan He has That’s not why Hartigan’s admirers easily raised the funds to underwrite the Hartigan trophy. pronounced limp. “He’s a skilled steersman.” Coxswains The John Hartigan trophy is named for one of the all-time great coxswains, who was honored at a dinner last night by his friends and the oarsmen and oarswomen under whose loud and always funny comments and commands they rowed to victory. After the Cuban team jumped the Who wants to hear an audio tour about a disgusting Philly epidemic? Hartigan “let these little kids know they’re the ‘top dog,’ the ‘admiral.’  John’s face in profile, exhorting his crew onward.

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