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| Harry "Stuly" Stuhldreher | |
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Position: Quarterback |
| Member Biography | |
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"Carry yer bag, Mr. Rockne?", the curly-haired moppet would
ask, reaching for Knute's gear and a free entry to Tiger
Stadium in Massillon, Ohio. Knute Rockne was a star for the
professional Massillon Tigers in those days - and his bag-toter
was a wisp of a lad named Harry Stuhldreher. Fate had
drawn the two together and fate would bring them mutual
immortality, for not too many years later when Stuhldreher
followed Rockne's star to South Bend, Indiana. Stuhldreher
would emerge as the quarterback in the famed Four Horsemen
backfield which dazzled opponents and left an indelible mark
upon the pages of gridiron history. "As a freshman, Harry had
the most promise of the Four Horsemen," Rockne was to
claim. "He sounded the leader on the field." Leadership! It
was a Rockne trademark, and it became the one characteristic
in young Harry Stuhldreher which convinced the Irish coach to
make him his signal-caller. Although Harry was the smallest of
the Horsemen at 5-7 and 151 pounds, he was equally as fast
and shifty as the others - the ideal quarterback with a sound
grasp of the game. He was head coach at Villanova 1925-35
and Wisconsin 1936-48 with a combined record of 110-87-
15.
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