Dr. Julius John Radice (1908 – 1966) was an American physician and athlete. He played

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, and

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at the

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. Radice was inducted into the

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in 1982.

Biography

Radice was born in 1908 in

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, and attended the

, where he played as a

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and

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on the

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, and as a fullback and halfback on the

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.Morris Allison Bealle, ''Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952'', p. 113, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952. Radice graduated from the University of Maryland with an A.B. degree in 1930.''Reveille''
p. 66, University of Maryland, 1930. He earned a medical degree from the

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in 1935. Radice was a member of

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. During his time at Maryland, Radice earned four

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in baseball, three in football, and one in basketball. In the 1928 basketball game against , the "individual brilliance" of reserves Radice and Thurston Dean helped Maryland to a 37–7 victory over, in which the opponent was held to a single field goal. Radice scored a game-high of 10 points. Two seasons later, Radice again starred against the Wildcats in a 26–21 loss. Atlanta sportswriter

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wrote, "the Maryland Old Liners ... had a fine sharpshooter, named

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, and the slickest passing gentleman we have seen in may days in a heavy-set chap named Radice. Mr. Radice was somewhat of a magician. He would look one way and pass another. And his passes were like

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's speed ball." For his style of play on the gridiron, Radice was called a "heavy plunging

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" and a "clever defensive full". In the 1929 game against

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, Radice and George Madigan, "a pair of burly defense men, did most Maryland's tackling in the first half", which ''

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'' credited with keeping the Eli's lead to a surmountable 13–0. The Old Liners tied the score in the second half behind George V. Chalmers passes to

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and secured a 13–13 upset against the period powerhouse. After the season, Radice was invited to play in the

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all-star game at

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. He was inducted into the

in 1982. His son, Peter Radice, played football at Yale in 1967.Yale Features 26 Football Players Whose Dads Did Same Years Ago
''The Hartford Courant'', September 3, 1967.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radice, Julius J. 1908 births Health professionals from Washington, D.C. Sportspeople from Washington, D.C. Maryland Terrapins football players Maryland Terrapins baseball players Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences alumni American people of Italian descent 1966 deaths Physicians from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American physicians American men's basketball players