#39 from the 1977 NC team?

[johnnd05]

So I'm watching the game yesterday and I see a middle-aged guy wearing a throwback #39 jersey. I asked him whose jersey it was, and after jokingly answering "Larry Csonka", he told me that it was his jersey, that he'd played for the Irish in 1977 ("with Joe", he added). I didn't manage to ask him his name - anyone know who it was?

Pretty cool in any case ...

 

[NDFan4Life]

I looked through the all-time roster and didn't find anything:

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH, The Official Athletic Site

That doesn't mean much, but I'll continue looking.

 

[johnnd05]

Thx ...

 

[NDFan4Life]

I got a list of the players, but it's next to impossible to find what number they wore.

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH - Football

1977
Offense
SE - *Kris Haines, 6-0, 178; *Ty Dickerson, 6-2, 185; Speedy Hart, 6-1, 193
LT - *Tim Foley, 6-5, 257; *Rob Martinovich, 6-5, 255
LG - *Ted Horansky, 6-3, 249; *Dave Vinson, 6-2, 236
C - *Dave Huffman, 6-5, 247; *Jim Hautman, 6-3, 240;
*Terry Murphy, 6-1, 217 (serv.)
RG - *Ernie Hughes, 6-3, 253; *Howard Meyer, 6-3, 223; *John Leon, 6-2, 235
RT - *Steve McDaniels, 6-6, 276; *Tim Huffman, 6-5, 260; *Bob Tull, 6-3, 234
TE - *Ken MacAfee, 6-4, 249; *Mark Czaja, 6-5, 234; *Kevin Hart, 6-4, 234
QB - *Joe Montana, 6-2, 191; *Rusty Lisch, 6-4, 209; *Tim Koegel, 6-4, 187
LH - *Vagas Ferguson, 6-1, 194; *Terry Eurick, 5-10, 196 (Tri-Captain);
*Jim Stone, 6-1, 210
RH - *Dave Waymer, 6-3, 184; *Tom Domin, 6-3, 202; *Steve Schmitz, 5-11, 193;
Dan Knott, 6-1, 210
FB - *Jerome Heavens, 6-0, 209; *Dave Mitchell, 6-0, 198;
*Steve Orsini, 5-10, 201; *Pete Pallas, 6-2, 199

Defense
LE - *Ross Browner, 6-3, 248 (Tri-Captain); *Hardy Rayam, 6-5, 245;
*Tom VanDenburgh, 6-4, 220
LT - *Ken Dike, 6-2, 228; *Jay Case, 6-3, 224
RT - *Mike Calhoun, 6-5, 250; *Jeff Weston, 6-4, 250
RE - *Willie Fry, 6-3, 237 (Tri-Captain); *Scott Zettek, 6-5, 239
OLB - *Steve Heimkreiter, 6-2, 224; *Mike Whittington, 6-2, 215
MG - *Bob Golic, 6-3, 240; John Hankerd, 6-4, 236
OLB - *Doug Becker, 6-0, 224; *Leroy Leopold, 6-2, 218; Pete Johnson, 6-4, 249
LCB - *Luther Bradley, 6-2, 202; *Dick Boushka, 6-4, 188; Jim Morse, 6-0, 183
RCB - *Ted Burgmeier; 5-11, 187; *Tom Flynn, 6-0, 172;
*Nick DeCicco, 5-10, 193 (serv.)
SS - *Jim Browner, 6-3, 204; *Ross Christensen, 6-1, 193; Phil Johnson, 6-0, 190
FS - *Joe Restic, 6-2, 192; *Randy Harrison, 6-1, 199; Tom Gibbons, 6-1, 183
KICKING SPECIALISTS - *Dave Reeve, 6-3, 216; Joe Unis, 5-8, 182

Reserves
OFFENSE: E - *Leo Driscoll (serv.), Dennis Grindinger; T - John Scully;
G - Tom Wroblewski; C - Mark Quinn;
QB - *Gary Forystek (serv.), Greg Knafelc; HB - Mike Courey, Steve Dover;
KS - Kevin Muno.
DEFENSE: E - Rob Bush, John Thomas; LB - Pat Boggs, *Bob Duncan (serv);
DB - *Frank Bleyer (serv.), Rick Buehner, *Mike Geers (serv.);
SERV. (DNP) - *John Driscoll

 

[notredomer23]

are you sure it was Mark Czaja or something like that. he was a 6.5 tight end and that was the closest thing i could find

The Gold Helmet - Recruiting Class of 1976

 

[ACamp1900]

Actually one of the on again off again regs around here played for that team... you never know... more than likely it was someone on the practice squad...