Robert Treat Paine Storer
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| Harvard Crimson | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
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| College | Harvard |
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| Date of birth | April 17, 1893 |
| Place of birth | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Date of death | February 5, 1962 (aged 68) |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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First-team All-American, 1912
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Robert Treat Paine Storer (April 17, 1893 – February 5, 1962) was an American football player for Harvard University. In 1912, he scored Harvard's first touchdown against Yale since 1901 and was selected as a first-team All-American at the tackle position. In 1913, he was captain of Harvard's last undefeated, untied football team until 2001. During World War I, Storer was cited for bravery for his actions in saving a French officer while on a reconnaissance mission.
Storer was a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the grandson of Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer (1830–1922), a Boston gynecologist. He was the son of John Humphreys Storer (b. 1859) and Edith Paine, daughter of Robert Treat Paine (philanthropist). Storer attended preparatory school at Noble and Greenough School in Boston, where he played football at the center position. He was 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds.
Storer enrolled at Harvard University in 1910 and played at the center position on the freshman football team. As a sophomore in 1911, he played for Harvard's varsity football team, moving from center to the tackle position. He also played tackle for Harvard's football team in 1912 and 1913.
In 1912, Storer scored Harvard's first touchdown in the Yale game, making him the first Harvard player to score a touchdown against Yale since Thomas Graydon accomplished the feat in 1901. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1912 by Robert Edgren, W.J. MacBeth, and Tommy Clark.
In January 1913, his teammates selected him as the captain of the 1913 Harvard football team. The 1913 team was the last undefeated, untied Harvard team (9-0-0) until the 2001 team matched the feat. Storer saved the perfect record in a close game with Princeton in 1913. Playing on a muddy field, Storer blocked a Princeton punt and fell on the ball. Teammate Charley Brickley then drop-kicked the ball from the 19-yard line for the only points scored in the game.
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