Southmayd Elected Football Captain

Bill Southmayd, a soft-spoken biology major who has been one of Harvard's top interior linemen for two seasons, yesterday was elected captain of the 1963 Crimson football team.

A 5 ft., 9 in., 190 pound junior, Southmayd was hampered early in the year by a hand injury and later by a bad knee. But in the last several games he was back at his old stand at right guard.

Southmayd compensates for his lack of size with astounding agility, and is outstanding in pulling out of the line to lead blocking on end sweeps. On defense he plays middle guard and anchors the Crimson five man line.

Southmayd succeeds Dick Diehl, a tackle, as football captain. His home town is Newton, Mass., where he made Boston area All-Scholastic at Newton High. A fine student, Southmayd plans a career in medicine.