East Coaches Name Clasby as 1953 MVP

Football captain Dick Clasby was selected by eastern collegiate coaches as The Most Valuable Player of the East for 1953, over the past vacation.

Clasby, who formerly had been named to the All-Ivy League team, the U.P. All-Eastern team, and the sports writers' All-Eastern team, was followed in the balloting by quarterback Peter Van of Army, passing ace Richard Carr of Columbia, and end Henry Lemire from Holy Cross. Crimson fullback John Culver received honorable mention for the award.

Previously, Clasby, the only three-letter athlete at Harvard since World War II, had also been awarded the George Bulger Lowe Trophy, given annually to New England's top gridiron player.