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Joe Rooney

Class

1924
Induction

2009
Sport(s)

Football, Men's Lacrosse

Rooney was a three-time All-American (second-team 1923, 1924) and third-team (1922) in lacrosse. He was captain of Cornell squad that tied with Syracuse (a team they'd beaten) for the Northern League Championship in lacrosse (1923). The three-time letter winner in lacrosse played four years of football and was on national championship football teams of 1922 and 1923. Rooney died in 1990.

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