Ecuyer was co-captain of the '58 Irish/2 time AA, wrestler

Ecuyer was co-captain of the '58 Irish/2 time AA, wrestler
by olson (2020-07-31 20:58:56)
Edited on 2020-07-31 21:03:20

In reply to: Olson, what year was Al Ecuyer? Another Jesuit great posted by JohnCardinalOHara

Ecuyer was in the 1955 ND Frosh class...the same class HS teammate Richie Petitbon should have been in

In his sophomore year (the only varsity season he wasn't named to an All American team) Ecuyer had a broken thumb, sprained ankle and pinched nerve in his neck...and still played the most minutes of any guard on the ND roster - 324 minutes & was 4th on the team in tackles

Ecuyer led the '57 Irish in tackles & made a number of All American teams

As a senior in '58, Ecuyer led the team in tackles again...no one else was even close-the #2 defensive player had 25 less tackles than Ecuyer...and he made All American again

also lettered at ND as a varsity wrestler

Replies:

I remember Ecuyer from the college fb magazines - Dennis 2020-08-01 01:15:56
- I remember that edition of Street and Smith. It was the - MPG 2020-08-01 13:55:47
  - I remember him from our Weekly Messenger - BIG MAC 2020-08-01 15:01:37
Thanks- great stuff - that Jesuit/Holy Cross pipeline was - JohnCardinalOHara 2020-07-31 21:45:54
- The ND-LA connection in general, beyond sports, is so - Raoul 2020-08-01 11:58:18
  - The ND-SC games in LA were magical. - mkovac 2020-08-03 00:33:31
  - 7 Laetare Medal winners from Louisiana, including 2 of the - johncardinalohara 2020-08-01 15:39:53
    - That is a great stat * - Raoul 2020-08-01 15:50:16