BOSTON -- Bill Riley Jr. wasn't even quite sure where Lehigh University was. Maybe Ohio?

The job offer had come in late July 1968, after Riley had graduated from Boston University and lined up a hockey coaching position as the assistant at Medford High School outside Boston. But he knew he didn't really have a choice. He had to take the job at Lehigh, as athletic trainer for the football team and hockey coach, no matter that Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is closer to New York City than Ohio.

That left him with a problem. He would be running out on Medford High, leaving his alma mater with little time to replace him before the term started. He had an idea.
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