Ara Parseghian

“ We were going to play Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and it was the first time that the Catholics and the Baptists would be going against one another … both of us were undefeated and … the national championship was on the line …

We were at this dinner and Father Hesburgh walked over and he kind of nudged me. He said, ‘You know’ … ‘I’ve never asked you for anything in these 10 years but,’ he says, ‘it would please me very much if you could win tomorrow.’”

Ara Parseghian
Head coach of the Notre Dame football team from 1964 to 1974 with national championships in 1966 and 1973

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