[Mick]

They were all wrestlers?

All played or were recruited to play D1 sports.  Kesey was a wrestler at U of Oregon, 174 pound division, won the Fred Lowe Scholarship.  Shoulder injury kept him off the U. S. Olympic team.

Jack Kerouac played football at Columbia (he was recruited by Boston College and Notre Dame).  Broke his tibia, had constant clashes with the head coach.




Jim Carroll ("The Basketball Diaries") played in the 1966 National High School All Star Game for basketball.  Got addicted to heroin.  Passed out during a dinner with a Notre Dame recruiter.

Tom Wolfe pitched on the baseball team at Washington & Lee, had a tryout with the New York Giants.  Threw junk only, not a great fastball.

Stephen Crane played catcher at Lafayette and Syracuse.

James Dickey (former U. S. Poet Laureate) played tailback at Clemson

[Mick]

They were all wrestlers?

All played or were recruited to play D1 sports.  Kesey was a wrestler at U of Oregon, 174 pound division, won the Fred Lowe Scholarship.  Shoulder injury kept him off the U. S. Olympic team.

Jack Kerouac played football at Columbia (he was recruited by Boston College and Notre Dame).  Broke his tibia, had constant clashes with the head coach.




Jim Carroll ("The Basketball Diaries") played in the 1966 National High School All Star Game for basketball.  Got addicted to heroin.  Passed out during a dinner with a Notre Dame recruiter.

Tom Wolfe pitched on the baseball team at Washington & Lee, had a tryout with the New York Giants.  Threw junk only, not a great fastball.

Stephen Crane played catcher at Lafayette and Syracuse.

James Dickey (former U. S. Poet Laureate) played tailback at Clemson