Coley O’Brien (1948-2025): All-Time Irish Hero
Coley O’Brien, best remembered for stepping in at quarterback to help Notre Dame secure the 1966 national championship, passed away recently at the age of 76. A native of McLean,…
Terry Hanratty: All-Time Irish Hero
(National Football Foundation) By a wide margin, Notre Dame holds the distinction of having the most players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, with 50 Fighting Irish greats…
John Shumate (1952-2025): All-Time Irish Hero
(Notre Dame Athletics) Brokaw, Clay, Dantley, Novak and "the Big Shu", John Shumate. The names of the Notre Dame starting five still roll of my tongue 51 years after they…
All-Time Irish Hero: George Gipp
(Photo: WikiCommons) George Gipp, known as “the Gipper,” is considered one of the greatest and most enigmatic players in college football history. Born in 1895 in Laurium, Michigan, Gipp initially…
Chris Zorich: All-Time Irish Hero
(Photo: via Facebook) Chris "Zorro" Zorich was raised as an only child in a single-parent household by his mother, Zora, on the South Side of Chicago. His mom was so…
Tom Clements: All-Time Irish Hero
(Photo: MSA/Icon Sportswire) Tom Clements, considered by his teammates to be a “coach on the field,” almost didn’t attend Notre Dame. A multisport star in high school in McKees Rocks,…
Jaylon Smith: All-Time Irish Hero
Jaylon Smith November 5, 2022 at Notre Dame Stadium. (Photo: Chad Ryan) The Irish have had few pure athletes quite like Jaylon Smith. 6-3, 237 lb he ran the 40…
Drue Tranquill: All-Time Irish Hero
(Photo: Chad Ryan) Drue Tranquill was a four-star recruit in 2014 out of Carroll High School (Fort Wayne, IN). He had starred on both sides of the ball in high…
Manti Te’o: All-Time Irish Hero
(Photo: Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) After a stellar high school career in Hawaii, that included being named Gatorade player of the year for both his junior and senior seasons, and Butkus…
Gerry Faust (1935-2024): All-Time Irish Hero
(Fighting Irish Media) Former Notre Dame head coach (1981-1985) Gerry Faust passed away Monday (November 11,2024), he was 89. From 1963 to 1981 Faust compiled an unbelievable 174-17-2 (.907) record…