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| Tom Nims 1983 |
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| Tim Nelson 1983 championship game |
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| Kevin Sheehan 28 hoisting the 1983 championship trophy at Rutgers Stadium |
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am rifting off of a question a reporter asked me about Tim Nelson who was just
inducted into the National Hall of Fame. Was he the best player on the team? We
had very talented Syracuse teams in 1984 and 1985 with lots of players making
important contributions including Tim. There was All American goalie Tom Nims
(West Genesee) the father of All American attackmen Kenny. In the goal, Nimmer,
as we called him, operated like a Clint Eastwood character without the
aggression. And his passing skills facilitated our fast break transition style
in which defensive men and mid fields pushed the ball up field and scored
goals. On defense we had big Kevin Sheehan (Baldwinsville, NY) who the team
called Sheedog or just dog for short. I called him Chewie because he was so big
and thick and had long hair like the star wars character Chewbaka. Kevin’s
physical play, ability to dislodge the ball from an opponent’s stick, ground
ball ability, and offensive threat made him a 3 x All American. Jeff Desko (West Genesee, Camillus, NY), the
younger brother of head coach John Desko a 79 SU All American and assistant
coach during my years and Dave 2 x who All American, also played defense. Baby
D [Desko], as some called him, ran like a gazelle and played tremendous
position defense. I recall when he shut down Carolinas Hall Fame attackmen Mac
Ford which earned Jeff first team All-American honors is sophomore year an
honor repeated the rest of his career at SU.
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