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[moonlightandmargaritas]

OK. James. I'll bite. Who are the Four Horsemen?

Weren't they from Notre Dame? Or am I thinking of the "seven blocks of granite"?

 

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

Yes...From back in the 1920s.

 

[arnguy]

Weren't they from Notre Dame? Or am I thinking of the "seven blocks of granite"?

M&M, I think the "Seven Blocks of Granite" were the Fordham football team. Does Fordham still have a football team? I believe the "Four Horsemen" were indeed Notre Dame during the Knute Rockne era.

 

[Dave020]

The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the legendary backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team. The players that made up this group were Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden.

From Wikipedia Four Horsemen (football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[Dave020]

The Seven Blocks of Granite was a nickname given to the 1936 Fordham University football team's offensive line. The Seven Blocks of Granite were: Leo Paquin, Johnny Druze, Alex Wojciechowicz, Ed Franco, Al Babartsky, Natty Pierce, and Vince Lombardi. The nickname was also commonly used to referred to the Fordham lines of the 1929, 1930, and 1937 teams but it is the 1936 line which is today the best known of these lines.

Wikipedia Seven Blocks of Granite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dave020]

Does Fordham still have a football team?

Yes, they do.
Fordham University Official Athletic Site

 

[arnguy]

Thanks for the information, Dave. I am going to pat myself on the back for knowing about the "Four Horsemen" and the "Seven Blocks of Granite" without referring to any source other than my old noggin. However, I admit I could not name the players in each group.

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

Dave, you provide a plethora of historic college football info.

Thank you.

 

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

I believe they are Div. 1AA...which is where they belong.

 

[StinsonAssurance]

What was the original question in this post?

JK, I am enjoying the tangents.