Notre Dame Football: National and Super Bowl Champs

As we sit just days away from the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers strapping up to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, we’ll be having some sporatic fun here at Fighting Irish Wire in terms of former Notre Dame players and coaches who have had an impact on “The Big Game”.

Bobby Leopold or LeRoy Leopold, whichever you prefer, helped lead Notre Dame to the 1977 national title before spending time in the NFL with both the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers.

Leopold played linebacker on the 1977 national champions as a sophomore and wound up being drafted by the eighth round of the 1980 NFL Draft to the San Francisco 49ers.

Leopold would play linebacker and special teams for them through 1983, helping the Niners to hoist the Lombardi Trophy for the first time in franchise history in 1981.

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