best Lobo FB player that transferred from Notre Dame (link)
by olson (2019-04-15 12:55:30)
Edited on 2019-09-05 17:16:19

In reply to: why do you wish this on us NM guys...  posted by abqgant

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Krall played on the 1944 Irish varsity-fullback

very cool...it's a safe bet he officiated hs games that
by abqgant  (2019-04-15 13:52:54)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Denver Jim and I played in. We played several ABQ schools each year and NM is a small state wrt to population.
did you play the West Las Vegas NM Dons?
by olson  (2019-04-15 14:11:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

when I was at Notre Dame, there was a walk on HB named Mike Lopez from West Las Vegas NM.....he was about the same size as scholarship fb player -little HB Gary Diminick...and better than a few of the other 1970 scholarship Frosh halfbacks.

Graduated from ND with honors in 1974
no West Las Vegas was a very small school and in
by abqgant  (2019-04-15 14:18:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

a different classification.

Whereas our school had about 1200-1300 students, I'd estimate WLV at that time at around 400-500 kids.

Mike was obviously exceptional. Any idea where he is now?