Harvard Hall of Fame:
Andy S. Kydes '67

Andy Kydes was First Team All-Ivy his senior year at Harvard, as well as Second Team All-America.   He was also First Team All-Ivy his junior year. A native of Norwalk, Connecticut, he is the older brother of Phil Kydes '72, another soccer standout for the Crimson. Andy now lives in Virginia and is a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Here are some of Andy Kydes' reflections on soccer and Harvard, as written at the time of his induction to the Hall of Fame:

"For me, soccer at Harvard was my route to very quick relationships and a key part of my initial feeling of belonging.  I remember my first day at Harvard and my first day away from home.  I was clearly lonely, even before my parents left me.  My father Steve and I drove around the area; we drove by the Harvard soccer fields and we saw a pick-up game of some faculty and students.  I made a mental note of that and returned the following day with a soccer outfit.  There was another pick-up game, and I was immediately invited to play.  I made a few friends instantly and felt like I belonged from that day forward.

"After Harvard, I continued to play soccer with amateur teams, up until my forty-first year when three rounds of knee surgery and arthritis forced me to stop playing.  In that period, however, soccer continued to be my way of releasing stress, good exercise, and making new friendships.  I am now relegated to the stepmaster, treadmill, and an occasional jog.

"Although winning was an important part of the soccer experience, the coaches (Dana Getchell, Bruce Munro, and Seamus Malin) always made me feel that friendships and having fun were equally important.  I had a lot of fun playing soccer for Harvard.  The game taught me the importance of teamwork, creativity, leadership, and self-discipline.  Harvard soccer allowed me to practice these attributes with good people and new friends.  I look back on my Harvard undergraduate years with great fondness."