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Passed away yesterday.
Rest in peace Johnny.
Rest in peace Johnny.
RIP Johnny Lattner
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woolybug25
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Sip poured.
Koon's never heard of him...
Koon's never heard of him...
zelezo vlk
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RIP
Edit: Serious question, do y'all have any resources/tips to learn about the old legends of ND? I'm more than willing to sit at the feet of OMM et al. to learn about the players that helped build the legend of this program.
Edit: Serious question, do y'all have any resources/tips to learn about the old legends of ND? I'm more than willing to sit at the feet of OMM et al. to learn about the players that helped build the legend of this program.
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kmoose
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Something like this might be a good place to start:
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Notre_Dame_Football_Encyclopedia.html?id=LDqZHM-LUtMC
Once you know of the names/events, google is a good resource.
Will drink a toast to you, Johnny. We were blessed.
My favorite book so far is Murray Sperber's Shake Down the Thunder (Linked)
A good on-line source is Irish Legends (Linked)
High School Legends series | Johnny Lattner: Johnny Fenwick
Here's Strong and True's page and photos on Lattner (#99 moment in history). Click on 99 and you will get a dropdown box for 125 different pages.
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I know one of his former classmates. He said that Johnny had the most powerful legs he had ever seen. Said he could drive through anything, and run around the rest!
I remember how he was held with the same esteem as the saints in our family. And when I started following ND, after reading all about Ara, Johnny and Terry Brennan were the first I read about.
I remember how he was held with the same esteem as the saints in our family. And when I started following ND, after reading all about Ara, Johnny and Terry Brennan were the first I read about.
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Came across this tonight, and thought you might like to see it:
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zelezo vlk
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Thanks for this!
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That was brilliant about Hunter. Thanks for posting!
I was just talking to my friend, mentor, and former professor, (still teaching, although I haven't been able to audit any of his classes lately.)
When he was at ND he was involved in a number of classes, and activities with Johnny Lattner. They both were in the ROTC, both ran track, etc.
They had similar backgrounds, and hit it off. Johnny was a tough Irishman from Chicago, my friend was a tough Irishman from New York. Emphasis on 'tough!'
Well Johnny played under Frank Leahy, who was a great coach, well respected by his players. But Frank had some overt idiosyncrasies, among which was his clipped cadence, and unusual emphasis of certain words. Naturally, that was a favorite target of the players, and students alike. Sometimes, apparently the priests got involved, or at least turned a blind eye.
The best at it was Johnny. He had it down, pitch, timber, everything. Any impression he did brought an ovation of admiration, and chuckles, if not gales of outright laughter.
One time, after a particularly hard fought victory, the night after the first practice back, in preparation for the next week's game, Johnny broke into an imitation when asked if the coach said anything to him as he had probably his worst game as a varsity starter.
Johnny, answered, not much but that Leahy did pull him aside, "Lattner -- have you -- been to confession -- lately?
Johnny answered, "No, coach."
Leahy then said, "Lattner -- you better go soon -- and confess your five mortal sins!"
Lattner had a fumble, missed a couple of tackles and went down after first contact twice. The house exploded with howls after that story!
I was just talking to my friend, mentor, and former professor, (still teaching, although I haven't been able to audit any of his classes lately.)
When he was at ND he was involved in a number of classes, and activities with Johnny Lattner. They both were in the ROTC, both ran track, etc.
They had similar backgrounds, and hit it off. Johnny was a tough Irishman from Chicago, my friend was a tough Irishman from New York. Emphasis on 'tough!'
Well Johnny played under Frank Leahy, who was a great coach, well respected by his players. But Frank had some overt idiosyncrasies, among which was his clipped cadence, and unusual emphasis of certain words. Naturally, that was a favorite target of the players, and students alike. Sometimes, apparently the priests got involved, or at least turned a blind eye.
The best at it was Johnny. He had it down, pitch, timber, everything. Any impression he did brought an ovation of admiration, and chuckles, if not gales of outright laughter.
One time, after a particularly hard fought victory, the night after the first practice back, in preparation for the next week's game, Johnny broke into an imitation when asked if the coach said anything to him as he had probably his worst game as a varsity starter.
Johnny, answered, not much but that Leahy did pull him aside, "Lattner -- have you -- been to confession -- lately?
Johnny answered, "No, coach."
Leahy then said, "Lattner -- you better go soon -- and confess your five mortal sins!"
Lattner had a fumble, missed a couple of tackles and went down after first contact twice. The house exploded with howls after that story!