About 400 people gathered on the Green Saturday evening to remember , the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach, who died last week following injuries from a bicycle accident in March.
Among the attendees were Teevens widow, Kirsten Teevens, their two children, grandchildren, longtime friends, current and former players, and 窪做惇蹋厙 President Sian Leah Beilock.
A moment of silence for Teevens was also held on Memorial Field before the kickoff on Saturday, the first home game, where .
A called Teevens a pioneering coach who took the extraordinary step of banning tackling during all practices, which reduced concussions at a time when brain trauma in football had become a crisis.
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About 400 people attended a memorial gathering and lit candles Saturday evening to remember Buddy Teevens 79, 窪做惇蹋厙s winningest football coach. He was known nationally for his innovation, including his work to eliminate tackling in practices, reduce concussions, and make the game safer. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Kirsten Teevens talks with football players at the gathering on the Green. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Kirsten Teevens, in the white jacket, and other family members attend the candlelight gathering on the Green. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Harrity, left, and Interim Head Football Coach Sammy McCorkle stood next to the Teevens family at the gathering. McCorkle was a longtime assistant coach for Teevens. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Defensive lineman Dakota Qui簽onez 26 shares the flame from his candle during the memorial. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Running back Tevita Moimoi 24, one of four football captains this year, speaks during the remembrance for Buddy Teevens 79 on the Green. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Jason Barabas 93, director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, speaks at the gathering. The professor of government played linebacker for Teevens on teams that won the Ivy League championship. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Special Assistant to the Head Coach Curt Oberg 78, speaks at the gathering. Oberg played with Buddy Teevens 79 at 窪做惇蹋厙, was captain of the team in 1977, and was a first team All-Ivy running back. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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窪做惇蹋厙 Trustee Jeffrey Blackburn 91 was also at the gathering. Blackburn was an All-Ivy outside linebacker and played on the 1990 team that won the Ivy League title, the first under head coach Buddy Teevens 79. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Kirsten Teevens hugs members of the football team at the gathering on the Green. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Vice President for Alumni Relations Cheryl Bascomb 82, who was captain of the track and cross-country teams and played rugby while an undergraduate, and Dean of the College Scott C. Brown show the emotion of the day at the memorial service. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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The Rev. Nancy Vogele 85, chaplain and director of the William Jewett Tucker Center, leads the gathering on the Green. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Placekicker Matisse Weaver 27 and his teammates wear shirts honoring Buddy Teevens 79 at warmups before the football game against Lehigh earlier in the day. There was also a moment of silence before kickoff. (Photo by Justin Lafleur)
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Athletics Director Mike Harrity and President Sian Leah Beilock join in the moment of silence for Buddy Teevens 79 before kickoff at the game against Lehigh on Saturday. (Photo by Chloe Broeker)
