SOUTH BEND — Former Notre Dame quarterback and 1964 Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte and his wife, Eileen, have provided a $1 million gift to the university to establish an endowment for grants ...

Following the 1963 season, Notre Dame football was in shambles. Hugh Devore's 1963 team finished the season with a record of 2-7. After eight seasons at Northwestern, Ara Parseghian was hired by ...

John Huarte is one of the most improbable Heisman Trophy winners of all time. USC upset Notre Dame in 1964, knocking the Irish out of the hunt for the national championship, but that didn’t ...

JOHN KENNEDY. Founder and content creator of the Always Irish LLC Notre Dame Football social media, podcast, and radio show brand since 2016 covering all things Irish football daily from the fan's ...

JOHN KENNEDY. Founder and content creator of the Always Irish LLC Notre Dame Football social media, podcast, and radio show brand since 2016 covering all things Irish football daily from the fan's ...

The quarteback spurned USC and UCLA for South Bend and helped to launch the Ara Parseghian era at Notre Dame with a Heisman season in 1964.