Word: knute
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coincidence, young (43) Father Hesburgh has made old (118) Notre Dame a striking exception to his charges. In his nine years as president, football-famed Notre Dame, where Knute Rockne was once more revered than St. Thomas, has become a serious intellectual citadel. In the anguishing process, Father Hesburgh has become U.S. Catholic higher education's most public and most bluntly outspoken figure. Last week, at Notre Dame alumni meetings throughout the Midwest, he hammered away at his proposed role for all Catholic colleges: "The exalted work of mediation in our times...
...better or more bitterly than Coach Joe Kuharich, 43, a massive, jug-eared man who weighs his words as though measuring out a prescription. As a boy growing up in South Bend, Kuharich used to be shepherded into practice by Notre Dame players and get an occasional greeting from Knute Rockne himself. From 1935 to 1937 Kuharich was a sturdy and aggressive guard on some of Notre Dame's solid teams (the three-year record: 19-5). Kuharich left Notre Dame with just one ambition: to return as head football coach. Kuharich got his wish after the 1958 season...