All-Time Irish Heroes

(Photo Credit: Chad Ryan) Out of Hialeah, Florida, in 2007 Armando Allen was considered to be the #2 all purpose running back in the nation. This lofty rating came despite…

Icon Sportswire Darius Walker was a High School phenom and one of the most celebrated running backs ever recruited to South Bend. At Buford High School just outside of Atlanta,…

Ryan Grant's football career was impacted by injury and some crowded running back rooms. But he is a great example of the power of perseverance, especially when his pro career…

Julius Jones was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia in the heart of coal country. He came from a family of seven and his father was a corrections officer who…

Terry Brennan an explosive halfback and five year head coach at ND during the 40s and 50s, has passed away. He was 93. Brennan accepted the ND position at the…

A four year monogram winner, three year starter and two time team MVP, Autry Denson is Notre Dame’s all-time leading rusher with 4318 yards. Born in Lauderdale, Florida, Denson came…

The Notre Dame media family unexpectedly lost a great one last week. Lou Somogyi has written for Blue and Gold Illustrated since 1984. He was a terrific writer with encyclopedia…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview William “Red” Mack started his football career when a Sister Madeline at an orphanage where he was raised in Pittsburgh, pushed him to…

(Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire) By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview The final home game, Senior Day at Notre Dame, legacy and legends come to mind. One last time to run…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview “Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you might meet that night.” -Paul Hornung Paul Hornung, “The Golden Boy”…