Four Horsemen of Notre Dame: II

The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame rode into national prominence after Grantland Rice’s article in the New York Herald Tribune and a staged picture of the quartet which was printed in the Chicago Tribune a few days later. In the picture, the four Notre Dame football players were seated atop four horses on a football field. After the publicity stunts the Notre Dame Fighting Irish went on a winning streak. The Horsemen became the most famous college football players of their day.

In 1924, they completed an undefeated season with a win over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. They were declared National Champions, one of the greatest Notre Dame teams in history. Though by today’s standards the Four Horsemen probably would not have made very good college football players, they ended up playing 30 games together and only lost two.

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Posted in General on May 31, 2007

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