Koop And Football

After hearing from a loyal reader who reminded me about the football part of the story, I hit the library and pulled together a few excerpts from Koop: The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor, the 1993 book by C. Everett Koop '37, the former U.S. Surgeon General who died this week at age 96.

Regarding his high school career Koop wrote:

The teachers encouraged me to try new things. I loved the