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Inductee
LEAHY, FRANK
LEAHY, FRANK
Born on August 27, 1908
O'Neill, NE
June 21, 1973.
Inducted On
May 16, 2014
Location Inducted
South Bend (Posthumously)
Region Number
2
Notre Dame
Coach
Winner, South Dakota
1925
Football letterman
University of Notre Dame
1931
Earned 3 monograms at tackle position playing for coach Knute Rockne; played on 2 national championship teams 1929, 1930.
Served in US Navy between coaching years at Notre Dame; was Notre Dame athletic director 1947-1949 while also football coach; served as general manage of Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League 1960; inducted into National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame as a coach 1970; entered private business in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1963.
Wife, Florence (deceased); 8 children; grandchildren
Coaching Experience: Served as a line coach at Georgetown University 1931, at Michigan State University 1932, and at Fordham Univeristy 1933-1938; head football coach at Boston College 1939-1940, at Notre Dame 1941-1943 and 1946-1953, with an overall career record of 107-13-9 and a winning percentage of .864, the 2nd best percentage in NCAA Division 1 history (Knute Rockne continues to have best percentage .897); resigned from coaching due to ill health.

Coaching Honors: Led Boston College to undefeated season in 1940 and victory in Sugar Bowl 1941; coached 4 national championship teams at Notre Dame 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1949.