I lived one door away from Buster in Farley Hall
by BeijingIrish (2022-08-06 10:50:48)
Edited on 2022-08-06 10:58:02

In reply to: Best ND Safety ever from Ohio  posted by olson


He came to ND with all sorts of hype, but he was always humble. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Also, one of the slowest which turned out to be a problem. I am happy for the success Buster achieved at Richmond, as well his very successful career in business/law.

I had forgotten Pergine played qb. There have been a lot of tough guys who played football at ND, and Pergine is one of them. He was terrifying. I had a really good friend on the team, a halfback, who often said Pergine was the toughest guy on a team of tough guys and the guy he most hated to see opposite during tackling drills. Page? No. Duranko? No. Pergine. Yes.

I believe the player from Kansas you are thinking of is Dave Martin. Dave was from Kansas City, went to a Catholic h.s. in the KC suburbs (Bishop Miege?).