College Career
Starke decided to attend Columbia College after having traveled much of the United States on a college tour that was sponsored by the many institutions offering him admission and full scholarships. The last college he visited prior to accepting Columbia College was Notre Dame. Had he gone there, he would have teamed with Notre Dame's quarterback Joe Theisman who later teamed with Starke in the Super Bowl victory over the Miami Dolphins.
One last attempt to side track Starke's Columbia decision was made by the University of Virginia, which offered him the opportunity to not only attend their school on full scholarship, but also be the person to desegregate their college. Starke declined this offer.
While at Columbia College in New York City, Starke led his college football team in receptions as a tight end in 1969. At Columbia, Starke majored in physics and, in addition to football, also played center on a Columbia basketball team that featured All Americans Jim McMillan and Haywood Dotsun. That Columbia basketball team would rise in the collegiate national basketball rankings to number 2 in the United States just below UCLA.
During his matriculation at Columbia, Starke dabbled in many different majors, including art history, architecture, fine arts and invited the famous actor/writer Ossie Davis to the Columbia campus to help him found the Columbia University Film School.
In 1983, Starke received the Columbia University's highest graduate award, the "John Jay Award" for prestigious graduate achievement.
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