Random Ivy notes for 10/1 [updated]

Even though I'm posting these links as they come instead of every Wednesday, I actually have some today.

1) The first concerns the College of New Jersey Princeton. In a fascinating coincidence, two of the most accomplished Princeton athletes of all-time -- basketball legend Bill Bradley and football star Dick Kazmaier -- both wore number 42 on their jersey. Although 42 has been unofficially retired from the football and basketball teams, the number will be uniformly (no pun intended) retired for all Princeton athletics teams in a ceremony on Oct. 24.

Bradley, a former U.S. senator and Presidential candidate, took the Tigers to the 1965 Final Four and earned National Player of the Year recognition that same season. Kazmaier, meanwhile, won the 1951 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award as a member of the Tigers.

2) With the Major League Baseball playoffs starting today, here's a trivia question: Who is the only active MLB player who is a former all-Ivy League quarterback? If you answered former Penn student Mark DeRosa of the Cubs, you'd be correct. In fact, DeRosa is the only current Major Leaguer who graduated from Wharton. Here's a profile The New York Times did on the 1996 Penn grad who played both baseball and football for the Quakers.

UDPATE: The Inquirer also did a piece on DeRosa. (HT Jonathan Tannewald, of Soft Pretzel Logic.)

3) The biggest news story recently has been the financial crisis. Not too surprisingly, three people critical to our economy's recovery have Ivy connections. But what you might not have known is that one of the three -- Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson -- was a Dartmouth offensive lineman. ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel dedicated part of his I-Formation column today to Paulson's past football exploits. (It's the fifth item on the right side.)