All-Time Irish Heroes

(Notre Dame Media Relations) In 1964 when Ara Parseghian had been hired, another successful head coach had been Notre Dame’s second choice.  Dan Devine had been winning football games at…

(Photo credit: Chad Ryan) By 1964, it had been ten years since Frank Leahy retired and 15 years since Notre Dame’s last National Championship. ND had not had a winning…

The Leahy monument,  Notre Dame Stadium (Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) Frank Leahy, in many ways was a Knute Rockne protégé.  In 1928 Rockne recruited him out of South Dakota to play…

(WikiCommons) In a broad field of swaying prairie grass in a region of Kansas known as the Flinthills, on the cold morning of March 31, 1931, TWA flight 599 crashed…

Dick Rosenthal passed away June 11, 2024 at the age of 91. The opening paragraph of his obituary reads, "A devout Catholic, he was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather,…

(Photo: Notre Dame Athletics) Notre Dame has had its share of multisport stars over the years. Among them: George Gipp (football and baseball), Moose Krause (football and basketball), Johnny Lujack…

Drew White enters the field at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl (Photo: Chad Ryan) When Drue Tranquill went down with an ankle injury in the first quarter against Navy in 2018,…

(Photo: Zach Bolinger/ Icon Sportswire) Growing up in suburban Chicago, Notre Dame was Julian Love’s dream school and when an offer came in March of 2015 from Brian Kelly to…

(Photo: Chad Ryan) Sacks, quarterback hurries, forced fumbles, blocked punts.  One of the first words that comes to mind when thinking of Isaiah Foskey is: DISRUPTIVE. A 6-5, 265 lb…

Kyle Hamilton (14) on the ND sidelines while injured in 2021. (Photo by Chad Ryan) When Kyle Hamilton first committed to play for ND in the Spring of 2018, the…