Notre Dame and Navy are scheduled to play August 29, still in Dublin, Ireland for the time being, although that could change in the next week. That’s 94 days away.
94 days away from college football and Notre Dame football returning in a way we’re all a bit unsure about.
Since we’ve been counting down the days for the last week we’ve gone with records based on the number or yardage of plays. Yesterday saw one of Kyle Rudolph’s most memorable plays with the Irish while today we remember the only Notre Dame player to ever earn All-American status while wearing 94.
94: Willie Fry’s Number at Notre Dame
Willie Fry played at Notre Dame from 1973, 75-77, helping the Irish to a national championship in both ’73 and ’77 while twice earning All-American status in both 1976 and ’77.
Below you can see Fry make a few plays in the 1973 game against USC.
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Fry went on to play three seasons for the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, winning a pair of Super Bowls in ’78 and ’79.
Fry died of a heart attack in 1998 at just 44 years old.