Gus Dorais & Joe Bach Notre Dame Football Legends 1944 Original Photo
| Dorais (d 1954) was a football player and coach at the collegiate level and a coach at the professional level. He developed into one of football's foremost students and tutors, a man possessed with untiring devotion to the sport. Although he and Knute Rockne would be recognized as one of the finest passing tandems of all time (during their time at Notre Dame), it would be as a coach, not as a player, that Dorais would gain election into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bach (d 1966) was one of Notre Dame's famed "seven mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates (1935-36) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1952-53). At Notre Dame, he was a defensive lineman on the 1924 National Title team (the first Irish team to win a championship), and had a pivotal role in Notre Dame's first Rose Bowl trip. He became the Pirates coach in 1935 directing the young franchise to their best record yet at 4 wins and 8 losses followed by the 1936 campaign in which he coached the Pirates to their first ever non-losing season at 6 wins and 6 losses. He retired following 1936 to go back into college football. In 1952 he once again became the head coach for the Steelers and installed the T-formation for the team, which had been the last franchise to operate the single wing. He continued as head coach through the 1954 season. He produced a 5-7 result during his first and last season with the team but in 1953 posted a .500 record with a 6 win and 6 loss season.
Offered is an original (10 x 8 inches) official US Navy photo dated Sept 10, 1944 with Bach and Dorais along with a group of Navy men. Excellent condition and superb clarity. Navy stamp on reverse.
Item: 4086
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| Price: $50.00 | | |
