Former standout football receiver Pete Demmerle - one of only six Notre Dame student-athletes ever to combine All-America, Academic All-America and NCAA postgraduate scholarship honors with playing on a national championship team (in 1973) - passed away on May 24 at the age of 53, following an eight-year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
A funeral mass in Demmerle's honor will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wed., May 30, at St. Michael the Archangel Church (476 North St., Greenwich, Conn.). The burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Demmerle's name to charities that support ALS research.
Former Notre Dame Football Great Pete Demmerle Passes Away, After Eight-Year Battle With Lou Gehrig's Disease :: Standout split end remains one of six Notre Dame student-athletes ever to combine All-America, Academic All-America and NCAA postgraduate
05-28-2007, 07:01 AM
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