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{{Infobox|Name = Dave Letzler
 
{{Infobox|Name = Dave Letzler
 
|Subjects = Literature, Trash, Fine Arts
 
|Subjects = Literature, Trash, Fine Arts
|schoolcur = [[Temple]] (2008-) [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
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|schoolcur = [[Temple]] (2008–) [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
|schoolpast = [[Williams]] (2003-2006) [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]][[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2003]]
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|schoolpast = [[Williams]] (2003–2006) [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]][[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2003]]
|highschool = [[Baldwin Senior High School]] (2001-2002}}
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|highschool = [[Baldwin Senior High School]] (2001–2002)}}
  
Dave Letzler was an English graduate student at [[Temple]] University, where he captained their quiz bowl team.  He was previously a member of the [[Williams]] quiz bowl team, which he captained his junior and senior years.
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'''Dave Letzler''' was an English graduate student at [[Temple]] University, where he captained their quizbowl team.  He was previously a member of the [[Williams]] quizbowl team, which he captained his junior and senior years.
  
 
==Playing Career==
 
==Playing Career==
  
After spending his high school career in the qb wasteland of Long Island, Letzler joined the [[Williams]] qb team in 2002-2003.  His most notable achievements came his senior year, where he revived the defunct [[Lemur Bowl]] trash tournament, took Williams to what may have been their first three [[ACF]] events, helped win the 2006 [[NAQT ICT Undergraduate Championship]], and developed an uninteresting feud with [[Dan Passner]].  That summer, he finished second in the [[Chicago Open Classical Name That Tune]] competition.
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After spending his high school career in the quizbowl wasteland of Long Island, Letzler joined the [[Williams]] quizbowl team in 2002–2003.  His most notable achievements came his senior year, where he revived the defunct [[Lemur Bowl]] trash tournament, took Williams to what may have been their first three [[ACF]] events, helped win the 2006 [[NAQT ICT]] Undergraduate Championship, and developed an uninteresting feud with [[Dan Passner]].  That summer, he finished second in the [[Chicago Open Classical Name That Tune]] competition.
  
He attempted to go into semi-retirement at the start of 2006-2007, only competing as part of an exhibition team at [[Penn Bowl]], but by fall 2007 that attempt finally collapsed when he founded the [[Temple]] qb team.  
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He attempted to go into semi-retirement at the start of 2006–2007, only competing as part of an exhibition team at [[Penn Bowl]], but by fall 2007 that attempt finally collapsed when he founded the [[Temple]] quizbowl team.  
  
 
==Tournament writing==
 
==Tournament writing==
  
Letzler wrote nearly a third of the 2007 [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament]], and slightly under a quarter of the 2007 [[Illinois Open Literature Tournament]].  He is also a freelance question writer for [[NAQT]].
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Letzler wrote nearly a third of the 2007 [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament]], and slightly under a quarter of the 2007 [[Illinois Open Literature Tournament]].  He was also a freelance question writer for [[NAQT]].
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Letzler contributed to [[Imaginary Landscape]] No. 1 and No. 2.
  
 
[[Category: Williams]]
 
[[Category: Williams]]

Revision as of 05:02, 12 May 2021

Dave Letzler
Noted subjects Literature, Trash, Fine Arts
Current college Temple (2008–)
Past colleges Williams (2003–2006)
High school Baldwin Senior High School (2001–2002)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Dave Letzler was an English graduate student at Temple University, where he captained their quizbowl team. He was previously a member of the Williams quizbowl team, which he captained his junior and senior years.

Playing Career

After spending his high school career in the quizbowl wasteland of Long Island, Letzler joined the Williams quizbowl team in 2002–2003. His most notable achievements came his senior year, where he revived the defunct Lemur Bowl trash tournament, took Williams to what may have been their first three ACF events, helped win the 2006 NAQT ICT Undergraduate Championship, and developed an uninteresting feud with Dan Passner. That summer, he finished second in the Chicago Open Classical Name That Tune competition.

He attempted to go into semi-retirement at the start of 2006–2007, only competing as part of an exhibition team at Penn Bowl, but by fall 2007 that attempt finally collapsed when he founded the Temple quizbowl team.

Tournament writing

Letzler wrote nearly a third of the 2007 Chicago Open Literature Tournament, and slightly under a quarter of the 2007 Illinois Open Literature Tournament. He was also a freelance question writer for NAQT.

Letzler contributed to Imaginary Landscape No. 1 and No. 2.