John O'Hare, Jr.
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Graduated: 1922 |
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Inducted: 1959 |
He is John J. O'Hare, Jr., Esq., but to the members of the
Boston University Hall of Fame he is known as Brick. He earned
this sobriquet as a youth at English High School prior to
World War I, and prior to the lethal helmets used in modern
day football.
Brick was a dash man on the track team and was able to outrun
the defenders. In football the quarterback knew that he could
depend on Brick's sure hands. He played with Mickey Cochrane,
Spike Carlson, and Moose Washburn and was included on the
Boston Post (1947) All-Time B.U. Football Team.
Although Brick was studying law at B.U. Law School, he managed
to find time for football, track, and baseball. He also was
a hockey buff, and the present hockey program can thank Brick
O'Hare for founding hockey at B.U. For several years he tried
to get President Daniel L. marsh to permit the Terriers to
field a hockey team. He found a sympathetic ear in the then
Athletic Director, George V. Brown, father of Walter Brown,
for whom the B.U. hockey rink was named. The team of O'Hare
and Brown finally got their way and B.U. was on its way to
become the hockey power it has been over the years, with Brick
as the first B.U. Hockey Coach.
