All-Time Irish Heroes

(Photo: Fighting Irish Media) Nick Eddy, a cornerstone of Notre Dame football’s golden era and a central figure on the Irish’s 1966 national championship team, passed away this week at…

Long before Notre Dame was a national brand—long before Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen, or packed Saturdays in South Bend—the Irish found legitimacy through an unlikely pioneer from Australia. More…

(Photo: AJ Houk) Jeremiyah Love: FIP All-Time Irish Hero Jeremiyah Love has officially cemented himself as one of the best to ever wear the blue and gold. The Notre Dame…

(Photo: Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire) C.J. Prosise didn’t arrive at Notre Dame as a future feature back. In fact, he wasn’t even in the room. Recruited as a safety out…

(Photo: Icon Sportswire) Darius Walker arrived at Notre Dame with sky-high expectations — and somehow, he lived up to every one of them. A high school phenom from Buford, Georgia,…

(Photo Credit: John Biever/SI/Icon SMI) Last week, we spotlighted the great Autry Denson. This time, we turn to another electrifying Notre Dame running back—one who grew up in Big Stone…

(Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire) A four year monogram winner, three year starter and two time team MVP, Autry Denson is Notre Dame’s all-time leading rusher with 4,318 yards.…

(Robin Alam, Icon Sportswire) With a career winning percentage of .864—second only to Knute Rockne—Frank Leahy is one of the most accomplished coaches in college football history and is a…

(Photo: National Football Foundation) Few players have ever worn the gold helmet with more pride — and none made more tackles — than Bob Crable, Notre Dame’s all-time leader in…

(Photo: AJ Houk) Joe Montana came to Notre Dame out of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1974. At the time, Ara Parseghian was still the head man in South Bend, and was…