None of that great story is mentioned.
by G.K.Chesterton (2019-03-06 20:50:40)

In reply to: about Alan Ameche's ND recruiting visit  posted by olson


Here are the ND-specific mentions:

As a sophomore, Ameche was promoted to the varsity on a team that finished the 1948 season with an 0-8 record, scoring one touchdown the entire year. Before the start of the next season, Chuck Jaskwhich, a Kenosha native who played quarterback at Notre Dame, was named as the new coach. The Red Devils responded with a 5-3 record, winning their final four games.

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After Kenosha opened the 1950 season with a 45-14 nonconference rout of Fond du Lac, in which Ameche scored two touchdowns but was slowed by injury, the Racine Journal Times wrote in its upcoming preview, “Even on one leg Ameche is better than most of the backs in the Big Eight. He’s that good.”

Other editorial examples included a comparison to a Triple Crown-winning race horse, “Alan Ameche, sensational Kenosha left half, showed the speed and stamina of a Citation going down the stretch … “

After his high school career, which also included a state title in the shot put, Ameche was the subject of an intense recruiting battle that eventually boiled down to Notre Dame and Wisconsin.

Ameche was named a first-team running back on The Milwaukee Journal Team of the Century in 1993, in which writer Cliff Christl sent out 300 ballots to coaches, players and writers. Ameche also was chosen as the All-Time Player.

Ameche died at age 55 of a heart attack in 1988 after heart surgery in Houston.



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